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Category: Guest Blog
- 2017 is the year for Anti-Money Laundering to triumph in the UK… Transparency is key (06/22/2017)
- Excluding children from your inheritance – what’s the story? (05/18/2017)
- Ministry of Justice’s probate fee increase could cost charities £18m per year (04/06/2017)
- The New IHT Allowance…Alright for Some? (03/16/2017)
- The Residence Nil Rate Band & Discretionary Will Trusts (03/09/2017)
- Does your will still work for you in 2017? (02/09/2017)
- ADR: An advantageous way to settle probate disputes for all parties (01/12/2017)
- 2016 overview and predictions (12/22/2016)
- Technology within will writing (10/21/2016)
- Protecting the Bank of Mum & Dad (10/06/2016)
- The next level of funeral cost management (09/29/2016)
- We are living longer – why it’s important to make an LPA early (08/25/2016)
- Why the Sikh community aren’t making wills (08/11/2016)
- Brexit effect on IHT and Probate (08/04/2016)
- Charities – What Does a Legacy Manager do? (07/28/2016)
- Cross-Marketing Made Effective (07/21/2016)
- Legacies: working together to fulfil final wishes (07/07/2016)
- Trust Disputes – What to do with a Rogue Trustee (06/23/2016)
- Are you familiar with Dormant Assets? (06/16/2016)
- Building a Profitable Trust and Probate Practice (06/09/2016)
- Defining an unwise decision (05/19/2016)
- Anti Money Laundering: Tweak your systems for 4MLD (05/12/2016)
- Communicating the decision (05/05/2016)
- Inheritance Tax planning like a Cameron – what your clients want to know now (04/28/2016)
- Testing for capacity (04/21/2016)
- Mental Incapacity -The next big financial scandal (04/14/2016)
- How to avoid the pitfalls of North American searches (03/24/2016)
- Executors Insurance Can Help Protect Lay Executors against Potentially Damaging Claims (03/24/2016)
- Having mental capacity when you don’t (03/17/2016)
- Is the GP the best person to conduct Mental Capacity assessments? (03/10/2016)
- Bringing up baby…? (03/01/2016)
- Love the Judge you’re with (01/14/2016)
- Settling up is hard to do (12/17/2015)
- Probate Insurance – Friend or foe to the administering solicitor? (11/19/2015)
- Cicero stated “the life of the deceased is placed in the memory of the living” (09/16/2015)
- How to make your will writing business saleable (09/05/2015)
- Does the probate research industry need a watchdog? (08/18/2015)
- Intestacy and Bona Vacantia (07/17/2015)
- Dispelling some of the myths associated with charitable legacy giving (06/29/2015)
- Common sense IT security (06/17/2015)
- Are you wasting time on Social Media? (05/28/2015)
- The power of number 10 in contested probate claims (05/01/2015)
- The 21st century lawyer – accessible, productive, profitable (04/23/2015)
- Shariah Wills in modern day (02/25/2015)
- How Inheritance becomes Digital (02/04/2015)
- Cohabitants – Would you leave your legacy to chance? (12/19/2014)
- Reconnecting assets with their rightful owners (11/07/2014)
Category: Partner News
- Legal marketing experts launch new website (06/22/2017)
- Willwriting Academy awarded formal CPD accreditation (06/22/2017)
- A Masterclass for Property Investor clients (06/22/2017)
- Will Writing Software to Die for – WillSuite (06/15/2017)
- Supermen Webinar no. 31 (06/15/2017)
- How can celebrity estates help you connect with clients? (06/15/2017)
- Are you up to date with regulatory requirements? (06/15/2017)
- ELM Legal Services recruits new advisers (06/08/2017)
- Legal Eye recruits Priscilla Sinder in line with expansion plans (06/08/2017)
- Supermen Webinar No. 30 (05/25/2017)
- Law firms tune into Emerging Risks webinars (05/18/2017)
- Bristol will writing company launches new website (05/18/2017)
- Probate Law Update seminars announced (05/18/2017)
- Does your website help you win new clients? (05/17/2017)
- For the majority of the UK, having children is a key driver for making a will (05/16/2017)
- Supermen Webinar No. 30 (05/12/2017)
- What is your Digital Marketing Strategy? (05/11/2017)
- How are lawyers using mobile technology? (05/03/2017)
- Supermen Webinar No.29 (05/03/2017)
- Report reveals rise in calls to family law by 69% (04/28/2017)
- Win a £100 John Lewis gift card (04/27/2017)
- National Will Safe Limited enjoys record year (04/26/2017)
- LEAP celebrates 1000 UK firm milestone (04/24/2017)
- SWW conference launches (04/20/2017)
- WillSuite to launch apps for Android and iOS (04/20/2017)
- Date set for Cyber crime webinar hosted by Legal Eye (04/18/2017)
- Supermen Webinar No.29 (04/13/2017)
- Will writers – want to earn more without doing more appointments? (04/06/2017)
- Legal Eye counts down to better compliance (04/03/2017)
- Keeping your company’s data secure: 5 quick tips from a techie (03/30/2017)
- Law Society Practice Note: Making Gifts of Assets (03/29/2017)
- Thinking of setting up a Will Writing business? (03/23/2017)
- Legal Eye launches Compliance Bulletins (03/17/2017)
- Get Ready for the Biggest Legalex Yet! (03/15/2017)
- Supermen Webinar No. 28 (03/08/2017)
- Acting as a Professional Attorney under an LPA – Good Practice Guide (03/06/2017)
- LEAP 365 – legal case management software to fully integrate with Office 365 (03/06/2017)
- The Legal Services Industry is changing, don’t get left behind (03/02/2017)
- Emerging Risks seminar demonstrates the scale of law firm concerns (03/02/2017)
- New Practice Note – Access & Disclosure of an Incapacitated Person’s Will (03/02/2017)
- College of Will Writing – ‘Continuing success’ (03/02/2017)
- Challenges in 2017: Risk and Compliance Survey (02/24/2017)
- SWW appoints Chairman for Professional Standards Board (02/24/2017)
- Will Writers – grow your presence in the market (02/23/2017)
- Ilott v Mitson – The role of insurance (02/22/2017)
- SWW welcomes Ingrid McCleave as new tutor (02/20/2017)
- Why being LinkedIn could generate more business for you (02/16/2017)
- Legalex 2017 looks set to become the most influential exhibition in UK law (02/16/2017)
- Supermen Webinar No. 27 (02/09/2017)
- Find unclaimed estates in The Gazette (02/03/2017)
- Placing a deceased estates newspaper notice in more than one area (01/27/2017)
- Legal Eye awards first Quality Standard to CILEx regulated professional (01/20/2017)
- Supermen Webinar No. 26 (01/20/2017)
- Emerging Risks for Law Firms in 2017 Seminar (01/18/2017)
- Will writers – improve your market knowledge (01/12/2017)
- Legal Eye completes its 500th Compliance Health Check (01/06/2017)
- Take part in our survey to make a difference (01/05/2017)
- WIQS update from the Law Society (12/22/2016)
- How much business could legal firms be losing over Christmas? (12/20/2016)
- How to generate more direct business through use of effective marketing (12/15/2016)
