The charity community has provided evidence in Parliament of the impact of delays on charities and legacy gifting. Representatives from The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, Cancer Research UK and Devon Air Ambulance Trust shared Read More
Consultant model growing ‘significantly faster’ than traditional firms
Consultant style, or ‘Platform’ law firms are growing at a ‘significantly faster’ rate than traditional competitors with Setfords and Taylor Rose MW leading the way amongst Alternative Legal Service Providers (ALSPs). Property law continues to Read More
Private equity investment for national will writing and probate firm
A national wills and probate practice has secured significant funding to enable it to pursue an “ambitious growth strategy… accelerating the organic growth plan through M&A.” Right Legal Group, which incorporates RightWill and Read More
Hugh James announces growth of private client team
Top 100 UK law firm, Hugh James, has expanded its Contested Wills, Trusts and Estates team with the appointment of senior associates Sarah O’Grady and Ryan Taylor based in Cardiff and London. Sarah and Ryan Read More
A property “concierge” service designed for high net worth individuals and property is set to be launched by specialist property services company Property Solutions Group. Southey & Co will provide a “bespoke service for Private Read More
Update Your Will Week 2023 highlights lack of parental planning
Seven out of ten parents across the UK have no legal guardian in place to care for their children in the event of their deaths, according to research commissioned by Solicitors for the Elderly (SfE). Read More
Over the last few weeks, Legal Growth Founder – Tom Stansfield has been traveling up and down the country attending client meetings, hosting training for law firms, attending conferences and meeting prospective clients. Some of this Read More
5 years of The British Wills and Probate Awards
The British Wills and Probate Awards celebrates its FIFTH year in 2022 at the aptly named Grand Hotel in Birmingham. Hosted as a hybrid event again on 20th October, with the in person ceremony simultaneously live-streamed Read More
#BWAPAwards2022 shortlist and Industry Champion vote
Today’s Wills and Probate, alongside headline sponsor Property Solutions Group and Networking Sponsor Exizent, are proud to bring you the 2022 British Wills and Probate Awards. The results are now in and all this week Read More
British Wills and Probate Awards 2022 – Shortlist Day 4
The fourth round of categories for the 2022 British Wills and Probate Awards are shortlisted today exclusively via Today’s Wills and Probate. Each day this week further categories have been announced, with the full list Read More
British Wills and Probate Awards 2022 – Shortlist Day 3
The third round of categories for the 2022 British Wills and Probate Awards are shortlisted today exclusively via Today’s Wills and Probate. Each day this week will see further categories announced, with the full list Read More
British Wills and Probate Awards 2022 – Shortlist Day 2
The second round of categories for the 2022 British Wills and Probate Awards are shortlisted today exclusively via Today’s Wills and Probate. Further categories are set to be announced each day this week, with the Read More
British Wills and Probate Awards 2022 – Shortlist Day 1
The first categories for the 2022 British Wills and Probate Awards are shortlisted today exclusively via Today’s Wills and Probate. Each day this week further categories will be announced, with the full list published in Read More
Awards shortlist to be revealed soon…
The shortlist for The British Wills and Probate Awards, sponsored by Property Solutions Group, will be revealed exclusively through Today’s Wills and Probate w/c 5th September 2022. Categories will be revealed daily throughout the Read More
The inner workings of probate property – Today’s Wills and
For probate practitioners the sale of property left as part of an estate can be complex. Lengthening timescales, beneficiary conflict, property clearances are just some of the often arduous parts of the task. In this Read More
FCA confirms provisional list of regulated funeral plan providers
Ahead of the deadline for regulation of the funeral planning market on 29th July, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have released a provisional list of approved providers it intends to authorise. As of Friday 17th Read More
Early Bird entry for this year’s British Wills and Probate Awards ends today! But don’t worry, there’s still plenty of time to enter and you don’t need to submit your entry Read More
Helping your clients choose a charity to support when writing
Charity Choice is the UK’s leading charity directory. We’re pleased to provide you with a free, digital edition of our 2022 Charity Choice directory. This year, we’ve compiled our three directories (England & Read More
Early bird entries open for British Wills and Probate Awards
The early bird rate is available for entrants to The British Wills and Probate Awards, sponsored by recently re-branded Property Solutions Group (formerly Executor Solutions). The 2021 event attracted a record number of entries with the Read More
Contentious probate services “more than doubled”, report finds
According to the latest IRN Research report, UK Wills, Probate & Trusts Market 2022: Market Trends, the wills, trusts and probate market passed the £2.0 bn mark for the first time in 2021, and although fragmented, is a Read More
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