Having previously worked as a wedding photographer for 14 years, a change in family circumstances gave me a taste for family law, particularly in divorce, child custody and especially parental alienation.
I am now doing an LLM in Legal Practise with the aim to work within the legal industry, specialising in family law.
In an application to the Legal Services Board LSB that has the Law Society asking for the Practising Certificate PC fee to remain the same the results from a recent survey regarding the fee have
Group focusing on anti corruption is seeking to make small legislative changes so that lawyers who use ineffective tax avoidance schemes that break the law may be prosecuted A policy paper published by the All
The Association of Chartered Accountants ACCA has made the decision to withdraw from legal services regulation and instead is negotiating a partnership with the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives CILEx Glen Collins head of technical
A senior partner is being accused of stealing millions from client s estates by multiple charities including the Church of England It was revealed this week that a senior partner Linda Box of Wakefield law
Data from a survey has found the fines for UK money laundering breaches totalled £36 6m within the first 6 months of 2020 The seventh annual Global Enforcement Review released by Duff amp Phelps a
The UK s leading professional services group of independent chartered accountancy and law firms the UK200Group has called for the government to put in place measures for the handing of billions of pounds worth of
The Ministry of Justice MoJ has released details of a consultation aimed at specialist practitioners who submit probate applications that proposes mandating of online applications by solicitor and other practitioner applications for grants of probate
Announced in the Budget in March larger law firms will face a levy of between £100 and £200 per every £1m of revenue that will go towards supporting the government s economic plan Firms that
Up to 10 of UK adults born in the 1980s will inherit more than half as much as an average person would earn in their lifetime A report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies IFS
The Ministry of Justice has announced that video witnessed Wills will be made legal during the coronavirus pandemic The planned changes to the law which will be backdated to 31 January 2020 will allow Wills
A new scheme launched this week that will give law firms the opportunity to develop their approaches to equality diversity and inclusion EDI with 12 months of free support from firms recognised as leaders in
Working together with HMCTS the Law Society has released annotated probate forms as well as an FAQ that will help people when applying for probate The forms PA1P and PA1A have been annotated with the
A Cardiff court has ruled against claimants who stated their mother had signed a homemade will under undue influence by their brother Margaret Wilcox died in 2016 leaving her home to her son Edward McCarthy
On the 26 June professionals across the country received an email from HMRC that stated due to the relaxation in restrictions across the UK the number of accounts submitted by post was reverting to the
Trust Inheritance Ltd market leaders in all things Wills Trusts and Probate have decided to embrace change and always put the customer first venturing into the regulated world by launching TI Law Ltd In venturing
Today saw the launch of a new online tool allowing attorneys to contact banks and healthcare providers that will replace the paper based system and maintain safeguards to protect elderly and vulnerable from abuse The
Following the decision by Land Registry to accept copies of Lasting Power of Attorneys PoAs certified by Legal Executives from the Chartered Institute of Legal Executive CILEx there are now calls to change the law
A will thought to be lost for over a decade that was central to a £2m inheritance dispute was discovered after a cat knocked over a pile of papers due to be shredded Dean and
HMCTS has announced a new video platform that will be rolled out to the civil and family courts will allow more remote cases to be heard safely Following a successful implementation of the Cloud Video
Solicitors across the country are preparing for a spike in contentious probate claims due to the confusion surrounding the witnessing of wills during lockdown Section 9 of the Wills Act 1837 requires wills to be
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