- Supermen Webinar No. 25 (12/14/2016)
- Law firms struggling with financial solutions for widows (12/12/2016)
- Xara Computers achieves Legal Eye Quality Standard (12/02/2016)
- “No will = poo” campaign launched (11/30/2016)
- Dates for your diary 2017 (11/29/2016)
- Supermen Webinar No. 24 (11/16/2016)
- How to generate new enquiries through connecting with your local community (11/10/2016)
- Moneypenny appoints Joanna Swash as Managing Director (11/09/2016)
- Rhonda Treacy-Hales is promoted to Director of Business Development (11/03/2016)
- How can you generate more LPA enquiries? (10/14/2016)
- Supermen Webinar No. 23 (10/10/2016)
- Safe4 Digital Inheritance Vault Asset Register (10/04/2016)
- Happy 3rd Birthday WIQS (09/30/2016)
- Gordon Brown achieves prestigious quality standard (09/28/2016)
- Supermen Webinar No. 22 (09/22/2016)
- We’re a month away from another Succession Law Conference (09/14/2016)
- Moneypenny opens the doors to pioneering workspace for world-class legal receptionists (09/05/2016)
- Association of Probate Researchers becomes registered body (09/01/2016)
- Probate Fraud – A Practitioners’ Perspective (08/25/2016)
- Supermen Webinar No.21 (08/22/2016)
- Nottingham based law firm adds to their Accreditation collection (08/17/2016)
- Spoilt for choice for probate researcher membership organisations (08/17/2016)
- Probate tracing services (08/12/2016)
- What prompts someone to make a will? (08/04/2016)
- Corporate Social Responsibility for Legal Firms (08/04/2016)
- Take part in the SWW Industry Survey (07/28/2016)
- Could a new software launch change the will writing industry? (07/21/2016)
- Supermen Webinar No. 20 – Trusts for Disabled Clients & Personal Injury Trusts (07/19/2016)
- Champion F1 driver launches new dementia charity (07/08/2016)
- Council for Licensed Conveyancers consults on changes to education and training (06/28/2016)
- Kings Court Trust’s technology helps partners to gain greater Insight (06/16/2016)
- Editor Assist appoints Emma Davies as Business Development Manager (06/15/2016)
- Supermen Webinar No. 19 – The importance of the correct Business Clause within the Will & Business Lasting Powers of Attorney (06/15/2016)
- Attention Will Writers – Are you up to date? (05/26/2016)
- Supermen Webinar No.18 – Estate Planning tips and tricks, frequently overlooked opportunities & an introduction to the Processing and Administration Department (05/23/2016)
- What is Google ‘My Business’ and how can it help generate wills and probate enquiries? (05/20/2016)
- Launch of Editorial Publicity Programme for Wills & Probate Sector (05/19/2016)
- Local newspaper notice placement for deceased estates now online (05/09/2016)
- Why not upsell with a free pension review? (04/29/2016)
- More adults obtaining free wills and most pay no more than £150 for a will (04/25/2016)
- Supermen Webinar No.17 – a great opportunity in Estate Planning (04/22/2016)
- Kings Court Trust unveils new brand: The estate administration people (04/21/2016)
- Safe4 achieves Cyber Essentials accreditation and recognition against the IASME standard (04/21/2016)
- Discover the Safe4 mobile interface (04/19/2016)
- Legal Eye expands its Compliance Team (04/14/2016)
- Rise in executors protecting themselves from creditors (04/12/2016)
- Kings Court Trust’s response to the planned reform of Grant of Probate fees (03/30/2016)
- Supermen Webinar No.15 (02/19/2016)
- The Residence Nil Rate Band (02/15/2016)
- Moneypenny reports calls to legal sector are up 14.2% (02/10/2016)
- New date announced for the next Supermen series webinar (02/02/2016)
- And so it begins: a new era of continuing competence (12/21/2015)
- Who benefits? (12/10/2015)
- Wills and probate calls on the rise (11/19/2015)
- Every client needs a hero! (11/18/2015)
- Moneypenny helps to celebrate brilliance (10/26/2015)
- Advising your farming clients (10/16/2015)
- Moneypenny celebrates as time flies (10/01/2015)
- Estate accounts- help is at hand! (09/18/2015)
- Kings Court Trust helps to develop Government framework for new probate apprenticeship (08/28/2015)
- 10% of new legal enquiries `missed’ (08/24/2015)
- Stocks & Shares Update For Estate Practitioners: 'Ketchup and Cheese' (08/18/2015)
- Is your website effective and user-friendly? (08/13/2015)
- Are you providing effective estate planning advice to business clients? (08/04/2015)
- Insolvent Estates (07/30/2015)
- Holiday figures show legal calls spike 12% after a Bank Holiday (07/27/2015)
- Budget Analysis Webinar (07/21/2015)
- The importance of training (07/16/2015)
- Speakers finalised for this year’s SWW Annual Conference (07/09/2015)
- Update your professional knowledge and increase your profits with Central Law Training (07/09/2015)
- The intestacy jigsaw (07/06/2015)
- The Gazette to hold focus groups for the probate sector (07/02/2015)
- Receptionists ready to cross the equator as 24/7 legal client numbers continue to rise (06/16/2015)
- Kings Court Trust appointed as IPW strategic partner (06/11/2015)
- The Gazette launches online submission for deceased estates notices (06/10/2015)
- New LPA forms – what do you need to know? (06/04/2015)
- Landmark Information Group signs partnership with Experian (05/21/2015)
- SDLT.co.uk launches ‘FormEvo’ a revolutionary legal forms application at LegalEx (05/14/2015)
- Growth for an SME (04/10/2015)
- Countrywide Legacy – new LPA software launch (03/26/2015)
- Ochresoft launch Intelliworks Wills product (03/17/2015)
- Introducing a unique partnership that will grow your business (02/06/2015)
- Online Will Writing Software – designed by experts, delivered to professionals (02/06/2015)
- Legal Eye brings to you the latest SRA alert on reporting diversity data (02/05/2015)
- Profile FS Increase Payments to Will Writers (02/03/2015)
- ‘We were shocked at the immediate uplift in calls’ – Moneypenny Case Study – Newmans Solicitors (01/26/2015)
- Enhance your will writing service (01/23/2015)
- Brook Worthy Law announce new services in supporting Will Writers (01/20/2015)
- Learn how to utilise social media to grow your business (11/28/2014)
- Discover a whole new way of reaching out to prospective will writing clients (11/18/2014)
- Final chance to expand your knowledge with the Society of Will Writers (11/13/2014)
- Financial Eye – Regulatory update (11/11/2014)
- One year on – the strategic errors still affecting conversions (11/11/2014)
- YouGov study reveals worrying Wills trend (11/08/2014)
- Reconnecting assets with their rightful owners (11/07/2014)
- Private Client, powered by Landmark (11/05/2014)
- The latest courses brought to you by The Society of Will Writers (11/04/2014)
