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23 October 2019
Issue: 7861 / Categories: Legal News , Wills & Probate , Charities , Profession , Legal services
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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. 

All they need to do is volunteer a portion of their time and waive their fee for writing a basic will, inviting clients to make a donation instead: for example, £100 per will or £180 for a pair of mirror wills. The money raised is then shared between nine charities. Participating solicitors can showcase their expertise and may gain other fee-earning work from Will Aid clients.

Read more about the Will Aid campaign in this week's NLJ here.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Gary Walsh

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Gary Walsh

Marine finance partner strengthens Penningtons Manches Cooper's banking and finance practice

Anthony Collins—20 promotions

Anthony Collins—20 promotions

20 promotions mark major people investment at national law firm, Anthony Collins

Sidley—Elaine Whiteford

Sidley—Elaine Whiteford

Sidley adds competition litigator Elaine Whiteford in London

NEWS
The cross-party Justice Select Committee has warned legal aid is now a ‘service in managed decline’ due to ministers’ ‘inadequate’ and ‘disappointing’ response to its concerns
It would not be in the public interest to bring contempt proceedings against MI5 for providing unreliable evidence about its policy of ‘neither confirming nor denying’ someone worked for the intelligence services, the High Court has held
The Civil Justice Council has recommended a practice direction (PD) be drawn up to advise lawyers on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in court documents
Courts modernisation champion and technology enthusiast Sir Geoffrey Vos has retired after an extraordinary career
Practitioners have welcomed two autumn budget reforms relating to inheritance tax on pensions
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