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The video will execution regime: a half measure? Premium Content
An emergency measure has been introduced for the witnessing of wills, but Nicholas Bevan believes there’s been a missed opportunity
27 October 2020 / Nicholas Bevan
Probate online
Guidance on how to apply for probate online using the MyHMCTS portal has been published by HM Courts & Tribunals Service
21 October 2020
Staking a claim: contesting a will Premium Content
Chris Williams discusses a court’s approach to a 1975 Act claim
24 September 2020 / Chris Williams
Estate planning: Liability matters Premium Content
Discharging estate liability can be a complex and challenging task. In the light of a recent decision, Jennifer Haywood outlines a court’s approach to ascertaining liabilities
24 September 2020 / Jennifer Haywood
NLJ this week: Wills by Zoom
Recent intervention by justice ministers to clarify that wills witnessed remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic will be considered valid has proved controversial in some quarters
13 August 2020
Online probate only
Solicitor applications for probate are to be made online only, under Ministry of Justice (MoJ) proposals
12 August 2020
Where there’s a will; there’s a way (Pt 2) Premium Content
Government has clarified its COVID–19 wills plans, but some misconceptions remain, as Dr Nicholas Bevan explains
12 August 2020 / Nicholas Bevan
Wills & probate: Inherent challenges Premium Content
Challenges to wills are on the rise. Chris Bryden & Tori Adams report
05 August 2020 / Tori Adams / Chris Bryden
Wealthy priest’s estate frozen while solicitors search for victims
The £4.7m estate of deceased priest, teacher and convicted paedophile Michael Studdert must be frozen to give victims time to bring compensation claims, the High Court has ordered
04 August 2020
Zoom witnesses fine for wills
Remotely witnessed wills will be deemed legal due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said
26 July 2020
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Law Officers mark 25 years of Pro Bono Week
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
NLJ this week: Debts, disputes & digital bluster
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
NLJ this week: Who shaped the witness’s story?
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
NLJ this week: New law, old convictions
Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice
NLJ this week: Possession’s digital pitfalls
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
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