- Probate cases resolved through Certainty Will Search (10/21/2014)
- Will writers and solicitors could be missing more than 2,000 telephone calls a year (10/21/2014)
- Profile FS introduce free pension review scheme for will writers (10/17/2014)
- Legal Eye employee completes 400km cycle for cancer charity (10/15/2014)
- Brand new look for Moneypenny (10/06/2014)
- Certainty Expert Webinar to be hosted by Legal Eye (09/22/2014)
Category: Wills and Probate News
- SRA highlights publication of Treasury money laundering regulations (06/23/2017)
- Consultation on social care reform: Expert response (06/23/2017)
- Changes to pension transfer advice proposed by FCA (06/23/2017)
- 30% of pensioner income taxed (06/22/2017)
- SRA sets out progress in Annual Review (06/22/2017)
- New bill aims to streamline public financial guidance (06/21/2017)
- Consultation to review Conservative social care proposals (06/21/2017)
- Are BTL benefits better than a pension? (06/20/2017)
- 17% of would-be downsizers switch to equity release (06/19/2017)
- Creator of BBC series criticises inheritance law (06/16/2017)
- IPW nominate charity for 2017 (06/15/2017)
- Revised SRA Handbook could reduce barriers for will-writing firms (06/14/2017)
- Investment company lose £1.65m trust tax case (06/13/2017)
- Boxing legend loses brave fight with cancer (06/12/2017)
- Reshuffle reveals new lord chancellor (06/12/2017)
- Industry call for clarity on digital legacies (06/12/2017)
- General Election: Experts urge Prime Minister to review ‘dementia-tax’ (06/09/2017)
- General Election: Prime Minister to try forming minority government (06/09/2017)
- General Election: UK faces hung parliament as no party claims majority (06/09/2017)
- Deferring retirement could boost pension pot (06/08/2017)
- High-profile estates raise will-writing awareness (06/07/2017)
- Industry body aims to educate consumers (06/06/2017)
- Real life cases highlight social care crisis (06/05/2017)
- Live and let die – Bond stars pay tribute to the late Roger Moore (06/02/2017)
- Misappropriation of inheritances top reason for compensating consumers (06/01/2017)
- Retirement age needs to rise says WEF (05/31/2017)
- April deaths drop by 16% year on year (05/30/2017)
- General Election 2017: What the manifestos mean for the Wills & Probate market (05/26/2017)
- What is a “no-contest” clause? (05/26/2017)
- Only 5% of Brits prepared for mental capacity issues (05/25/2017)
- Advisers predict rise in demand for IHT advice (05/24/2017)
- Private Trusts and Estates Solicitor wins Kent Law Society award (05/23/2017)
- Mixed reviews on Conservative social care reform (05/22/2017)
- Solicitors regulator takes Pride in a modern legal profession (05/22/2017)
- Equity release supports ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ (05/22/2017)
- What’s driving private client demand? (05/19/2017)
- Jill’s Marathon Story (05/18/2017)
- Cost of dying rises (05/18/2017)
- Losses from pension scams hit all-time high (05/17/2017)
- Conservatives reignite death tax talks ahead of manifesto (05/16/2017)
- Younger generation will need £1m pension pot (05/16/2017)
- Plans for standalone equity release qualification scrapped (05/15/2017)
- Dementia Awareness Week (05/15/2017)
- Private practice vacancies declining (05/12/2017)
- Over 55s want to ensure legacy is spent wisely (05/11/2017)
- When would a Larke v Nugus statement be used? (05/10/2017)
- Changing conditions mean pensioner mortgage debt set to rise (05/09/2017)
- Distributing trust assets counter to testator’s wishes (05/08/2017)
- Dying Awareness Week 2017 – Why is it important for clients? (05/08/2017)
- Asset administration: Trust v Deputyship (05/05/2017)
- The delivery of equity release adapts to a changing economic climate (05/04/2017)
- Pension freedom withdrawals reach £10bn (05/04/2017)
- Tax breaks could encourage early inheritance gifts (05/03/2017)
- 19% of retirees more likely to seek advice after Brexit (05/02/2017)
- Ensure your clients don’t fall victim to the IHT ‘sibling tax trap’ (05/01/2017)
- Deaths rise in March (04/28/2017)
- Do clients prefer professional probate services? (04/27/2017)
- Older generations to pass on £400bn worth of property (04/26/2017)
- SRA announces new solicitors assessment to guarantee high standards (04/26/2017)
- Pension cuts put on hold in run-up to election (04/25/2017)
- 23% plan to fund retirement with property they are yet to buy (04/24/2017)
- First UK firm to act as guarantors under US programme (04/24/2017)
- Fraud Hotline launched by HMRC (04/21/2017)
- Legal app launched by law firm to provide tax guidance (04/21/2017)
- Probate rise discarded ahead of election (04/21/2017)
- Probate fee rise: Expert opinion (04/20/2017)
- BEIS call for beneficial ownership evidence (04/20/2017)
- Charities fined for misuse of donor data (04/19/2017)
- What does a snap election mean for the wills and probate industry? (04/19/2017)
- Probate fee hike met with further criticism (04/18/2017)
- Prime Minister calls snap election (04/18/2017)
- New Inheritance Tax forms released (04/17/2017)
- Gordon Ramsay’s fortune “definitely not” going to children (04/14/2017)
- New report on mortality trends released (04/13/2017)
- Pensions freedoms mean 1 in 10 are saving more (04/12/2017)
- Social care reviewer calls for rewrite of pension triple-lock (04/11/2017)
- Partner and firm fined £16k over pensions documents (04/10/2017)
- Law firm praised for Will Aid achievement (04/07/2017)
- Updated SRA Risk Outlook: Are you up to date? (04/06/2017)
- Legal basis of probate fee rise under scrutiny (04/06/2017)
- Making gifts of assets: Law Society update (04/05/2017)
- Mothers miss out on state pension rights (04/04/2017)
- New provider of equity release enters market (04/03/2017)
- New SRA guidance released (04/03/2017)
- Today’s Wills and Probate at LegalEx 2017 – Did we see you there? (03/31/2017)
- Dual partner appointment sees firms’ Private Client team grow (03/31/2017)
- Judicial review on assisted dying fails (03/31/2017)
- How long does it take to issue a grant of representation? (03/31/2017)
- Solicitor jailed for stealing from dead clients’ estates (03/30/2017)
- State pension age needs to rise says report (03/29/2017)
- SRA proposals could make more opportunities (03/28/2017)
- Assisted dying campaigners crowdfund to cover costs (03/27/2017)
- Deal sees law firm plan for future growth (03/24/2017)
- County Wills and Brook Worthy Law confirm transfer of business (03/23/2017)
- What stops a grant of representation being issued? (03/22/2017)
- Four out of ten over 40s have no idea about retirement costs (03/21/2017)
- Government gains £1.6bn tax from pension freedoms (03/20/2017)
- 18% predict they’ll retire with just £2,500 saved (03/17/2017)
