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 increase of 5.6% compared with 2014. The Read More
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 Read More
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 Read More
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 Read More
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 burial Read More
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 Read More
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 Read More
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 trust Read More
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 Read More
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 Read More
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 Read More
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 Protection (YAP) Read More
The result of the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU has blown the succession plans of those with assets abroad “out of the water” according to experts. Currently, EU based estates being Read More
Referral and comparison site The Law Superstore has announced it’s 150th sign up ahead of it’s launch this year. The company which states they are “the UK’s first legal comparison service” have Read More
Socrates Training Limited are seeking damages from the Law Society over claims Chancery Lane abused it’s position in specifying it’s own anti-money laundering training for the Conveyancing Quality Scheme must come from the Read More
A brother and sister who have a combined age of 141 came to blows over their deceased father’s £2 million estate estate, the High Court was told. Fay Elizabeth Crabbe, 74 and Edward Lindsay Townsend, 67, have been Read More
A woman is to have part of a leg amputated against her wishes after a judge ruled it was in her best interests. In the Court of Protection, Mr Justice Bodey ruled the woman, reportedly Read More
STEP chief executive David Harvey has announced he intends to leave the post from 30th June. Current Deputy Chief Executive George Hodgson has assumed the role of Interim Chief Executive while a new Chief Executive Read More
A company set up to help individuals claim overcharges by solicitors has had a complaint against one of it’s adverts upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority. Recovery Ltd, trading as RecoverYourOvercharges.com published an Read More
The percentage of retirees who say they can afford to leave something to their children has fallen to it’s lowest level for six years with just 28% saying they will be able to afford to Read More