Private Client


Firm ordered to pay wasted costs for “inexplicable” error

21 April 2023

A law firm which started proceedings when its client did not have standing to bring them has been ordered to pay wasted costs because it failed to check this.


Co-op to offer wills through Amazon as it unveils soaring finances

5 April 2023

Co-operative Legal Services recorded a 19% increase in revenue and 60% rise in profit in 2022 as it became the first law firm to strike a deal to offer services through Amazon.


Solicitor who misled clients over LPA forms is struck off

4 April 2023

A solicitor who told clients that the Office of the Public Guardian was to blame for what were actually her own errors in registering lasting powers of attorney has been struck off.


Reserved activities set to stay as they are for now

21 March 2023

A full review of the reserved legal activities is not justified at the moment without a “fundamental” reappraisal of the Legal Services Act too, the Legal Services Board has concluded.


Trust business launches ABS for own and other law firms’ work

21 March 2023

A company which specialises in trust work has launched an alternative business structure to handle both its own work and instructions from other law firms.


LPA reform which ends legal executive anomaly backed by MPs

3 March 2023

Legislation to modernise lasting powers of attorney, including allowing chartered legal executives to certify copies, sailed through its latest stage in Parliament this week.


Man jailed after solicitors catch £2m will fraud

24 February 2023

Solicitors have helped rumble a man now jailed for creating a false letter of wishes in an attempt to steal more than £2m from a deceased friend’s estate.


Islamic fintech company buys law firm specialising in Shari’ah wills

14 February 2023

A law firm specialising in Islamic wills has been acquired in a seven-figure deal by a fintech company providing Shari’ah-compliant services.


Will-writing clients increasingly interested in add-on services

3 February 2023

Consumers are increasingly interested in add-on services to will-writing, such as funeral plans, and are also more open to online delivery of those services, new research has found.


Powers of attorney to lead the way in strong wills and probate market

30 November 2022

Powers of attorney and “other guardianship advice” will lead the way as the wills and probate market continues to expand over the next few years, a report has predicted.

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