- Ilott v Mitson: Judgement provides “welcome reassurance” (03/16/2017)
- Ilott v Mitson: Impact in practice (03/16/2017)
- One week countdown to IPW Annual Conference (03/15/2017)
- Ilott v Mitson: Charities’ appeal allowed (03/15/2017)
- Are your clients struggling to save for retirement? (03/14/2017)
- Are trusts more secure than prenups? (03/13/2017)
- Make sure your clients don’t miss out on the RNRB (03/10/2017)
- IHT liable estates increase; how can you help clients save? (03/10/2017)
- Interview with LSG’s Nigel Walker Jennings (03/09/2017)
- Membership body expands workforce (03/09/2017)
- Scammers targeting law firms (03/09/2017)
- Spring Budget: Death of the ‘death-tax’ (03/08/2017)
- Student-led dementia legal clinic wins award (03/08/2017)
- Spring Budget: Extra £2bn to be spent on adult social care (03/08/2017)
- Popular will writers’ event returns for 26th year (03/08/2017)
- ‘Death-tax’ considered by Government (03/08/2017)
- Deaths increase during January (03/07/2017)
- RNRB could “deepen the north-south divide” (03/07/2017)
- Pension age increase could mean many die before qualifying (03/06/2017)
- PSR to review role of Payments Systems Operators in tackling scams (03/03/2017)
- FCA Retirement income market trends (03/03/2017)
- Death & occupation: When should your client make plans? (03/02/2017)
- Genealogist tracks down South African woman’s family (03/02/2017)
- Homeowners face probate fees up to £20k (03/01/2017)
- Judges’ pension ruling to be appealed by Government (02/28/2017)
- Chance to make Inheritance Act claim dies with entitlement holder (02/28/2017)
- 1/4 of retirees have outstanding debts (02/27/2017)
- Amendments to Guide on registered proprietor’s death (02/24/2017)
- What are your clients’ “best interests”? (02/23/2017)
- New service aims to curb elderly care crisis (02/22/2017)
- Pension age could rise in the wake of Brexit (02/21/2017)
- 21% of cohabitees unclear on pension inheritance (02/20/2017)
- Accountant forged dead mother’s will to access family fortune (02/17/2017)
- Genealogist reunites family of WWII airman (02/17/2017)
- Ensure clients have catered for dependants in their will (02/16/2017)
- Solicitor struck off after charging excessive estate costs (02/14/2017)
- Guidance launched to promote professionalism in legacy management (02/13/2017)
- Are your clients losing valuable income? (02/10/2017)
- Change the face of your service provision (02/09/2017)
- Supreme court judgement could impact cohabitees’ pension rights (02/08/2017)
- Pension Advice Allowance introduced by Government (02/08/2017)
- Shortage of suitable homes for downsizers (02/07/2017)
- Push for pensions bill amendment stalls (02/06/2017)
- Tax error under new pension rules (02/03/2017)
- Proposals for transparency could mislead clients (02/02/2017)
- Hart Brown expands Trusts & Estates team (02/02/2017)
- FCA gives warning on pension transfer advice (02/01/2017)
- £9.2bn cashed in by pensioners (01/31/2017)
- Potential precedent for pension transfer IHT rule (01/30/2017)
- First in line: price publication for wills (01/27/2017)
- Deaths decline in December (01/27/2017)
- Pensions discrimination claim won by Judges (01/26/2017)
- How much Will it cost? (01/26/2017)
- Article 50 ruling: Constitutional v democratic principles (01/25/2017)
- £67m fortune left in will of famous architect (01/25/2017)
- Government “need to tread carefully” following Article 50 ruling (01/25/2017)
- Article 50 ruling: future prospects (01/24/2017)
- Breaking News: Parliamentary vote required to trigger Article 50 (01/24/2017)
- Equity release “lifeline for pensioners” (01/24/2017)
- Young people opt for LISA over pensions (01/23/2017)
- South West demand for private client professionals (01/20/2017)
- Companies lose talent through succession planning failures (01/20/2017)
- COLPs and COFAs – Know your obligations (01/19/2017)
- Pensions policy disruption (01/19/2017)
- £233k awarded for taxing inheritance advice (01/18/2017)
- New right to die legal challenge (01/18/2017)
- Today’s Wills & Probate attending Legalex 2017 (01/17/2017)
- Mothers opt out of millions (01/17/2017)
- Estate uncertainty for most over-55s (01/16/2017)
- Looming article 50 ruling: overseas pension transfers surge (01/16/2017)
- New penalties for tax evasion enablers (01/13/2017)
- Deaths increase in November (01/13/2017)
- Farmers lack succession plans (01/12/2017)
- More well off, better off (01/11/2017)
- Wills and probate complaints report released (01/10/2017)
- Asset deprivation to avoid care costs (01/09/2017)
- Leading death causes change in 2015 (01/06/2017)
- Divorce fear means inheritance passed up (01/05/2017)
- Law Society Chief Executive resigns (01/04/2017)
- Hammond advises on pensions savings (01/04/2017)
- Bequeathing intellectual property (01/03/2017)
- Mirror vs. mutual wills (01/02/2017)
- Watch your language (12/30/2016)
- We’ve achieved record readership! (12/29/2016)
- What you need to know about the new residence nil-rate band (12/29/2016)
- Legal sector work experience beneficial for would-be solicitors (12/28/2016)
- Estate uncertainty as fewer couples tie the knot (12/27/2016)
- Celebrity will mistakes to avoid (12/26/2016)
- Retirees earn £26k in property wealth (12/23/2016)
- LPAs best left to professionals? (12/22/2016)
- 100% employee ownership for wills and probate provider (12/21/2016)
- Farmers review wills to avoid digging deep (12/20/2016)
- Appeal dismissed for banned pensions trustee (12/19/2016)
- Serial will writing scammer leaves terminally-ill mother with no will (12/16/2016)
- Legal role in leaving a legacy (12/16/2016)
- Have your say… (12/15/2016)
- The Will Writing Company expands its market share (12/15/2016)
- Retirement saving gender gap widens (12/14/2016)
- Ex judge admits forging will to inherit property (12/13/2016)
- Growth leads to multiple new hires for Manchester law firm (12/12/2016)
- Help improve AML standards (12/12/2016)
- Specialist regulator sets plans for 2017 (12/09/2016)
- IRN UK Wills and Probate Market Briefing (12/08/2016)
- IHT changes for non-UK domiciles (12/07/2016)
- Will you go digital? (12/06/2016)
- The season of good will – UK Charity Week (12/05/2016)
- Death benefit small print (12/02/2016)
- Keep your cool when cancelling a will (12/01/2016)
- Bare probate trust benefits (11/30/2016)
- Financial abuse cuts LPAs short (11/29/2016)
- Solicitor firms join forces to offer national equity release advice service (11/29/2016)
- South West firm appoints tax planning and trusts specialist as partner (11/28/2016)
- Excess winter mortality rates half as flu virus impacts young (11/28/2016)
- National commendation for rising star (11/25/2016)
