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Probate delays add to suffering Premium Content
Probate delays cost money, cause distress & have collapsed house sales. Helen Stewart makes some suggestions
22 March 2024 / Helen Stewart
Success story? A case with far-reaching inheritance implications Premium Content
While we await the Supreme Court judgment in Hirachand v Hirachand, Andrew Wilkinson analyses the case and its implications on inheritance—for lawyers, families and the third sector
22 March 2024 / Andrew Wilkinson
NLJ this week: Suggestions for resolving the costly delays to probate

All sorts of costly problems can occur when probate is delayed, including house sales falling through, Helen Stewart, head of probate at Thomson Snell & Passmore, writes in this week’s NLJ

22 March 2024
Book review: Drafting Trusts & Will Trusts: A Modern Approach (15th Edition) Premium Content
"It will occupy an important place in the library of both seasoned and aspiring trust lawyers"
09 February 2024 / Emma Cooper-Hedges
STEP research: Bereaved in limbo
Chronic delays in probate are causing house sales to fall through and leaving bereaved families in financial hardship, probate practitioners have warned
23 January 2024
UK Wills, Probate & Trusts Market Report 2023
The wills, trusts and probate market has grown 5.4% to an estimated value of £2.6bn, according to research by market intelligence company IRN Legal Reports
09 January 2024
App to say MyGoodbyes
A lawyer has launched an app, MyGoodbyes, to help people prepare plans for the end of their life, with users given access to a secure online vault for their wills, documents, powers of attorney and funeral arrangements
14 December 2023
Probate inquiry
The House of Commons Justice Committee has launched a call for evidence on probate, following complaints of significant delays at the Probate Registry
29 November 2023
Musing of an executor Premium Content
Driven to distraction by financial & other businesses failing to respond to essential enquiries? Stephen Gold recommends taking the compensation route
24 November 2023 / Stephen Gold
Have your say on electronic wills
Lawyers’ views are sought on proposed reforms that would allow wills to be made and stored electronically and on automatic revocation after marriage
10 October 2023
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