Josh is the Journalist for the Today’s Group and writes many of the articles for Today’s Conveyancer. He graduated with a degree in Physics from Cardiff University in 2009 before training as a journalist.
He has previously written for The Times, The Mirror and The Daily Express.
North Wales and North of England based wealth management firm Hargreave Hales has hit £6 billion of funds under management, just ten months after passing through £5 billion. The firm, who as well as investment
A Judge has overturned the will of a man who left 95% of his estate to the man who had been his “supporting landlord” since a motorcycle accident. David Poole had been awarded £1 million
Inheritance tax (IHT) hit an all-time high of £4.7 billion in 2015-16, according to research by Wilsons, the private client law firm. This figure is up 17% on that recorded in 2014-15, and 91% on
West Yorkshire based firm Heptonstalls Solicitors have been shortlisted in two categories for a major regional legal awards. The firm, which has offices in both Goole and Pontefract have been shortlisted for the Private Client
A Gloucestershire law firm is to release thirty balloons from its office to mark three decades in business. Alison Fielden & Co were founded in 1986 and specialise in Conveyancing, Wills & Probate amongst other
A 41-year-old woman who was cut out of her father’s will has taken her stepmother to court for a piece of the £1 million estate. Danielle Ames’s father, Michael Leslie Ames, died three years ago
The shortlist for the Law Society’s 10th annual Excellence Awards has been announced with 89 nominations for firms and 49 nominations for individuals across 17 categories. The society say the awards are a recognition of
Cornwall-based will writer, jBwills has been bought up by local accountancy firm Robinson Reed Layton. Jane Barlow, a chartered legal executive and will writer with 30 years’ experience has joined the team at the accountancy
Pensioners in the UK have taken £6 billion from their pension pots using new pension freedoms given to them by the former Chancellor George Osborne. According to HMRC, 159,000 have accessed their pension savings since
The near-priceless collection of Ming porcelain assembled by a late Diplomat is set to be broken up, after two of his children took their other siblings to court.
The Isle of Man has slashed probate fees on life assurance policies for non-residents, just three years after they raised them tenfold.
The Chair of the Legal Services Consumer Panel says publishing average prices could be “the catalyst needed for consumers to make detailed enquiries about cost.”
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) have applied to become a regulator of five further restricted legal activities, on top of existing probate work. The ICAEW say they expect the Legal
These are the ten firms most often subject to decisions by the Legal Ombudsman with regards to wills and probate work. In total there were 244 firms subject to a total of 279 decisions between
The amount UK law firms lose to criminals online has risen by 40% over the last year, with firms losing an estimated £2.53 million in the six months to April this year. According to accountants
Gorvins Solicitors have been named “Law Firm of the Year” at the City of Manchester Business Awards. With judges citing their commitment to staff training and their working relationship with clients, the firm say they’re
Just over 1 in 4 legal service users are receiving their services online, up from 20% four years ago. The findings come from a YouGov survey compiled on behalf of the Legal Services Consumer Panel.
William Shakespeare’s handwritten will has gone on display in his home town for the first time in 400 years. Four centuries after the (almost) universally admired bard died, his will, written back in March 1616
Former President of the Law Society of Bristol, Robert Bourns, has been named as the 172nd President of the Law Society of England and Wales. Currently a representative of the City of London on the
The finalists have been announced ahead of the STEP Private Client Awards, set to take place on 8th September 2016. The ceremony will take place at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge and will be hosted
The number of deaths registered in 2015 was 5.6% higher than those registered in 2014, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). There were 529,655 deaths registered in England and Wales in 2015, an
Tomorrow is the last day to have your say on HMRC’s new “Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes” (DOTAS) which the Government say is designed to strengthen tax avoidance disclosure regimes for indirect taxes and inheritance
The Competition and Markets Authority says that a lack of upfront pricing information is stopping consumers from comparing legal services. Publishing their interim report as part of a study looking at the supply of legal
A probate practitioner is to face the Solicitor’s Disciplinary Tribunal on fifteen charges including breaking rules on client money, and transferring nearly £40,000 into his office account from clients despite a court stating he was
A Hampshire man has elected to bury his mother’s grave in his back garden after being quoted £5,300 for the funeral. John Wright, 71, described the fees quoted by a local firm for a church
A woman has taken her bid for a bigger slice of her former partner’s estate to the Court of Appeal after it emerged her fortune was worth £5.5 million four years after they separated with
Alternative Business Structure firms are more innovative than their more traditional colleagues according to a report on changes in the legal services market by he Legal Services Board. The report also states more consumers are
Three solicitors have been found not liable over a breach of trusts which saw the claimant seek £1,476,076. The claimants, the late children of chicken farmer Jack Raymond Daniel made the claim for breach of
Legal and General have announced £4 billion worth of new business in retirement lending for the first half of the year as Lifetime Mortgages overtake individual annuities. The firm say the EU referendum hasn’t caused
The private client team at Latimer Hinks are officially the best in the region according to this year’s Northern Law Awards. The Darlington based firm took the at the second annual ceremony at the Crowne
Will writers that are not regulated are being used as consumers say they offer cheaper services with more transparent pricing and higher levels of innovation according to a report by the Legal Services Board. The
Two men who conned pensioners out of thousands of pounds as part of an unregulated wills and financial services business have been jailed. Michael John Wild, 52, and Robert Henry Holly, 44 ran Yorkshire Asset