- Dignity retained as trading update beats predictions (11/25/2016)
- Transferable nil-rate band shouldn’t be passed up (11/24/2016)
- Anderson Strathern enhance Private Client Team (11/23/2016)
- Tax and trust specialist relocates to strengthen expanding team (11/22/2016)
- Dementia and Alzheimer’s the leading cause of death (11/22/2016)
- Improved legal services for Mencap “Rights here, Right now” (11/21/2016)
- Solicitors ‘on the money’ in probate dealings as accountants fall short (11/18/2016)
- Two solicitors welcomed to Humphries Kirk Crewkerne offices (11/18/2016)
- Widow compensated after Cofunds investment confusion (11/17/2016)
- Partner of top law firm struck off after dispensing client’s estate for the benefit of his associate (11/16/2016)
- Rising demand to cash in final salary pensions (11/15/2016)
- Unique online support tool aims to transform MCA decision making (11/14/2016)
- Disinheriting mother “took advantage” of husband’s Alzheimer’s (11/14/2016)
- Over-60’s equity release alternative launched by Family Building Society (11/11/2016)
- Sheffield solicitors become Dementia Friends (11/11/2016)
- Mirror wills fail to reflect deceased’s wishes (11/10/2016)
- Family suing Gest’s executors as large portion of estate left to lawyer (11/09/2016)
- Online estate agents impact on probate property sale (11/09/2016)
- Barclays’ bereavement service mishandles multiple affairs for family (11/08/2016)
- Reducing inheritance tax with business property relief (11/08/2016)
- Families left at war over celebrity wills (11/07/2016)
- Research shows room for improvement on client care letters (11/04/2016)
- High Court rule triggering of Article 50 requires parliamentary approval (11/04/2016)
- New study gives new insight on solicitors’ roles in legacy giving (11/03/2016)
- Couple claim bullying changed neighbour’s ‘good will’ (11/03/2016)
- Act now – new National Cyber Security Strategy (11/02/2016)
- Growing disputes over asset distribution amongst relatives (11/02/2016)
- Age could impact pension tax relief, say new Government proposals (11/01/2016)
- Divorce settlements may be left open to challenge with stamp duty surcharge (11/01/2016)
- Solicitor accepts maximum penalty for taking client money (10/31/2016)
- Inheritance solution that aims to protect against tax burdens (10/31/2016)
- Top City law firm goes “gender neutral” (10/28/2016)
- Mortgage costs mean over 45s face retirement saving barriers (10/28/2016)
- MetLife expands bereavement and probate services to support businesses (10/27/2016)
- Identity thief steals £90,000 from couple’s pension pot (10/26/2016)
- Could virtual mourning spell the death of funeral attendance? (10/25/2016)
- New pension regulations for master trusts launched (10/24/2016)
- Care home group who let woman die of hypothermia has been fined £1.6m (10/21/2016)
- Court of Appeal confirms asset disclosure rules apply after death (10/20/2016)
- Death abroad – Kenyan Bereavement Pack launched (10/20/2016)
- Coventry’s inheritance fortune remains unclaimed (10/19/2016)
- Bindman Solicitors says take advantage of Will Aid month 2016 (10/18/2016)
- Estate planning & will writing standards improved for Lincoln-based firm (10/17/2016)
- Introduction of two new partners to Thrings as firm continues to expand (10/14/2016)
- Death duty reduction not just for Dukes (10/13/2016)
- Trusts, family disputes & a quiz – our conference round-up (10/12/2016)
- The majority of UK adults do not have a will (10/11/2016)
- High Court sees record figure of inheritance disputes (10/10/2016)
- Advice requirement for pension transfers could be scrapped in DWP plans (10/07/2016)
- Further succession proposals for Scotland may cause greater impact for those intestate (10/06/2016)
- Maximise client retention with cross-departmental referrals (10/05/2016)
- Estate administrator ordered to repay improperly spent legal charges (10/04/2016)
- Seddons and BD Laddie to merge (10/03/2016)
- Unsuccessful claims by an adult child under the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Independents) Act 1975 (09/30/2016)
- Use accountants over solicitors for probate, say experts (09/28/2016)
- Birchington Boys & Maughan appoints wills specialist (09/27/2016)
- Next generation pays for farming succession (09/26/2016)
- Is your will bank an untapped resource? (09/23/2016)
- East Midlands accountancy firm enhances probate service offering with solicitor hire (09/21/2016)
- Chief Coroner’s recommendations echo interim statement proposals on DoLS (09/20/2016)
- Think before Caveats (09/19/2016)
- Expanding wills & probate team welcomes three new recruits (09/16/2016)
- Seven-year-old Dachshund left $100,000 trust fund (09/15/2016)
- Sports, hobbies & ever increasing wills (09/14/2016)
- Fraudsters in the family – increasing abuse of the LPA (09/13/2016)
- Remember A Charity aim to make charitable will writing the social norm (09/08/2016)
- One in three rely on inheritance for future stability (09/07/2016)
- Work and Pensions Committee call for State Pension Hotline service (09/06/2016)
- Rapidly growing firm expands private client team (09/01/2016)
- New report raises farm succession planning concerns (08/31/2016)
- Chief Economist makes bold statement on retirement investments (08/30/2016)
- How far will a person go for their dying wishes? (08/26/2016)
- Northern investment management firm hits £6 billion milestone (08/24/2016)
- The rising cost of death (08/24/2016)
- Judge overturns will which saw man leave 95% of estate to carer (08/23/2016)
- Inheritance tax hits all time high (08/22/2016)
- Tax relief for a £9 billion estate (08/19/2016)
- The UK’s worsening care crisis (08/18/2016)
- A Welsh rectification (08/17/2016)
- Post-Brexit investment fears boost equity release enquiries (08/16/2016)
- Legal Eye unveils new Senior Management team (08/15/2016)
- Will disputes increase following a rise in ‘silver’ divorces (08/15/2016)
- Are we entering the iPhone courtroom era? (08/11/2016)
- When does the public need your services? (08/10/2016)
- Yorkshire solicitor warns business owners over continuity planning (08/10/2016)
- 12% more deaths of 15-44 year olds (08/09/2016)
- Should Power of Attorney legislation be reviewed? (08/08/2016)
- Yorkshire firm celebrates two nominations in prestigious regional awards (08/05/2016)
- Firm to hold balloon race to mark 30 years in the business (08/04/2016)
- Daughter cut out of late father’s £1 million estate takes stepmother to court (08/03/2016)
- Law Society unveil annual Excellence Awards shortlist (08/02/2016)
- Wills firm with 30 years of experience snapped up by accountancy firm (08/01/2016)
- £6 billion drawn out by pensioners using new pension freedoms (07/28/2016)
