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Personal representatives: Sending on the substitutes Premium Content
Nathan Wells examines the removal & replacement of personal representatives
18 June 2021 / Nathan Wells
Burial disputes: Dead & buried? Premium Content
Alistair Spencer outlines the law underpinning & resolving burial disputes
18 June 2021 / Alistair Spencer
Heir hunters recognised at Probate Research Awards 2021

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

20 May 2021
LNB News: HMCTS updates on online Probate Service development in 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. 
19 May 2021
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust: property rights in body parts Premium Content
Mark Pawlowski considers whether English law recognises property rights in a dead body or bodily parts
14 May 2021 / Mark Pawlowski
Banks v Goodfellow test still works
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.
05 May 2021
LNB News: Law Society continues to advocate for reform to law on will making
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. 
15 April 2021
Judge Rinder to host heir hunters awards
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
24 March 2021
The strangest of wills Premium Content
Mark Pawlowski looks at some strange & intriguing wills that have been the subject of judicial scrutiny
10 February 2021 / Mark Pawlowski
Tracking the pandemic by numbers
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.
10 February 2021
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Entries open for the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2027
LexisNexis is delighted to announce the launch of the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2027, celebrating outstanding achievement, innovation and impact across the legal profession
SRA to face increased enforcement
The Legal Services Board (LSB) is to take further enforcement action against the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), setting additional performance targets and ‘intensifying’ its oversight, it has said
PM Law failures exposed in detail
Regulators missed several opportunities to intervene in PM Law Group before it collapsed, an independent review by City firm Jenner & Block has found
Employees transfer but liability remains
An employer’s vicarious liability for the alleged torts of an employee cannot be transferred by TUPE, the Court of Appeal has confirmed
Tiered fees for complaints could be costly
Tiered fees of up to £1,500 for Legal Ombudsman (LeO) cases could leave firms with little option but to pay out, lawyers have warned
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