Will writing regulation warning
09th November 2012
Where there’s a will there’s a way to regulate without undermining consumer protection, a professional body has warned. Adapting the old-E...
Secret evidence ‘ruled out for inquests’
30th May 2012
Officials have announced that inquests will not be granted powers to hear evidence in secret. The call came under the newly published Justice and Secu...
Brits ‘overpay inheritance tax bills’
29th May 2012
Large numbers of UK taxpayers may have paid more inheritance than they needed to, according to new data. In statistics released by financial service p...
Call for new ‘presumed dead’ law
23rd February 2012
MPs have called for a change in the law to improve the “confusing, costly and emotionally exhausting” process involved in declaring someon...
30th January 2012
Nearly two-thirds of Britons (63%) do not have a will – with many people employing a “head-in-the sand” approach to them, according ...
Inheritance law shake-up urged
14th December 2011
The bereaved, unmarried partner of someone who has not made a will should inherit their estate as long as they have cohabited for a minimum of five ye...
£1.1 trillion to be left in wills by 2047
03rd October 2011
Research predicts that a total £1.1 trillion will be being left in loved ones’ wills by 2047, compared to the £194 billion being left currentl...
Death-related costs ‘rise by a fifth’
14th September 2011
Costs related to dying, including funerals, probate, headstones and flowers, have risen by 20% in four years and more than £400 since last year, a re...
Pets ‘set to inherit £26bn in wills’
29th July 2011
Thousands of Britons are set to follow in the footsteps of fashion designer Alexander McQueen by leaving money in their will to their pets, a surve...
Warning on unregulated legal services
19th July 2011
Unregulated claims management and will-writing companies with no legal recourse are ripping off thousands of people, Chief Legal Ombudsman Adam Samps...
Panorama highlights dangers of using will writers
09th August 2010
Tonight’s BBC Panorama programme highlights the risks of using a will writing service, instead of instructing a wills solicitor. A recent survey by ...
06th August 2010
Dementia patients are being left without access to treatments which could help them because GPs are failing to spot the condition early enough, expert...
