Charity Consortium Asks Wills Professionals To Support Legacy Campaign
Remember A Charity is calling on Wills professionals to support their Remember A Charity in your Will Week campaign, taking place between 9-15th September, to challenge the public’s biggest misconceptions of legacy giving. In the build-up to the week, Remember A Charity is calling on legal advisors to support the campaign, committing to inform relevant clients about legacy giving and the relevant tax breaks. This September will see 1,300 solicitors and Will-writers […]
Leading Management Consultant Helps Drive Firms To Success
Are you a business owner or senior manager/partner in Wills and estate planning who wants to strengthen and drive your business to success? A leading law firm management consultant and managing director of McCrum Consulting, Simon McCrum, is chairing a highly engaging panel discussion at a seminar hosted by Today’s Wills and Probate on preparing […]
Half Of UK Adults Make A Will
Half of the UK’s adult population are getting their affairs in order and making a Will. According to the charity, Will Aid, 50% of the survey’s respondents over the age of 18 claimed to have a valid and up to date Will. Unfortunately, there remains a huge disparity across the UK with 58% of East […]
Legacy Body’s Founding Member Dies
Institute of Legacy Management (ILM) announced with great sadness this week that one of ILM’s founding members, Crispin Ellison, died peacefully with his family on Friday 30th August. Crispin started his career in legacies in the mid-1980s while working at ActionAid and was involved in the early years of Will Aid, as the development sector […]
Today’s Wills And Probate Partners With A Foreign Exchange Specialist
Today’s Wills and Probate collaborates with Foreign exchange specialist, Currency Index, to bring executors within firms an exclusive and enlightening webinar on how they can protect and preserve the value of their clients’ estates substantially. Driven mainly by technological innovation, globalisation is firmly cemented in a modern 21st century world by enriching the globe scientifically […]
Countrywide Legacy Can Help You Tackle Staff Training!
Make sure your staff training isn’t being misinterpreted Do you find that your businesses legal documents are often completed to differing standards as a result of information being misinterpreted by staff, or perhaps as a result of a lack of knowledge and experience? We understand that staff training can be very stressful and time consuming, with information often being lost […]
Shrewsbury Lawyer Hailed As A Complete Star
Lynda Richards, a lawyer in Shrewsbury who works for Aaron & Partners as a wills, trusts and tax partner, has been praised for her work with high net worth individuals across the UK. The High Net Worth Guide is an independent industry guide published by Chambers and Partners, which recognises top professional advisers to high […]
UK People Prepared For Inevitability Of Death, Poll Reveals
People in the United Kingdom are more prepared than ever for death, according to a new survey. The poll, which asked those over the age of 18 whether they have made a will, showed an increase in those who have already got their affairs in order to 50% – up from just 47% in 2018. […]
Stepping Into The Role Of Parent
Blended families and step parents are an increasingly common aspect of modern family life. In some families, a step parent can be the only psychological or “real” parent a child has ever known. Even though they may have no biological or legal relationship to the child, step parents and step children often form stable, continuous […]
Booking Now Available For Upcoming Legal Eye Conference – The Real Cost Of Risk Management
Booking is now open for the Legal Eye Conference ‘The real cost of Risk Management’ which is taking place on Thursday 14th November. Legal Eye are running the conference alongside The Cashroom focusing on the practical implications for the bottom line of law forms as they seek to interpret and implement a raft of regulatory […]
HMCTS Apologise For Probate Delays
HM Courts and Tribunals (HMCTS) has published an apology for the slowness of the probate service since March 2019. The statement also explains the reasoning behind the delays and the measures HMCTS are taking to improve the service it provides. According to a statement released by HMCTS National Services Director Jonathan Wood: “A huge surge […]
Bitcoin Prospector Owes $5 Billion To Deceased Business Partner’s Estate
A Bitcoin prospector, who became a billionaire following his involvement in cryptocurrency during the early stages of its life, has been forced to pay $5 billion to his deceased business partner’s estate. Craig Wright, self-proclaimed co-inventor of Bitcoin, has been ordered to give half of his Bitcoin assets to the estate of his late business […]
Lawyer Checker Further Strengthens Senior Management Team
The Practical Vision Network, home of the award-winning Lawyer Checker suite of risk management tools, has announced a further appointment to its senior management team to further strengthen the business. Financial Controller Ceri Hart joins from regional accountancy specialists Bennett Brooks having been a key part of the Solicitors Accounts auditing team. Coming hot on […]
Probate Solicitor Fails To Distribute Estate After Six Years
The family of deceased Maggie Gibbs has been left owing thousands in legal fees and feel let down by the system after a probate solicitor, who was the executor, failed to distribute the estate after six years. When Maggie Gibbs died aged 64 in June 2013, she had a valid Will that bequeathed everything she […]
Scarle v Scarle – who died first?
Judgement was handed down in the case of Scarle v Scarle HC-2017-002117 on 13th August 2019. The bodies of John and Marjorie Scarle were found at their home address on 11 October 2016. It was a second marriage for both of them. John had a daughter, Anna, and Marjorie had a daughter, Deborah from previous relationships. […]