- Priceless collection of Ming vases to be broken up in inheritance dispute (07/27/2016)
- Probate charges slashed on Manx life assurance policies (07/26/2016)
- Chair of Legal Sevices Consumer Panel calls for firms to publish average prices (07/25/2016)
- Accountants’ body applies to regulate legal services (07/22/2016)
- Amount firms lose to cyber criminals jumps 40% in 12 months (07/21/2016)
- Revealed: the Wills & Probate Practitioners most often up before the Ombudsman (07/21/2016)
- Stockport firm wins regional business prize (07/20/2016)
- Ever more clients accessing legal services online (07/19/2016)
- Shakespeare’s Will goes on display in Stratford (07/18/2016)
- Court of Protection senior judge retires (07/18/2016)
- Finalists announced for STEP Private Client Awards (07/14/2016)
- Robert Bourns becomes new Law Society President (07/14/2016)
- Number of deaths registered up 5.6% in 2015 (07/13/2016)
- Last day for consultation on HMRC’s Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes rules (07/12/2016)
- CMA cites lack of pricing transparency in interim Legal services market study (07/11/2016)
- Man digs mothers grave in back garden to save £5,300 funeral costs (07/07/2016)
- Probate practicioner to face tribunal after transferring £40,000 of client money into own account (07/07/2016)
- Woman takes former civil partner’s sister to court in dispute over inheritance (07/06/2016)
- Solicitor found not liable for £1.5m claim over Trust investment losses (07/05/2016)
- ABS firms often “more innovative” according to LSB report (07/05/2016)
- Lifetime Mortgages overtake annuities for L&G (07/04/2016)
- Latimer Hinks scoops prize at Northern Law Awards 2016 (06/30/2016)
- Unregulated providers can be cheaper and more transparent say LSB (06/29/2016)
- Rogue will writers jailed for defrauding elderly clients (06/28/2016)
- Brexit Referendum throws EU based succession planning into chaos (06/27/2016)
- The Law Superstore to launch with 150 law firms (06/24/2016)
- Law Society sued by training provider over anti-competitive CQS rule (06/23/2016)
- Squabbling siblings come to blows over father’s estate during court battle (06/23/2016)
- Woman to lose part of leg after CoP ruling (06/22/2016)
- STEP Chief Exec to depart (06/21/2016)
- Just 28% of this year’s retirees think they can afford to leave a financial legacy (06/20/2016)
- Company reprimanded by ASA over advertisement alleging solicitors overcharge by 20% (06/20/2016)
- LawyerLocate referral service to launch in UK in September (06/16/2016)
- Ofcom publishes guide on Powers of Attorney and third party bill management (06/16/2016)
- Acting FCA Chief Tracey McDermott receives CBE (06/15/2016)
- Succession Group buys Maze Wealth for £1.2 million (06/14/2016)
- ULS co-founder to step down from board in August (06/13/2016)
- Solicitors Discipliniary Tribunal sees rise in appearances (06/10/2016)
- The CLC’s Stephen Ward on the regulator’s recent review, new probate qualifications and regulation of will writing (06/09/2016)
- Firm promotes two probate specialists (06/09/2016)
- Two financial advisers banned as they “lack integrity” (06/09/2016)
- Beneficiaries need to have a hand in writing wills says finanical advisor (06/07/2016)
- Stockport law firm reveal their oldest unclaimed will (06/06/2016)
- Will writing conmen who targeted York pensioners told to expect jail (06/02/2016)
- 60% of farmers without a succession plan (06/02/2016)
- Will Writing Company opts for regulation under SRA (06/01/2016)
- Divorced man granted leave to challenge former mother-in-law’s will (06/01/2016)
- New Today’s Wills & Probate Website Launches (05/27/2016)
- A Close Shave for a Financial Advisor, and a Haircut for a Solicitor (05/27/2016)
- Italy is the cheapest place to die, according to Legal4Italy’s Alessandro Taddei (05/27/2016)
- Affinity Wills snapped up by Just Wills and Legal Services (05/26/2016)
- Sir James Munby writes to MoJ in support of increased probate fees (05/25/2016)
- Equity Release Council welcomes new member (05/23/2016)
- Only 7% of wills and power of attorney enquiries followed up (05/19/2016)
- Law firm raises over £3,500 for Will Aid (05/16/2016)
- Paying for care a far bigger issue than inheritance tax says estate planner (05/13/2016)
- Widow challenges will that left her £36,000 out of £12 million estate despite serving divorce papers (05/12/2016)
- Leaving the EU could vastly increase inheritance tax on European estates, according to international legal expert (05/12/2016)
- Jackson Canter buys local rival Lees Solicitors (05/10/2016)
- Law Society mark Dying Matters Awareness Week by calling on public to plan for future (05/09/2016)
- Agricultural Solicitors expands due to increasing contentious probate work (05/06/2016)
- Equity Release Council appoint five new board members (05/05/2016)
- Lynda Bellingham’s sons claim she was heavily medicated when signing a new will cutting them out but aren’t challenging the will (05/05/2016)
- Leeds Building Society and Irwin Mitchell partner up for probate service (05/04/2016)
- Court appoints bank as executor after singer Prince died without a will (04/29/2016)
- Last chance to enter STEP private client awards (04/28/2016)
- Woman who was allowed to refuse treatment by CoP to remain anonymous after death (04/28/2016)
- 232,000 have used pension flexibility freedoms in it’s first year say HMRC (04/27/2016)
- Will Writers granted ABS license to run legal firm (04/26/2016)
- Portcullis Legals win “Best Small Business” at Plymouth Business Awards (04/22/2016)
- Nearly one in three over 70s homeowners haven’t thought about inheritance planning (04/21/2016)
- Accountant warns clients could lose thousands over redundant discretionary trust clauses (04/20/2016)
- Leading law firm helping other solicitors to get connected through new service (04/19/2016)
- Julian Bryan appointed Chair of Legal Software Suppliers Association (04/18/2016)
- Demand for Probate insurance ever increasing says Shane Leivers at HomeProtect (04/15/2016)
- Editorial: What do consumers look for when choosing who should write their will? (04/14/2016)
- Law Society calls for Legal Ombudsman to award costs against “vexatious” complainants (04/14/2016)
- Elder care funding expert calls on legal profession to educate itself for the benefit of clients (04/14/2016)
- SWW release guidance for Will Writers on good client care (04/13/2016)
- Solicitor jailed for taking £370,000 from dying client (04/13/2016)
- Judge upholds will which saw 75 year old disinherit children for mistress (04/11/2016)
- Society of Will Writers announce 2016 conference (04/08/2016)
- Co-op legal post £700,000 profit in 2015 after £5m loss (04/07/2016)
