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.
Towards the end of last month we published an article that mentioned there was a surge in probate applications which led to a surge in demand for those who worked at the probate office Today
In the latest round of funding online will writer Farewill has raised £20m so they can begin a major expansion which will include increasing staff numbers With funding coming from venture capitalist groups Highland Europe
The Legal Services Board LSB has charted the latest phase in the delivery of it s priorities from its three year strategy in its annual report The strategy outlines the progress the LSB has had
A team has been named that will advise the Solicitors Regulation Authority to help deliver our work in a way that meets the public interest and is responsive to changes in the legal services market
Prince Charles has in the last year profited from more than £1 million under an archaic rule whereby Cornwall residents who have died without a will have their estate ultimately go to the Crown Under
For some time there have been calls for Ministers to introduce a UK Bereavement Standard that would help alleviate the trauma that families go through when they have to make repeated calls to numerous utility
JMW Solicitors has seen a 260 increase in contested probate cases which they say will continue to rocket due to lockdown wills 8221 and a squeeze on finances heralding vicious battles for meagre sums Law
The winners of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners STEP Private Client Awards have been announced The STEP Excellence Awards show the highest scoring students from the 2019 sitting across all STEP exams globally
The Pensions Regulator TPR has stated that it remains focused on protecting savers despite the pandemic In its corporate plan released earlier this week TPR set out its direction over the next year despite the
Legacy Foresight who analysis the charitable legacy market along with a consortium of 55 leading national charities and hospices has set out to gain a full understanding of what constitutes effective in memory stewardship from
A leading South East law film is urging HMRC to provide clarification on whether the estates of the NHS workers and other emergency personnel who have lost their lives due to the Corona virus will
The Sentiments Survey conducted by Today 8217 s Wills and Probate has shown those in the wills and probate industry are beginning to return to the office with many mixing working remotely and in the
The Death Notification Service DNS a service set up by Equiniti to support UK Finance and Financial Services Businesses has seen a large rise in the number of customers and notifications it received in the
A recent report by Key Partnership revealed that over a third of mortgage intermediaries had either reviewed or increased the checks they made on older customers to ensure that they were not vulnerable It was
It is no surprise that the pandemic has brought to the attention of many that they need to make provisions should the worst happen Firms have seen increases in the demand for will writing services
Today saw the release of a useful FAQ document by HMCTS in relation to Probate for professionals The document described as a working document that will have more responses added as new questions come in
A claim brought against a trust corporation by a beneficiary has been given a second chance in his claim that the trustee had acted dishonestly Beneficiary Robert Sofer is attempting to recover sums amounting to
In its business plan draft for 2020 2021 the SRA has revealed that in an effort to continue competence it will be increasing its monitoring of firms anti money laundering AML policies Following a review
Following the latest announcements by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak about the 8216 winding down 8217 of the furlough scheme as well as the slow lifting of the restrictions many businesses across the country are trying
The legal sector has been described as close to the financial and energy sectors in terms of the risk of cyber attacks reports cyber security firm BlueVoyant following an assessment of almost 2 000 law
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