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Finance Bill alert for wills & legacies
Private client solicitors may need to review clients’ wills and legacies as a result of the Finance Bill, the Law Society has warned.
16 May 2023
Solicitor fees & unwelcome surprises Premium Content
Provide clients with accurate costs estimates for administering estates, or risk a challenge from disgruntled beneficiaries, warns Kris Kilsby
12 May 2023 / Kris Kilsby
Finders International wins for fifth year in a row at 2023 Probate Research Awards
Probate solicitors and ‘heir hunters’ were celebrated at this year’s Probate Research Awards, which took place on 21 April in a ceremony hosted by criminal barrister and TV personality Rob Rinder.
10 May 2023
NLJ this week: Probate—how creative practitioners can avoid it
The process of obtaining probate can be a headache and a cause for despair, but what if there were an alternative? 
31 March 2023
Probate: finding a way around delay Premium Content
Is a grant of representation necessary? Ann Stanyer advises on some alternative options for avoiding the probate process
31 March 2023 / Ann Stanyer
LNB NEWS: Law Society announces updated processes for probate applications
The Law Society has stated that HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is reforming how users apply for probate. 
15 March 2023
The Gazette launches free estates notice guide
 Probate practitioners offered access to free deceased estates notice placement guide
28 June 2022
NLJ this week: Digital legacies
Laura Walliss, senior knowledge lawyer, and Rosie Todd, partner, Stevens & Bolton, tackle some of the myths, common perceptions and difficulties surrounding digital assets when it comes to estate planning and administration, in this week’s NLJ
24 June 2022
Assessing assets: what’s digital?
Estate planning & administration: Laura Walliss & Rosie Todd examine the many difficulties posed by digital assets
24 June 2022 / Laura Walliss / Rosie Todd
Powers of Attorney
The government is pushing ahead with its plans to modernise lasting powers of attorney (LPA), including allowing people to make an LPA completely online for the first time
27 May 2022
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Getty v Stability AI: Potential landmark case fizzles out
Intellectual property lawyers have expressed disappointment a ground-breaking claim on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) ended with no precedent being set
Double review on whiplash and fixed costs
Two separate post-implementation reviews are being held into the extension of fixed recoverable costs for personal injury claims and the whiplash regime
CILEx Regulation prepares for post-Mazur rush
Legal executives can apply for standalone litigation practice rights, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has confirmed, in a move likely to offset some of the confusion caused by Mazur
Sir Andrew McFarlane reports on judge shortages
Delays in the family court in London and the south east are partly due to a 20% shortage of judges, Sir Andrew McFarlane, president of the Family Division, has told MPs
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