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Genealogy firm Finders International celebrated a triple win at the Probate Research Awards 2021.

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has published guidance for members of the public and probate professionals to apply for probate online and includes an update on how HMCTS is planning to enhance the service through 2021.

Mark Pawlowski considers whether English law recognises property rights in a dead body or bodily parts

The High Court has clarified that a test for capacity from an 1870 case remains good law, in a bitter wills dispute between two siblings.

The Law Society has reported that its Wills and Equity Committee is continuing to engage in regular discussions with the Law Commission on the matter of reforming the legal framework for making a will.

TV celebrity lawyer Judge Rob Rinder will host this year’s UK Probate Research Awards, celebrating achievements in forensic genealogy or ‘heir hunting’ among other topics

Mark Pawlowski looks at some strange & intriguing wills that have been the subject of judicial scrutiny

Divorce applications nearly doubled between April and July last year as couples struggled with the first lockdown, according to the Legal Services Board (LSB) COVID-19 research dashboard into the pandemic’s impact on legal services.

About 11% of British adults have experienced wrongly distributed inheritance, either personally or through a member of their family, research has found

Revised guidelines give greater clarity on when intermeddling will be prosecuted, as Daniel Maine reports

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Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

London labour and employment team announces partner hire

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Double partner appointment marks Belfast expansion

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NLJ this week: When silence speaks volumes

Is a suspect’s state of mind a ‘fact’ capable of triggering adverse inferences? Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Smith of Corker Binning examines how R v Leslie reshapes the debate

Public Accounts Committee warn of ‘extinction’ risk for legal aid

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned

NLJ this week: The insider returns

Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome

NLJ this week: Drawing the line on contempt

After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights

NLJ this week: Stop and search by the numbers

The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains

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Wills & Probate

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly