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Wills by numbers

More people than ever before are leaving money to charity in their will, consumer research by nfpSynergy, shows


12 March 2020
Signed, sealed & e-delivered? Premium Content
E-wills: Roderick Ramage asks whether we can have the future now
26 February 2020 / Roderick Ramage
Record claim on husband's estate
The High Court has upheld a widow’s right to bring a claim against her husband’s estate more than 26 years after grant of probate
24 January 2020
Disputes across the generations Premium Content
The wills of Beryl Parsonage illustrate the meaning of want of knowledge and approval, writes Chris Williams
11 December 2019 / Chris Williams
Will Aid: solicitors building better futures
Peter de Vena Franks explains why joining the Will Aid campaign can benefit everyone involved
23 October 2019 / Peter De Vena Franks
2019: claims to fame Premium Content
Constance McDonnell QC examines the year’s most notable 1975 Act decisions
23 October 2019 / Constance McDonnell KC
Will Aid volunteers wanted
Solicitors have been urged to join the 2019 Will Aid campaign, which takes place across the country throughout the month of November. 
23 October 2019
U-turn on probate fee hike
The government has scrapped controversial plans to hike probate fees.
16 October 2019
The capacity jigsaw Premium Content
Chris Williams provides an update on the evidence & standard of proof required to gauge mental capacity
26 September 2019 / Chris Williams
Clarification on standstill agreements Premium Content

A claimant relying on a standstill agreement in 1975 Act claims does take a risk, but one that will almost certainly be worth taking in future, as Paul Hewitt & Sarah Aughwane explain

23 September 2019 / Sarah Aughwane / Paul Hewitt
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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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