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CHEAP EXIT

18 January 2007
Issue: 7256 / Categories: Legal News , Wills & Probate
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In brief

The Co-operative Group’s legal business unveiled a jargon-free wills service this week. It is the latest move by the group, as it prepares to take advantage of the liberalisation of the UK legal services market under the provisions of the Legal Services Bill. “Lots of people are put off because the prospect of writing a will can be daunting,” says Eddie Ryan, managing director of the Co-operative Legal Services. “But it doesn’t have to be daunting. We are committed to providing legal services, such as wills, in a way that is clear, straightforward and jargon-free.” The products available include a basic will costing £70 for an individual or £120 for a couple.

Issue: 7256 / Categories: Legal News , Wills & Probate
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

NEWS
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
In this week's NLJ, Steven Ball of Red Lion Chambers unpacks how advances in forensic science finally unmasked Ryland Headley, jailed in 2025 for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. Preserved swabs and palm prints lay dormant for decades until DNA-17 profiling produced a billion-to-one match
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
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