Tower Street Finance partners with Penn Chambers
Specialist in family law, wills and probate, Penn Chambers Solicitors has partnered with Tower Street Finance to offer its clients products that make it easier and quicker for administrators, executors and beneficiaries to access estate monies. And the new partnership was thanks in part to Today’s Wills and Probate. After being contacted by Neil Wright, […]
Registration reignites and retains clients
Registering your clients’ Wills on The National Will Register ensures that they can be easily located once the testator has passed away, protecting the estate from being distributed incorrectly by unknowingly using a revoked Will or as intestate because it was believed a Will did not exist. Will Registration also maximises your probate income by […]
Elderly clients and deputyship standards – The importance of the Will
At Linder Myers Solicitors we specialise in elderly client matters. The majority of our elderly clients are lucky to have family members involved with their day to day affairs and are be able to remember their family and financial circumstances sufficiently to be able to inform us of their wishes and feelings. However, more and […]
Teacher spends $290,000 inheritance on educational tablets
According to a report in the Tehran Times, an Iranian teacher spent his inheritance on tablets for students to help with their education. Hossein Asadi, a teacher in the Khuzestan province, inherited from his father 12 billion rials (almost $290,000) and had originally planned to buy a car. Asadi changed his mind after speaking with […]
Hear from Grant Saw Solicitors, who were Highly Commended at the British Wills and Probate Awards 2020
On Thursday 22 October 2020, professionals from across the wills and probate sector came together to celebrate the successes and achievements of the industry is what has been a challenging year, at the British Wills and Probate Awards 2020. The awards, which was back for it’s third year, took to the virtual stage and was […]
New permanent Chair of The Pensions Ombudsman Announced
The Department for Work and Pensions has announced the appointment of Caroline Rookes as the new permanent Chair of The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO). Rookes will formally take up the post from 1 December 2020 and serve a five-year term. She has served as interim Chair since September 2019. The Pensions Ombudsman, Anthony Arter, is charged […]
Hear from Estatesearch, winners at the British Wills and Probate Awards 2020
On Thursday 22 October 2020, professionals from across the wills and probate sector came together to celebrate the successes and achievements of the industry is what has been a challenging year, at the British Wills and Probate Awards 2020. The awards, which was back for it’s third year, took to the virtual stage and was […]
Legal Eye Launches Risk and Compliance Hub
Risk and compliance consultancy Legal Eye is launching an online resource centre for law firms. The hub provides a comprehensive bank of resources to help COLPs, COFAs, partners, directors and managers to manage risk. It includes precedent policy and procedure documents and templates, access to online training on a range of risk and compliance topics, […]
Movers and Shakers – 27th November 2020
Here at Today’s Wills and Probate, we wanted to share with you the good news we’ve had within in the industry of professionals joining firms and those who have moved up the promotional ladder. This week we’ve seen the following announcements with regards to appointments and promotions: Helen McCabe and Laura Brereton have both been […]
Probate Solicitors “frustrated by delays and inefficiency” in grants process
Probate solicitors are increasingly frustrated by delays and inefficiencies in the current grants process, a recent survey suggests. The research, carried out by independent property seller Movewise, found 80 per cent of the lawyers it sampled identified government “red tape” as having a significant impact on their work, with “errors by government bodies” also cited […]
Panel Deputy conducts Certainty Will Search as a matter of course to locate previous Wills made by P
Holly Chantler, Partner at Morrisons Solicitors is a Panel Deputy for the Office of the Public Guardian and the Court of Protection. In October 2020, Holly presented a Court of Protection focused Certainty Expert Webinar. During the webinar, Holly provided an example of when she has conducted a Certainty Will Search whilst acting as an […]
Pandemic prompts grandparents to rethink inheritance
Thirty-eight per cent of grandparents are planning to leave more in their wills for their grandchildren than they intended before Covid-19 hit. The survey of more than 2,000 UK grandparents, carried out by wealth manager Killik & Co, revealed that the pandemic has forced one in seven people from older generations to reassess how they […]
Delays are main frustration for probate solicitors
Research conducted by Movewise, has demonstrated that probate solicitors are outlining delays as one of their main causes of frustration. Inefficiencies and hold-ups by government bodies was highlighted as the ‘major frustration’ by 87% of those surveyed, some of which have undoubtedly been as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the sector continues to […]
Research show growth and optimism in Wills and Probate Market
Latest research findings show increased confidence and workload in the Wills and probate market. Market research consultancy, IRN Research, this week published the Wills, Probate & Trusts Market Report 2020: Market Trends Report which looks at the market structure, key issues, new and future developments, trends and forecasts. The UK Wills, Probate & Trusts Market […]
Interview with CEO of Settld who simplify end of life administration
In an interview with Today’s Wills and Probate, Vicky Wilson, CEO and co-founder of Settld, opens up about how she formed the tech startup company Settld and her involvement in the #BereavementStandard. Vicky co-founded Settld after more than eight years with Amazon where she worked in international marketing, product and logistics roles. She spent four […]
Just Who Are Honey Legal?
Since starting out in 2010 Honey Legal has grown to become one of the largest providers of estate planning and probate services you’ve probably never heard of. Slowly but surely the firm has grown from its roots in North Shropshire and now, 10 years on, has 100 staff across 3 offices and over 250 consultants […]
Building a good customer experience does not happen by accident. It happens by design.
Our clients are at the heart of everything we do and our vast experience in the Will writing and legal services arena means we have gained a thorough understanding of what our clients/customers really want from us, which means we are always striving to improve how we deliver our services to them and ensure that […]
Superhero Webinar 72: The RIGHT Trust for the RIGHT situation (Part 2 of 2)
Superhero Webinar 72 is part 2 of using the RIGHT Trust to protect your client’s wealth. We can help you put your estate planning advice in the right gear! Agenda • Taxation and Trusts • When might an entry, periodic or exit charge apply? How can these be reduced or even mitigated? • When might […]
Webinar: Preview of the 9th Edition of the Probate Practitioners’ Handbook
Estatesearch are delighted to be presenting a webinar with Professor Lesley King of the University of Law to discuss the forthcoming 9th Edition of the Probate Practitioners’ Handbook. The webinar will cover a broad range of the issues that practitioners need to be considering, and which feature in the new edition, including; Issues resulting from the Covid […]
Solicitor struck off maintained Wills were ‘ostensibly valid’
A former owner of a South-East law firm has been struck off the roll after acting dishonestly by providing 33 false and misleading Will documents. The law firm employer had asked staff repeatedly to falsely testify they had witnessed Wills being signed when in fact they had never been in the room at the time. […]