- Society of Will Writers issue guidance on dealing with vulnerable clients. (04/07/2016)
- 2015 saw the largest spike of deaths “in over a decade” in England and Wales (04/07/2016)
- Law Society criticises proposed probate fee increases as “excessive” (04/07/2016)
- Just 1 in 25 firms reduced prices in 2015 (04/06/2016)
- Rowlinsons achieve Legal Eye Quality Standard (04/06/2016)
- Solicitor struck off over fictional wills & probate work (04/04/2016)
- Two million 55-64 year olds targeted with unsolicited pension review calls (03/31/2016)
- Government publishes consultation on probate fees (03/30/2016)
- Will written on scrap of paper in bar secures inheritance for unmarried partner (03/29/2016)
- Infographic: 6 million brits have experience of being an executor (03/24/2016)
- CLC to cut regulatory fees by 20% by November (03/23/2016)
- Judge defends Court of Protection as not “a sinister, secret court” (03/22/2016)
- Mowbray Woodwards appoint new wills, probate and trusts solicitor (03/22/2016)
- Legal tech company ULS announces Will Writing Comparison venture (03/21/2016)
- Spring the busiest time for calls to Wills and Probate sector say Moneypenny. (03/18/2016)
- The 25th IPW Annual General Meeting and Conference – what you missed (03/17/2016)
- Budget spells out application of inheritance tax rules from 2017 (03/17/2016)
- Widow told she’s “too wealthy” to receive extra from late husband’s homemade will (03/17/2016)
- “Spending The Kids’ Inheritance” to mean care homes instead of cruises by 2025 (03/16/2016)
- 1 in 5 lawyers worried financial advice goes beyond core expertise with Inheritance Tax and Trusts top of the list (03/15/2016)
- Law firm recruit new contentious trust specialists. (03/14/2016)
- 96% of people who opt for DIY wills say they don’t need external advice (03/10/2016)
- Nearly half of firms have experienced an IT data breach (03/10/2016)
- Solicitor says new probate fees are “a masterclass in the perils of unintended consequences and false economies” (03/09/2016)
- Heather Ilott Case heads to Supreme Court after charities lodge appeal (03/08/2016)
- Number of LPAs granted triples in five years (03/07/2016)
- Kings Court Trust question fairness of proposed new probate fees regime. (03/04/2016)
- Funeral directors Dignity announce 14% increase in revenue on back of 7% growth in death rates. (03/03/2016)
- Having children the most frequent reason to get a will written (03/03/2016)
- Anonymous Solicitor has suspension lifted to work as Will Writer (03/02/2016)
- Online probate could be a reality within 12 months. (03/01/2016)
- Solicitors for the Elderly founder to speak at IPW conference. (02/29/2016)
- Complaints to Ombudsman over Powers of Attorney double in five years (02/25/2016)
- 47,426 deaths registered in January 2016 (02/25/2016)
- Cilla Black’s £15 million estate split between her three sons and housekeeper (02/24/2016)
- NFU Mutual launch succession planning sevice for farmers (02/24/2016)
- The estate administration equation (02/23/2016)
- Probate fees could rise 920% for richest estates (02/22/2016)
- Could you be the one? (Will they, or won’t they?) (02/18/2016)
- 43% don’t know they can challenge a will in court (02/18/2016)
- Bereaved woman takes partner’s estranged wife to court over house (02/18/2016)
- CLC launch new ways for qualifying as a Probate Practitioner (02/16/2016)
- ICAEW invite comment on the CMA Market Study: The Supply of Legal Services in England and Wales (02/15/2016)
- DPL Professional bought by New Zealand based Kōwhiri (02/12/2016)
- Talk about town (Will they, or won’t they?) (02/11/2016)
- 3.5 million over 55s looking to downsize (02/11/2016)
- George Osborne’s call for cap on pension exit fees welcomed (02/10/2016)
- Demand for inheritance tax advice predicted to increase (02/09/2016)
- Treasury committee calls again for changes to “unsustainable” inheritance tax reforms (02/08/2016)
- Man aims to secure will after disinheriting children (02/04/2016)
- Share the knowledge (Will they, or won't they?) (02/04/2016)
- Devon will writer hopes to change the legal services market in 2016 (01/29/2016)
- Count of Protection hearings now open to the public (01/29/2016)
- Trustees need to fully engage with regulator on finance, says Charities Commission (01/29/2016)
- Legal secretary jailed for forging £79,000 worth of cheques (01/29/2016)
- Keep it simple (Will they, or won't they?) (01/28/2016)
- FCA names Andrew Bailey as new Chief Exec (01/26/2016)
- Public Health England report "excess deaths" in Northern ireland for start of January (01/26/2016)
- Equity release lending hit £1.61 billion in 2015 (01/25/2016)
- Do you belong? (Will they, or won't they?) (01/21/2016)
- SRA welcomes Insurance Task Force report (01/19/2016)
- ZEDRA is launched, as acquisition of Barclays’ trust business completes (01/18/2016)
- Government survey reveals surprising results (01/13/2016)
- Preserving wealth from one generation to the next (01/11/2016)
- Hospice nets £1.75 million in will donations (01/05/2016)
- Lawyers issue stark warning to carers (01/04/2016)
- Wheeler dealer (Will they, or won't they?) (12/31/2015)
- Raworths unveil new Trusts team (12/23/2015)
- Man left "penniless" after appeal over deathbed will (12/23/2015)
- Ten days left before switch to new Lasting Power of Attorney forms (12/22/2015)
- Second hand annuities will be "poor value" warn experts (12/18/2015)
- Key Retirement join Council for Mortgage Lenders (12/17/2015)
- New Year appointment at Brook Worthy Law (12/17/2015)
- Address the nation (Will they, or won't they?) (12/17/2015)
- Banks to raise the limits on monetary release for probate purposes (12/16/2015)
- Secondary annuity market set to launch in April 2017 (12/15/2015)
- Later Life Academy issues FAMR and public financial guidance consultation responses (12/14/2015)
- Widow in court with stepson over late husband's homemade will (12/10/2015)
- The search continues (Will they, or won't they?) (12/10/2015)
- Court of Protection to go public (12/09/2015)
- Inheritance tax reforms slammed as "a mess of complexity" (12/08/2015)
- Beaumont Legal acquired by LegalZoom (12/07/2015)
- Over 55s underestimate house price gain by nearly £200,000 (12/04/2015)
- CML calls for tax relief for professionals advising post-retirement (12/03/2015)
- A record year for Certainty Expert Webinars (12/03/2015)
- App-solutely essential (Will they, or won't they?) (12/03/2015)
- Interview with Matt Walkden, Business Owner & Professional Will Writer (12/02/2015)
- Why regular auditing is essential (11/30/2015)
- North-East firm makes two appointments (11/27/2015)
- How Insight-ful! (Will they, or won't they?) (11/26/2015)
- Price of average will falls under pressure from online services (11/25/2015)
