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Wills & probate: Beware the beneficiary Premium Content
When a beneficiary becomes a wolf in sheep’s clothing: Beddoe relief & derivative claims, examined by Constance McDonnell QC
23 June 2020 / Constance McDonnell KC
NLJ this week: Remote witnessing of wills
The accepted view that a testamentary witness must be physically present is ‘misconceived’, solicitor Nicholas Bevan argues in this week’s NLJ
04 June 2020
Where there’s a will; there’s a way Premium Content
Is it a misconception that a witness needs to be physically present at a will signing? Dr Nicholas Bevan reports
04 June 2020 / Nicholas Bevan
NLJ this week: Wills & safety
Social distancing may cause problems for wills and probate lawyers, barrister Veronica Cowan writes in this week’s NLJ. 
14 May 2020
What will be, will be… Premium Content
Veronica Cowan outlines the difficulties facing wills & probate practitioners during lockdown
14 May 2020 / Veronica Cowan
This week in NLJ: Wills & safety
Social distancing may cause problems for wills and probate lawyers, barrister Veronica Cowan writes in this week’s NLJ
13 May 2020
LexisNexis: Remote hearings in private client law
Some private client hearings are more suited to remote justice than others, 5 Stone Buildings barristers Ruth Hughes and Eliza Eagling have explained in a LexisNexis interview this week
13 May 2020
Good will hunting Premium Content
Sinead O’Callaghan discusses testamentary capacity in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic
15 April 2020 / Sinead O’Callaghan
Beware the ‘predatory marriage’
The concept of ‘predatory marriage’ may mean little to English lawyers and probate practitioners, but it is a phenomenon that can have serious and permanent testamentary effects, according to James McKean, New Square Chambers, and Shoosmiths solicitors Andrew Bishop and Hollie Richardson
27 March 2020
The predatory marriage trap Premium Content
James McKean, Andrew Bishop & Hollie Richardson highlight the morality & dangers of predatory marriage & probate
26 March 2020 / James McKean / Andrew Bishop
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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: Beyond environmental offences
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
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