A legacy search service designed to ‘streamline the coordination required between charities, executors and financial institutions where legacies are divided between a number of organisations’ has been launched by a Norfolk-based inheritance recovery business. Perane
Provira, A specialist probate lender has signalled its plans for future growth having secured an additional £25m new funding facility. Provira Limited, a Suffolk-based firm providing loans to executors of estates to pay Inheritance Tax
The deadlines for entry and final submission to the British Wills and Probate Awards are just one and two weeks away respectively. Entry deadline is Friday 5th July with final submissions due by midnight on
Paige Gouldthorpe, Chair of Women in Wills was pleased to welcome new and returning members to our second regional lunch of the year. We are excited that our community is growing so quickly across the
Consultant-style law firm Setfords are one of just 25 companies globally to achieve double gold accreditations as part of its Investors in People assessment; and the only law firm to have achieved the landmark. Investors
Genealogy business Finders International has been sold to private equity firm Pelican Capital in an undisclosed deal. The sale will see Managing Director Danny Curran step away from the business he founded 27 years ago,
The Institute of Legacy Management (ILM), a membership and training body for those working in legacy teams across the charity sector, says it is ‘reassured’ by the response to a recent sentiment survey of probate
Two ‘rugby chums’ who grew their will writing and financial services business into a multidisciplinary adviser support network are handing over the reins after over 20 years. Countrywide Tax and Trust Corporation was set up
A pilot scheme launched to provide law firms with a better understanding of General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and demonstrate compliance with its obligations has seen the first firms certified. The Legal Services Operational Privacy
Firms wishing to enter The British Wills and Probate Awards, sponsored by CTT Group, have until midnight tonight (Friday 24th May) to take advantage of the Early Bird entry price of £129 +VAT. From tomorrow
People who were born between 1946 and 1964, the so called Baby Boomer Generation, is a cohort of 16.8 million people; and due to favourable financial conditions in that time are the wealthiest generation in
Early bird entry for the upcoming British Wills and Probate Awards, sponsored by CTT Group, is coming up 1 week from today on 24th May 2024. The cost of entering the awards is £129 +VAT
The British Wills and Probate Awards, sponsored for the second year by CTT Group, will return to Manchester as plans for the seventh edition of the prestigious event ramp up. Discounted early bird entry, priced
A series of regional roadshows are coming later this month to showcase new technology in legal services. Starting in Swansea on 20th May, the events will move around country to Southampton, Oxford, Cambridge, Nottingham, Sheffield,
In this specially recorded podcast, the Today’s Wills and Probate podcast joins forces with its sister podcasts from the Today’s Conveyancer and Today’s Family Lawyer online news publications to discuss the topic of mental health
The newly appointed Managing Partner of Top 100 law firm Ward Hadaway has boldly announced plans for the firm to double in size over the next ten years. The Newcastle headquartered firm recently announced Steven
The Competitions and Markets Authority have announced the first part of their response to the investigation into unregulated businesses which provide will writing, online divorce, and pre-paid probate services in the UK. In it the
The Institute of Legacy Management (ILM) has today launched a survey asking probate professionals for their thoughts and experiences of dealing with charities. ILM has teamed up with Today’s Wills and Probate to understand more
A dedicated probate auction platform has been launched exclusively for probate property, serving executors, administrators, solicitors and family of the deceased. Probate.Auction is described by its founders as the first countrywide auction platform for probate
Dylan O’Brien, the founder of BePrepared, joins the latest Today’s Wills and Probate podcast to discuss his take on the increasingly challenging issue of managing digital assets in estate planning, and what role technology has
An online Will writing provider has reported writing its 100,000th Will since launch, placing it in the top five Will writing firms in the UK. Oxfordshire-based FreeWills was launched in 2018 and, says founder Carl
On Wednesday, the Women in Wills group met for the first time in 2024 at the fantastic Coal Shed by Tower Bridge, London. Organisers were beyond pleased to see a record number of attendees at
A new interest free estate funding facility has been launched by a national probate property services provider to help estate administrators access cash locked up within an estate while going through probate. London-based Property Solutions
Joining the latest Today’s Wills and Probate Podcast is Dan Temple, an expert in acknowledging and understanding the human impact of working, and managing employees and businesses. The discussion centres on creating effective and high
Brought to you by the organisers of The British Wills and Probate Awards, the Today’s Wills and Probate “State of the Nation” Industry Summit is hosted on 22nd May 2024 in Birmingham. The evening brings
An evening designed to foster discussion and debate on the current opportunities and challenges facing the will writing, probate, tax, trusts and estate planning community returns on 8th May following its successful return in 2023.
The British Wills and Probate Awards, dubbed ‘the Oscars of the probate world,’ returns today as plans for the 2024 ceremony ramp up. 10th October 2024 will see the return of the prestigious ceremony at
The Today’s Wills and Probate Podcast welcomes Andrew Buchan, Managing Director of James McKenzie Wills, to discuss the ups and downs of running an estate planning business. Andrew has been with the business for 14
A ‘mission’ set up in the name of the late actress Barbara Windsor has named her widow, Scott Mitchell, as it’s People’s Champion and committed to £6m of funding into neurodegenerative research. It is hoped
The charity community has provided evidence in Parliament of the impact of delays on charities and legacy gifting. Representatives from The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Cancer Research UK and Devon Air Ambulance Trust shared insight
Consultant style, or ‘Platform’ law firms are growing at a ‘significantly faster’ rate than traditional competitors with Setfords and Taylor Rose MW leading the way amongst Alternative Legal Service Providers (ALSPs). Property law continues to
Professional estate planners have ‘lots of opportunity, but also a lot of responsibility’ ahead of them as research shows that 65% of beneficiaries are set to inherit over £200,000 in the largest transfer of wealth