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Law Commission proposes reforms to intestacy law

22 December 2011 | Iain Donaldson | 1 comment

In a report published on 14 December 2011, the Law Commission has put forward its recommendations to reform the intestacy rules and the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. When...
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Britons are needlessly paying billions in tax – are you one of them?

3 March 2011 | Iain Donaldson

The professional advice website unbiased.co.uk has recently published its 19th annual Tax Action Report and, according to its findings, British taxpayers are set to unnecessarily hand over £13.5bn to...
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Consultation reveals growth in support for the regulation of will-writing

21 January 2011 | Iain Donaldson

Back in October 2010, I wrote that the Legal Services Consumer Panel (LSCP) had asked members of the public, lawyers and other interested parties to give their opinions on the will-writing industry. The...
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Contested wills on the rise

15 December 2010 | Iain Donaldson

According to new High Court statistics published in The Independent newspaper on 28 November, the number of people challenging wills through the courts has risen by 38 per cent over the past year - and...
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Care home fees threaten wills

24 November 2010 | Iain Donaldson

Newly-published research by health care analysts Laing & Buisson and the House of Commons Library has revealed that thousands of pensioners are being forced to sell their homes in order to pay residential...
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Breach of solicitors’ duty

20 October 2010 | Karen Jacobs Comments Off

Money was advanced by the claimant lender to the defendant solicitors with respect to a purchase of a property in Barnet.  The claimant sent the firm of solicitors a standard certificate of title. The...
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The cost of being a grandparent rises to £120,000

19 October 2010 | James Odds

Research carried out by NSM Research on behalf of Yours magazine has concluded that the average cost of being a grandparent (over the first 18 years of their grandchild’s life) is £50,252.  If the...
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Legal Services Consumer Panel asks for views on the will-writing industry

6 October 2010 | Iain Donaldson

The Legal Services Consumer Panel has recently published a document asking for members of the public, lawyers and interested organisations to give their opinions on the will-writing industry and to provide...
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Doing the right thing

16 September 2010 | Iain Donaldson

A recent case saw the law surrounding statutory wills examined.A statutory will is a will made on behalf of someone who lacks the necessary capacity to do so themselves by application to the Court of Protection.In...
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Panorama tonight: Wills – the final rip off?

9 August 2010 | Shimon Shaw | 1 comment

There are lots of events in life which might make you think about writing a will.  Marriage, divorce, a child being born, a health scare, a new house.  If you use a professional to help you with this, you...
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