The quest is on to find the Best Paralegals 2021
Now in its third year, the National Paralegal Awards returns with its quest to find the Best Paralegals in the UK and businesses that support the industry. This year there are 19 categories comprising of 15 awards for individuals including three new categories Best Paralegal Newcomer, Best Commercial Real Estate Paralegal and Best Community Champion […]
Probate: The paper heavy industry
The insights that we gained from The Bereavement Index highlight just how manual and laborious this industry can be. With the world becoming a more digitalised place and organisations having to adapt to remote working, it’s difficult to understand how a process surrounding something as inevitable as death is still so far behind in efficiency. […]
Free virtual seminar: protecting assets around the world
Title Research’s Business Development Manager, James Cameron, and Asset Repatriation Specialist, Kate Sunderland, will host our next virtual seminar on Wednesday 28th April at 12pm. In this live session, James and Kate will discuss foreign assets and will explain how to best protect your clients’ interests in estate administration. More specifically, they will cover: • […]
Legal industry workforce evolving to meet demand for ‘work anywhere, handle everything’ staff
The nature of work in the legal industry is changing rapidly, according to new research from specialist recruiter Robert Half and global labour market trends experts Burning Glass. Law firms are simultaneously embracing remote working, with a 197% increase in the number of remote working job postings in the last year, and expanding the skill […]
Harry Potter hidden treasure for Derbyshire family
Are you sitting on hidden treasure? As reported in the Daily Mirror, a family in Derbyshire received a pleasant surprise when they realised the true worth of a book their mother left them. The family, who wanted to keep their identity anonymous, inherited books from their mother who died in 2004. The woman had always […]
Insightful content
We recently ran a survey all about content marketing, to help us at Today’s Media gain more of an insight into how people in the legal industry think about content marketing, their understanding of it and how they feel it benefits their businesses. We received some great feedback which will ultimately help us in our […]
SIF closure: Solicitors should prepare to protect themselves against future claims
The Law Society has issued a series of warnings ahead of the closure of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) on 30 September 2021 – a move that could leave former owners of law firms that shut in the past two decades liable for losses for any new claims. In the more than 20 years since […]
Estate Planning: How Has COVID-19 Changed Our Outlook on Life?
2020 — The Year the World Went on Hold At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we all hoped that there would be a short interruption to our everyday life and then we would very soon be back enjoying our lives as we always had. However, over months of lockdowns, tiers and a multitude of […]
Bereavement offering enhanced following new partnership
Link Group has announced a partnership with Co-op Legal Services to drive a more progressive approach to how bereaved families are able to administer the affairs of their loved one. Settling an estate and dealing with the finances of someone who has recently died can be overwhelming, which is why Link Group has turned its […]
Probate and Inheritance Tax
Inheritance tax has attracted a lot of negative media attention, with many describing the tax as ‘complex and confusing’ and in need of a complete overhaul. With £5.38 billion in inheritance tax paid to the UK government in 2018/2019, it is important for Executors and Administrators to understand this tax regime and the implications when […]
Category Spotlight: Probate services take center stage
The British Wills and Probate Awards are taking center stage once again this October, and we’re excited to shine a spotlight on some of the returning categories for this year’s awards. Alongside our headline sponsor, Executor Solutions and Champagne Sponsor, Exizent, we look forward to recognising achievements, highlighting progression and championing innovation. Probate Provider Team […]
Chance LinkedIn Encounter Leads to AI Implementation
A Nottingham-based private client firm has announced it will be introducing ground-breaking artificial intelligence as part of the next phase of its development. April King Legal has partnered with Amelia, an IPsoft Company, and the largest independent leader in enterprise Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance its operations and customer service support through conversational AI. The […]
Accelerating Legal Business Growth with Moneypenny and Leadersinlegal
Moneypenny has joined forces with LeadersinLegal to help legal firms access proven methodologies for accelerating business growth. LeadersinLegal provides exclusive groups for leaders of non-competing law firms and suppliers to law firms come together for peer-to-peer development and access to world-class business speakers and advisors. Law firms have been invited to take part in the […]
What will happen to Prince Philip’s multimillion pound estate?
Kings Court Trust’s latest blog explores the possible outcomes of the Duke of Edinburgh’s multimillion pound estate. The United Kingdom went into national mourning last week as the news broke that His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, sadly passed away on Friday 9th April 2021 at the age of 99. A question that […]
The latest auction from Silverstone Auctions
CONFIRMED FOR SILVERSTONE AUCTIONS MAY SALE 2021 IS THE JAPAN-WINNING 2004 SUBARU IMPREZA S10 WRC – EX PETTER SOLBERG Recently restored by Prodrive Legends and returned to exactly the same specification it was on day one of the 2004 Rally Japan Petter Solberg brought home this very S10 Subaru Impreza, World Rally Car ‘555 SRT’, […]
Movers and Shakers – 16th April
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…… Harrogate-based inheritance specialist Tower Street Finance has appointed […]
The British Wills & Probate Awards Headline Sponsor Handover
Today’s Wills & Probate caught up with Arken.legal, the outgoing headline sponsor for The British Wills & Probate Awards for a formal handover to this year’s headline sponsor Executor Solutions. Thank you to Dave Newick, Michael Edwards and Barry Mattock for taking time out of their busy diaries to discuss how the awards have positively […]
In the Matter of The Court of Protection v The Pandemic
Beverley Beale, Court of Protection Panel Deputy and Associate at Weightmans LLP, talks about the impact the pandemic has had on those with impaired decision making capacity and the Court of Protection. The last 12 months have been extraordinarily challenging for us all and have seen the legislative imposition of far-reaching kerbs on our basic […]
Is the Industry threatened by conveyancing diversification?
With the legal industry evolving over the last 12 months due to the impact of Covid-19, a lot of businesses are reflecting on the events of the last year. Competition for clients can be fierce and in previous years consolidation within the legal industry has been rife with mergers and acquisitions taking centre play. Another […]
Your views wanted on cyber loss insurance clause
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) are calling for professionals in the legal sector to give their feedback on a clause which covers for cyber losses explicit in the minimum terms and conditions (MTC) of professional indemnity insurance (PII) policies. On the SRA’s website it states: We are consulting on a proposal to make a change […]
