Thursday 18th October will be the day of the inaugural British Wills and Probate Awards, held at the Palms Conservatory, Ardencoat in Warwick. The British Wills and Probate Awards is the first and only ceremony
British Wills and Probate are pleased to announce the shortlist for the awards ceremony to be hosted on 18th October 2018, sponsored by Arken.legal The shortlist is as follows: Category Shortlist Best use of Marketing
A recent report warns that the UK is facing an incapacity crisis; with the nation unprepared for end of life. According to Solicitors for the Elderly and leading think-tank Centre for Future Studies, millions of
Genealogical research and asset repatriation business, Title Research, has highlighted the importance of family tree verification in its latest case study. The report looks at how changing family dynamics can easily lead to misdistribution without
Alan Eccles, the Public Guardian for England & Wales, has launched a pilot aiming to reduce intra-familial disputes in cases where there is a lasting power of attorney (LPA), an enduring power of attorney (EPA)
In a recent appeal, a High Court judge upheld a decision which allowed one beneficial owner of a property to buy out his siblings’ (the other beneficial owners’) interests in the property at a price
Today the SRA have released their Risk Outlook 2018/19. They have included two new priority risks this year: 1. Managing claims ‘We are increasingly concerned about the practises of some firms that offer personal injury
Seven in ten over-40s are underestimating the full State Pension amount by around £1,460 a year. That’s according to research from specialist UK financial services group Just Group. Sharing its latest findings, Just Group claims
Helen Gott, Director and Head of Wills & Probate Department at Emsleys Solicitors Limited is on the judging panel for the upcoming British Wills and Probate Awards.
Conservative MP Dominic Grieve is advocating a new law which would make CCTV cameras compulsory in care homes. The MP for Beaconsfield will apply for a debate and wants this to be one of the
Families for Survival and Save the Age Ltd Earlier this week, two former trustees of Families for Survival and Save the Age Ltd were disqualified for their part in a million-pound benefit fraud scheme. Chowdhury
A leading global provider of digital evidence management has filed a patent application to tie blockchain security to its software. Caselines – which is currently digitising trial bundles in the courts – has called on
A care home boss in Southport has been convicted of multiple frauds after stealing millions of pounds from elderly residents. David Barton Senior has now been jailed for 21 years following the longest trial in
The Office for Legal Complaints (OLC), which oversees the Legal Ombudsman (LeO), has today presented its Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18 to Parliament. LeO accepted 7,527 legal complaints in the 2017-18 financial year. This rose
This exciting event is brought to you by the publishers of Today’s Wills and Probate with well- known and respected journalist Jennie Bond as host. The awards are supported by many sponsors which we will
We are thrilled to announce that Arken.legal, a leader in software solutions for the legal services industry, are the headline sponsors of the first ever British Wills and Probate Awards 2018. This glittering event, hosted
Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force earlier this year, will-writers across the country have been questioning what this means to them.
Non-executive director at both MyHomeMove and Profile Pensions, Ian Floyed, is on the judging panel for the upcoming British Wills and Probate Awards. In this round of quickfire questions, he tells us where his interest
With so much of our daily lives taking place online these days how many of us have thought about what would happen to our accounts on death?
CEO at Nasstar, Nigel Redwood, is on the judging panel for the upcoming British Wills and Probate Awards.
A law firm has recently issued a warning after it emerged that a wealth investment seminar was actually a scam.
The Court of Protection application and appeal fees have been reduced.
How many of your clients know what would happen to their digital assets after death? Is it something they’ve ever thought about? Would many even know what was meant by a digital asset?
Updates have been made to Government guidance on registering trusts this month.
It’s today (05/07/18) been revealed that Christina Blacklaws has taken office as the 174th president of the Law Society of England and Wales today in a ceremony at Chancery Lane, London.
Her Honour Judge Hilder, Senior Judge of the Court of Protection, told delegates at the national Solicitors for the Elderly conference that applications to the Court of Protection have risen by 50% in the last
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) recently confirmed that it had dropped the proposal to publish data about client complaints to firms.
A new chief executive officer has been appointed by the Equity Release Council.
A new law aims to protect the rights of those who lack the mental capacity to make decisions about their care and to reduce the burden on local authorities.
International author and business development expert Professor Ian Cooper is set to appear on the judging panel at the first ever British Wills and Probate Awards this October.
Much has been written in the press – most notably in The Times and The Sun in March of this year – about how bereaved families are asking undertakers to use the corpse’s fingers to
Draft plans released by the Law Society Group could mean that practising certificates fees could be the same in 2018-19 as those this year.