Wills and Probate

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Melinda Giles, PCS committee member, featured on BBC Breakfast to discuss LPAs
2023-05-03T13:36:00+01:00
Law Commission restarts wills reform project
2022-09-26T15:18:00+01:00

Probate fee rise must reflect changes to the service
2022-01-17T15:19:00+00:00
Remote witnessing of wills extended by two years
2022-01-12T11:07:00+00:00

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Recent Features and Opinion

Rea v Rea and undue influence claims

2024-04-03T08:50:00+01:00By Rajinder Rai

Rajinder Rai examines the judgment in Rea v Rea, and the implications for claims of undue influence

How an investigator can support with contentious probate

2024-03-06T09:08:00+00:00Partner content Tony Imossi

Tony Imossi, of Law Society partner ABI, explains the benefit of using a professional investigator when dealing with a contentious will or trust

Under the influence

2024-03-04T08:52:00+00:00By Louise Dodds

Louise Dodds looks at undue influence and fraudulent calumny in respect of wills, and what you can do as a practitioner

Retaining revocation

2024-02-29T15:53:00+00:00By Byron Jones

The pitfalls of abolishing section 18 of the Wills Act 1837 should not be underestimated, argues Byron Jones

Meddle class

2023-11-23T15:50:00+00:00By Donna Withers

Donna Withers looks at the recent update to Jersey’s probate laws, and how this will affect Jersey’s concept of intermeddling

Language barriers

2023-09-27T00:00:00+01:00By Léa Maynard

Léa Maynard looks at the three different kinds of French will, and the practical language considerations at play in each

Estate of affairs

2023-08-30T16:19:00+01:00By Byron Jones

Byron Jones reviews the recently updated Law Society practice note on insolvent estates and considers whether a bigger change was needed

Lattimer v Karamanoli

2023-08-30T09:03:00+01:00By Andrew Bishop

Andrew Bishop summarises a case he was involved in, which involved the rectification of a will, and how this relates to proposed changes to the Wills Act to stop marriage revoking a will

Digital decision
2023-08-30T08:17:00+01:00By Melinda Giles
Where there’s a will
2023-08-29T15:33:00+01:00By Marianne Nankervis
Family matters
2023-03-02T09:13:00+00:00By Lesley King
Suspicious minds
2022-11-17T14:29:00+00:00By Stephanie Kerr
Clause for thought
2022-11-16T09:02:00+00:00By Charles Fraser
Workshop: Probate lending – a new and growing market
2022-09-29T15:30:00+01:00By Robert Husband
Read all about it
2022-09-29T15:08:00+01:00By Lesley King
Delivery service
2022-09-29T15:04:00+01:00By Dan Gilbert
No provisions offered for estranged widow despite will and long marriage
2022-09-29T08:31:00+01:00By Roman Kubiak and Meg Edwards
Back to Basics: Power reserved executors
2022-08-12T13:28:00+01:00By Helen Stewart
Disputed territory
2022-08-12T10:16:00+01:00By Stephen Lawson, Richard Dew and Henrietta Mason
Clause and effects
2022-08-10T13:12:00+01:00By Alastair Liddiard
The importance of distinguishing funds
2022-04-06T08:37:00+01:00By Lesley King
Severing a joint tenancy without notice
2022-04-04T13:17:00+01:00By Roman Kubiak
Versus predator
2022-02-18T16:06:00+00:00By Bethan Byrne and Sheena Cassidy Hope
New excepted estates regulations
2021-11-10T14:24:00+00:00By Lesley King
Award for success
2021-11-10T14:23:00+00:00By Roman Kubiak
The royal seal
2021-09-22T16:17:00+01:00By Roman Kubiak
Instruction manual
2021-09-21T00:00:00+01:00By Lesley King
The good will
2021-08-19T00:00:00+01:00By Katherine Ellis
Root of the issue
2021-08-19T00:00:00+01:00By Stuart Adams
Inheritance: the conversations we’re still not having
2021-08-13T10:50:00+01:00Sponsored content Steve Gauke
Charity case
2021-02-16T00:00:00+00:00By Katherine Ellis
Guideline hourly rates again under the microscope
2021-01-12T14:09:00+00:00By Roman Kubiak
For names’ sake! Naming charities in wills
2021-01-07T13:25:00+00:00By Lesley King
Executor stress
2020-11-17T00:00:00+00:00By Julie Butler and Fred Butler
Mutual interest
2020-11-17T00:00:00+00:00By Stephanie Parish
Uplifting hourly rates for Court of Protection assessments
2020-10-30T12:05:00+00:00By Roman Kubiak
Will-wrangling – exceptions not rules in Wrangle v Brunt
2020-09-18T10:15:00+01:00By Roman Kubiak
Trust issues: witnessing wills and changes to the Trusts Register
2020-09-17T20:21:00+01:00By Lesley King
Life story
2020-09-15T00:00:00+01:00By Hayley Seddon and Russell Kaminski
Back to basics: Wills, trusts and care home fees
2020-08-11T08:10:00+01:00By Fiona Heald
Rectifying the situation
2020-08-11T00:00:00+01:00By Lesley King
Unlawful killing: applying the forfeiture rule
2020-06-18T11:38:00+01:00By Lesley King
High Court awards claimant success fee in Inheritance Act claim
2020-06-18T11:19:00+01:00By Roman Kubiak
New probate forms: what do I need to do?
2020-05-28T16:01:00+01:00By Chris Claxton-Shirley
Wills in a time of social distancing and self-isolation
2020-04-03T10:12:00+01:00By Lesley King and Roman Kubiak
Missing: date of presumed death
2020-03-04T10:41:00+00:00By Lesley King
Accidental interests in possession
2020-01-15T10:11:00+00:00By Lesley King
Charity case
2019-11-12T00:00:00+00:00By Maria King
Mistakes and money-laundering
2019-10-11T08:14:00+01:00By Lesley King
Workshop: Contentious probate update
2019-09-17T00:00:00+01:00By William Moffett
In a bind: drafting deadlines for conditional gifts in a will
2019-09-03T16:48:00+01:00By Lesley King
Top Gunn
2019-08-06T00:10:00+01:00By Linda Dack
Succession planning
2019-08-06T00:00:00+01:00By Nicole Gallop Mildon and Álvaro Aznar Azcárate
The write approach
2019-05-14T00:00:00+01:00By Alexandra Rogers and Robert Marshall
Probate fees and civil partnerships
2019-04-15T15:57:00+01:00By Lesley King
Out of time: claims under the Inheritance Act
2019-03-13T16:08:00+00:00By Lesley King
Writing wrongs
2019-02-12T00:00:00+00:00By Daphne Perry
Protect and serve
2019-02-12T00:00:00+00:00By Craig Ward
A stealthy new year: probate fees
2019-01-16T16:12:00+00:00By Lesley King
Shock of the new
2018-11-06T00:11:00+00:00By Grania Langdon-Down

