Call For Evidence The Government Want Your Views On Digital Identity
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMC) has launched a consultation on digital identity, and is seeking your views on how the Government can support the development and secure use of digital identities fit for the UK’s growing digital economy. The consultation states: “We welcome written responses to this call for evidence from […]
Do You Want To Grow Your Law Firm?
Are you a business owner or senior manager/partner in Wills and estate planning? Do you have the right processes and protection in place to grow your business and increase profitability? Taking place on the same day as the prestigious British Wills and Probate Awards at The Belfry Hotel and Resort, Today’s Wills and Probate are […]
Hand Writing Expert Enters Aretha Franklin Will Saga
Following the discovery of a number of hand written Wills found stuffed into the cushion covers of Aretha Franklin’s plush sofa in one of her luxurious mansions, a Michigan based judge has allowed a hand writing expert to examine the alleged Wills. This story is rumbling on, epitomising the disharmony that can be created when […]
The Best Protection For Your Business This Summer
Don’t get burnt by Will claims! Countrywide Legacy’s Will Clarity Package can protect your business from successful Will claims by automatically compiling a Will Clarity Statement and Statement of Execution for your clients. They fully satisfy the ‘why, when, where, how and what’ when it comes to the wishes and surrounding circumstances, behind your clients’ […]
Webinar: Mitigating risk with Title Research
Title Research’s next webinar will explain how we can help you mitigate risk within the estate administration process. The webinar will discuss the various challenges and pitfalls that arise when dealing with an estate. We will share how we can help you mitigate these risks and provide advice to ensure the estate administration process runs smoothly. The […]
Webinar: Court Of Protection Special
Join us on Thursday 25th July at 12.00pm when we will be joined by Barrister, Graham Stott of 3PB Barristers who will be presenting our next Certainty Expert Webinar, titled “Gifts of P’s Property: authority, considerations and best interests”. In this Court of Protection focused webinar, Graham will be taking an in-depth look at gifts […]
OPG Helping Consumers By Hitting Their Key Performance Indicators
As the Office of the Public Guardian publish their business plan for 2019/20, the governmental department’s facts and figures for the last year suggest this is one area of Government fulfilling their obligations. For the year 2018/19, 89% of customers were very or fairly satisfied with the OPG’s overall services. This represents a 9% improvement […]
Is Working For Small Law Firms The Future?
A leading global provider of information and analytics has revealed that from 2016 – 2019 solicitors leaving larger practices to work in smaller firms has increased from 53% in 2016 to 64% in 2019. The latest Bellwether report titled, ‘Is the Future Small?’, published today by LexisNexis UK, highlights that the small law firm sector […]
Devastating Impact Of Elder Attorney Abuse
The continuing threat to the older population when appointing an attorney whom they trust to look after them is ever-growing, Over the past year, there has been an influx in the number of people, in trusted positions, exploiting the people they should be protecting from financial harm. The Government carried out almost 50% more investigations […]
Webinar: Supermen Webinar 55 – The definitive guide to Trusts
Agenda Trusts explored, exploded and explained… How they are taxed? How to run a Trust How to draft a Memorandum of Wishes How does a FLIT work? How does a Discretionary Trust work? What is the alternative to Discretionary Trusts? Why is a professional trustee important? How does a professional trustee save the client money? […]
Fewer Younger People Making Wills In 2019
The average of age a person making a Will in the UK has risen significantly to 57-years-old in 2019. According to recent industry trends and patterns, carried out by will writing software provider WillSuite, the sector’s consumers are adhering to the older stereotype, despite attempts to encourage a younger demographic to prepare for life after […]
Webinar: 10 Simple Ways To Improve Your Website
Did you know that when a visitor arrives on your website, you have about five seconds (or less) to capture their attention and keep them where they are? That’s not a great deal of time to impress someone, so if your website is slow to load, your navigation is all over the place or it’s […]
OPG Appoint Nick Goodwin As New Public Guardian
Nick Goodwin has been appointed to the role as Public Guardian for England and Wales and Chief Executive of the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG). Mr Goodwin will take over from Alan Eccles who retired on 30th June 2019 after seven years as Public Guardian and OPG Chief Executive and following over 30 years […]
BBC Radio Soap Opera Highlights Importance Of Farming Estate Planning
The long-running BBC Radio 4 soap opera, The Archers, has been praised for highlighting the importance of ensuring farming families consider estate planning implications following life and family changes. A story line, which reached a climactic point last week, involved concerned mother, Pat Archer, advising her son, Tom, to make a pre-nuptial agreement or other […]
Claudia’s Law Offers Relief For Families Of Missing Persons
The Guardianship Act, also known as Claudia’s Law, will come into law at the end of July 2019, the Ministry of Justice confirmed on Friday. The new legislation allows families to take financial control of a missing person’s assets, thus eliminating additional stress at such a difficult time. Currently, there is little legal recourse in […]
Only 25% Of Social Media Users Consider Their Digital Assets
Research has indicated that 33% of the world’s adult population have a social media account of some description, yet few have considered the implications of what happens to their online data after they die. Facebook alone has around 2.27 billion members with more than 1.4 billion set to die by 2100. Despite these figures, only […]
Introducing The Summer Edition Of Entitlement From Title Research
The summer 2019 edition of Entitlement, Title Research’s quarterly news digest, is now available for legal professionals to download completely free of charge. Entitlement is a digital magazine produced by the genealogy and asset repatriation specialists, Title Research. It is released every quarter and features informative and insightful articles, all written by experts in the legal […]
Q1 Mortality Rates Drop Significantly Below Five-Year Average
Deaths registered in the opening quarter of 2019 have significantly decreased by 14% since the same period in 2018. The 134,337 deaths registered in the opening quarter of 2019 represented 5,497 fewer deaths than the five-year average. As the current figure is more than a 5% decrease, it is considered statistically significantly decreased. Since 2001, […]
Charity Regulators Discuss Wills Notification Service With Smee & Ford
The Institute of Legacy Management (ILM) are attending a meeting with Smee & Ford tomorrow morning, Thursday May 22nd, to discuss the issues involved with a change over from the current service to whatever iteration the new Wills Notification service will take. They will also seek clarity on the situation and try to pass on […]
Error Strewn Probate Fees Order Could Languish In Waiting Room Until Autumn
The new probate fees statutory instrument has languished in a parliamentary waiting room for over two months with a myriad of errors. The Government were ready to launch the probate fees in their current draft and had planned to make the changes from April 1 this year. However, Law Society officials, have warned that the […]