- OAP sentenced after admitting using invalid will to stay in home (11/24/2015)
- Later Life Academy announces appointment of new Chairman (11/24/2015)
- Stonebridge Group launches wills proposition with ULS Technology (11/23/2015)
- Will new Inheritance Tax allowances affect gifts of property to children living abroad? (11/20/2015)
- Views on end of life planning (11/18/2015)
- Law firms take SRA's A Question of Trust campaign into office (11/17/2015)
- Have your cake and throw it? (11/16/2015)
- Glass half empty (Will they, or won't they?) (11/12/2015)
- Reminder from the Legal Services Guild (11/12/2015)
- Return of the Kings Court Trust seminars (11/12/2015)
- Daughter fails in her attempt to challenge her late father’s will (11/11/2015)
- Charities join forces to contest £1.6 million inheritance (11/10/2015)
- The golden child (11/10/2015)
- SRA championing innovation in the legal sector (11/09/2015)
- Wollen Michelmore appoints local wills and probate specialist (11/05/2015)
- Can you handle it? (Will they, or won't they?) (11/05/2015)
- Permission to probate! (11/04/2015)
- Done deal for sole practitioner authorisation (11/03/2015)
- Solicitor jailed for large scale fraud (11/03/2015)
- Have the pension freedoms failed? (11/02/2015)
- SRA's regulatory approach will aid pro bono (11/02/2015)
- Fraud unravels all (10/30/2015)
- What's yours is mine (Will they, or won't they?) (10/29/2015)
- Forget the 7 year rule! Do you know about the 14 year rule? (10/28/2015)
- SRA helps law firms provide more services to consumers (10/28/2015)
- Encouraging a nation to protect their assets (10/27/2015)
- New Head of Wills & Probate expands Beaumont Legal’s offering (10/27/2015)
- Why inheritance tax planning should be top of your to do list (10/26/2015)
- Elderly victim lost life savings to ruthless couple (10/23/2015)
- Wills Month (Will they, or won't they) (10/22/2015)
- Scam it! (10/21/2015)
- First Names Group grows its corporate team (10/20/2015)
- Figures for solicitor-drafted wills show an unexpected increase post-deregulation (10/19/2015)
- Why is equity release becoming more popular with your clients? (10/16/2015)
- Lights, camera, wills! (Will they, or won't they?) (10/15/2015)
- A question of testamentary capacity (10/14/2015)
- Increasing life expectancy puts pressure on wills (10/14/2015)
- Today’s Wills & Probate turns one! (10/13/2015)
- Tales of the unexpected (10/12/2015)
- The Law Superstore set to launch new comparison service for legal service providers (10/09/2015)
- One for all (10/08/2015)
- Great expectations (Will they, or won't they?) (10/08/2015)
- Today's Wills and Probate attend the 19th Society of Will Writers Annual Conference (10/08/2015)
- Are you Wise enough? (10/07/2015)
- Warning goes out to advisers about death benefit options (10/07/2015)
- Council for Licensed Conveyancers and Scottish Qualifications Authority announce strategic partnership in legal education (10/06/2015)
- SRA launches 2015 practising certificate renewals (10/05/2015)
- Informative webinar highlights major flaws in the handling of recent will disputes (10/01/2015)
- FCA proposes changes to pension rules to enhance consumer protection (10/01/2015)
- Reach for the stars (Will they, or won't they?) (10/01/2015)
- High pension fees may shock many unaware clients (09/30/2015)
- Solicitors: national campaign launched on questions of trust (09/30/2015)
- ICAEW announces higher than expected demand for probate licencing (09/29/2015)
- B P Collins welcomes new private wealth specialist (09/28/2015)
- Rising IHT threshold – will it help or hinder? (09/25/2015)
- Lock them up (Will they, or won't they?) (09/24/2015)
- How can you instil confidence within an unregulated profession? (09/24/2015)
- New process saves time for all (09/23/2015)
- Will storage – what’s the safest option for clients’ documents? (09/22/2015)
- Take immediate action (09/21/2015)
- Who is responsible for legacies? (09/18/2015)
- Baby boomers take no prisoners (09/17/2015)
- Spread your wings (Will they, or won't they?) (09/17/2015)
- Interview with Claire Barker, Managing Partner at Equilaw (09/16/2015)
- High profile cases highlight national wills issue (09/15/2015)
- The Society of Will Writers amend Code of Practice (09/14/2015)
- Law firms team up with charities to increase legacies in wills (09/11/2015)
- SRA Compensation Fund pays out over £23 million (09/10/2015)
- Working up an appetite (Will they, or won't they?) (09/10/2015)
- Thousands of people’s later life plans put in jeopardy (09/09/2015)
- Raft of changes to cut red tape and open up the profession (09/09/2015)
- Complicated family circumstances necessitate complex will writing (09/08/2015)
- Apprenticeship Standards in Conveyancing and Probate ready to roll (09/07/2015)
- See you there! (09/04/2015)
- Recent court decision demonstrates difficulties of lifetime gifts (09/04/2015)
- Apprenticeship standards will benefit the legal profession, says the SRA (09/04/2015)
- Single person estates (09/03/2015)
- Online, on the line (Will they, or won't they?) (09/03/2015)
- Interview with former and new Chairman of Will Aid (09/02/2015)
- Does no claim actually mean no claim? Chekov v Fryer suggests not! (09/01/2015)
- Client protection discussion paper: still time to comment (08/31/2015)
- Your will – your choice (08/27/2015)
- DUAL Asset Underwriting appoints Mark Dennis to lead new division (08/27/2015)
- The probate wait (Will they, or won't they?) (08/27/2015)
- Can you afford to die? (08/26/2015)
- New Inheritance Tax rules discriminate against the childless say North East lawyers (08/26/2015)
- Over 55s reject pension advice (08/25/2015)
- HSBC letter causes great concern for will writing customers (08/24/2015)
- Karen’s charity cycle venture (08/21/2015)
- Crystal-clear website gains recognition for probate genealogists Anglia Research (08/20/2015)
- The country life (Will they, or won't they?) (08/20/2015)
- From the bottom to the top! (08/19/2015)
- Will writing services support charity fundraiser (08/19/2015)
- Why LPA uptake should be higher for drawdown clients (08/18/2015)
- Will writers jailed for incorrect advice regarding asset protection trusts (08/18/2015)
- Interview with Rob Cope, Director of Remember a Charity (08/17/2015)
- Ilot ruling suggests greater need for probate solicitors (08/14/2015)
- Interview with Daniel Curran, Managing Director of Finders (08/13/2015)
- Innovate and generate (Will they, or won't they?) (08/13/2015)
- Could the future provide more certainty for wills? (08/12/2015)
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- North West law firm receive prestigious WIQS accreditation (09/11/2014)
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