Back to basics: Drafting wills for overseas jurisdictions
2018-11-06T00:08:00+00:00By Daniel Harris
Plenary: Changing times
2018-09-18T00:05:00+01:00By Lesley King
Back to basics: Deeds of variation and disclaimers
2018-08-07T00:06:00+01:00By Angharad Lynn
It begins at home?
2018-08-07T00:02:00+01:00By Duncan Wood
Artistic legacy
2018-05-15T14:43:00+01:00By Helen Citron and Robert Craig
Under the influence
2018-02-14T00:00:00+00:00By Chris Gambs
Changing the channel
2018-02-14T00:00:00+00:00By Victoria Grogan
A case of mutual wills
2017-08-25T09:27:00+01:00By Lesley King
Do it yourself
2017-08-08T00:00:00+01:00By Ian Bond
Where there’s a will
2017-08-08T00:00:00+01:00By Henrietta Mason
The final chapter
2017-08-08T00:00:00+01:00By Penelope Reed KC and Hugh Cumber
Not over yet
2017-05-09T00:00:00+01:00By Gary Rycroft
New habits
2016-11-15T16:37:00+00:00By Philip Giles
Give a little
2016-11-15T00:00:00+00:00By Rob Cope
Private Client Section annual conference 2016: Workshops
2016-09-20T00:00:00+01:00
Key to succession
2016-09-20T00:00:00+01:00By Lesley King
Drawing interest
2016-07-21T12:45:00+01:00By Robert Marshall
Using mediation to resolve private client disputes
2016-06-07T10:01:00+01:00By Andrew Hildebrand
Here comes trouble
2016-05-19T16:17:00+01:00By Gary Rycroft
Willing and able?
2016-05-19T16:17:00+01:00By Constance McDonnell
Variation on a theme
2016-03-23T14:59:00+00:00By Georgia Bedworth
Casing the joints
2016-03-16T14:47:00+00:00By Fiona Lawrence and Julia Hardy
Home free
2016-01-21T16:42:00+00:00By Lesley King
Contentious probate case law update
2016-01-15T17:20:00+00:00By Roman Kubiak
Fit for a king?
2015-11-26T12:48:00+00:00By Patricia Wass
Preserve and protect
2015-11-26T12:42:00+00:00By Chris Millward
Keep it in the family
2015-11-26T11:50:00+00:00By Miranda Allardice and Alexander Drapkin
Freedom come?
2015-11-26T11:12:00+00:00By Alberto Perez Cedillo
Community caring
2015-09-22T00:00:00+01:00By Jan Garrill
Foreign affair
2015-07-21T00:00:00+01:00By David King
Sweet charity
2015-07-21T00:00:00+01:00By Chrissie Paphitis
Ready and willing
2015-03-17T00:00:00+00:00By Mark Baxter
Gaining currency
2015-03-17T00:00:00+00:00By Lucy Obrey and Ian Bond
All that glitters
2014-11-18T14:00:00+00:00By Simon Taube
Step change
2014-11-18T13:57:00+00:00By Fay Copeland and Caroline Cook
Left behind
2014-11-18T12:57:00+00:00By Sarah Young
Annual Conference 2014: Contentious inheritance issues
2014-09-11T00:00:00+01:00By Miranda Allardice
Annual Conference 2014: Marley and me
2014-09-11T00:00:00+01:00By Lesley King
Faking it
2014-09-11T00:00:00+01:00By Jordan Holland and Sam Chandler
Power to the people
2014-09-11T00:00:00+01:00By Elizabeth Cooke and Spencer Clarke
The promised land
2014-07-16T00:00:00+01:00By Adam Boyle
Swap shop
2014-05-14T00:00:00+01:00By Charlotte Ford and Thomas Fletcher
In your gift
2014-05-14T00:00:00+01:00By Sue Davison
Securing the future
2014-03-11T00:00:00+00:00By Daniel Sheridan
Time is of the essence
2014-03-11T00:00:00+00:00By Nichola Phillipson
Working together
2014-03-11T00:00:00+00:00By Nichola Sims
Asking the question
2014-01-15T00:00:00+00:00By Rob Cope
A farewell cure
2014-01-15T00:00:00+00:00By Clara Staunton
PS May 2013
2013-05-21T19:35:00+01:00
PS March 2013
2013-03-19T19:47:00+00:00
PS January 2013
2013-01-22T19:57:00+00:00

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