Ames v Jones & Ors [2016] EW Misc B67 (CC) (19 August 2016) Danielle Ames has been unsuccessful in her claim for provision from the estate of her father. Michael died with an estate worth £1.09 million. His entire Read More
It is 3 years since the Law Society unveiled its latest Quality Standard – the Wills and Inheritance Quality Scheme – WIQS for short.Read More
Wills, estate planning and probate are intimately connected, after all they are concerned what happens after we die, and yet there is something we tend to forget about in terms of financial obligation. There is Read More
A solicitor from a leading accountancy body has recently stated that clients would find it less stressful and more inexpensive to instruct any probate work using their existing accountant, rather than a solicitor. This statement Read More
Gordon Brown Solicitors, who already hold a number of accreditations including Lexcel and CQS, have achieved another in the form of the Legal Eye Quality Standard. The Legal Eye Quality Standard, accredited by Legal Eye Read More
East Kent solicitors Boys & Maughan has expanded its team of wills and probate lawyers with the appointment of Wendy Macarthur at the firm’s Birchington office. A Graduate Member of the Chartered Institute of Read More
Farm succession is causing major financial issues for the succeeding generation, according to experts. The complex rules within agricultural inheritance means professionals are required to provide more catered and detailed advice to their farming clients, Read More
With combined experience of 50 years within the management team, we spoke to Mark Mattocks and Steve Lawton, Directors at Law Lead Media (LLM) about marketing and business development within the legal sector and surprising results Read More
Flexible Life Interest Trusts (FLITs) the good, the bad and the ugly plus who should be my Executors and Trustees? Should they be the same people?Read More
Leading independent chartered accountants and business advisors, Duncan & Toplis, have appointed solicitor Graham England to work for the Probate Services arm of the company. With more than three decades’ experience and a long term Read More
We are only three months away from the results of the Law Commission’s consultation on The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS). The interim statement released in May this year proposed some amendments to the Read More
Elliott v Simmonds [2016] EWHC 732 (Ch)Read More
Nelsons Solicitors Derby wills and probate department has expanded following the acquisition of long-established Derby firm Moody and Woolley last year, welcoming three new staff members to the growing team. Paralegals, Samuel Amer and Lorna Read More
Winnie Pooh the Dachshund was set up with a six-figure trust fund 6 years ago by Winnie’s late owner, Patricia Bowers. Subsequently, in recent months, a lawsuit has been filed by the caregiver claiming the Read More
The Society of Will Writers hold an annual conference and have done for the last 20 years. This year it is on the 10th and 11th October and will be held at the Abbey Hotel and Read More
The Paralympics are upon us, and Marieke Vervoot was quick to highlight that sport was her main reason for living, and also spoke of the suffering she endures because of her chronic, degenerative condition. Vervoot Read More
The end of last month saw the gov.uk website publish some valid examples of LPAs – why would they have done this? Perhaps it is because, according to a 2015 survey published by KPMG, the level Read More
Charity consortium, Remember A Charity is calling on the general public to ‘pass on something legendary’. The campaign which will return for its seventh year on 12th– 18th September 2016, and hopes to encourage generations to Read More
A third of working Brits – 35%, are relying on their inheritance to secure their financial future according to research carried out by insurer LV=. It was revealed that the most common thing UK residents would do Read More
The Work and Pensions Committee have urged the Government to write to those individuals it projects will reach pension age with fewer than 10 qualifying years and thus fail to qualify for the new state pension. Read More