The Legal Services Board (LSB) has asked for views on its proposed business plan and budget for the 2024/25 year to ensure it remains focused on “delivering a legal services market that better meets society’s Read More
A York-based law firm is celebrating 2 milestones in its effort to raise money for Cancer Research UK. RG Law has hit 7 years service with over £500,000 of legacy gifts for the cancer charity. RG Law have Read More
A fast-growing Northern full service law firm is to invest £1m in relocating to new offices as it plans to create a “state-of-the-art environment” for its lawyers. Burnetts Solicitors LLP, which has offices in Newcastle, Read More
This year the annual national charity Will writing scheme, Will Aid received over 24,000 enquiries from members of the public looking to make their Will with our participating solicitors. With the help of Martin Lewis championing Read More
An Australian practice management system has formally launched in the UK at this year’s Legalex Conference. Smokeball is a cloud practice management platform first launched in Australia in 2008 and since then has expanded in Read More
The appointment of a trio of senior hires has been hailed as a “milestone” for regional law firm Steele Raymond. The appointments of Tim Higham and Jane Lynch in their residential property and private client Read More
Windsor-based Charles Coleman has acquired acquires local firm Seakens Solicitors and expanded it’s operations into Virginia Water. The combined business will operate under the Charles Coleman LLP Solicitors name with the Virginia Water office Read More
An outsourced compliance service provider has warned of a new-style scam they have intercepted involving criminals impersonating the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). The methodology involves individuals contacting law firms alleging to be from the SRA Read More
“Two nations divided by a common language” is a phrase often connected to the relationship between the UK and the USA; but it could be just as easily applied to England and Scotland at times, Read More
Supported by the Institute of Legacy Management, specialist contentious probate firm IDR Law releases new LegalTech product for the charity legacy sector. This week sees the launch of the IDR Claim Checker for charities, an Read More
Recorded in the week before the British Wills and Probate Awards 2023, this latest podcast explores the role faith plays in Yasmin Hoque’s legal career. A practicing Muslim, Yasmin explores the way her faith has Read More
Two weeks on from the biggest British Wills and Probate Awards, sponsored by CTT Group, ever hosted there is still a warm afterglow around social media as firms continue to stoke the embers of their Read More
The National Association of Licensed Paralegals (NALP) are hosting their third National Paralegal Day with an evening event at the House of Commons in London on Wednesday 8th November 2023, from 7pm to 9pm. The event Read More
The latest Anti-Money Laundering (AML) annual report from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has been released, detailing the regulator’s stance and approach to AML regulation for law firms. In it, the SRA warns that Read More
The British Wills and Probate Awards really is the gift that keeps on giving with a warm afterglow on social media a week after the event which was hosted at Kimpton Clocktower Hotel in Manchester Read More
The latest Today’s Wills and Probate podcast welcomes Simon McCrum to discuss the contents of his latest book “The Perfect Lawyer” with host David Opie. There isn’t much Simon McCrum doesn’t know Read More
Today’s Wills and Probate, the online news publication for will writers, solicitors and probate practitioners, marks a milestone this week as the publication is 9 years old. Starting out in October 2014, the publication has since Read More
A free-to-access baby-loss awareness training programme has been launched to help law firms gain a deeper understanding of how to effectively support their employees and co-workers who have experienced the loss of a baby. The Read More
The Wills and Probate sector once again came together to recognise and celebrate excellence at the sixth annual British Wills and Probate Awards, sponsored by CTT Group, with over 700 people attending either in person, or Read More
The 179th Presidential of the Law Society of England and Wales was inaugurated this week, alongside a new leadership team following the end of Lubna Shuja’s time in post. Nick Emmerson, a partner at Read More