Posted by the Private Client team on 19th April 2021
As a solicitor specialising in the preparation of Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs), I often encounter people who say that they don’t need a solicitor to deal with preparing LPAs and hear comments such as: “I can do it online myself or buy a...
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Posted by the Private Client team on 25th March 2021
The impact of the Covid 19 pandemic has been vast and felt across the entire world - whether it be the loss of so many loved ones due to the virus, or the loss of jobs and livelihoods, the past year has taken its toll on so many. There has been...
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Posted by the Private Client team on 3rd February 2021
The Law Society has published research recently revealing that three quarters of people do not know what happens to their online presence after they die, leading to calls for a digital assets general clause to be included in Wills just like a...
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Posted by the Private Client team on 29th January 2021
The Ministry of Justice and the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) are currently reviewing how to modernise Lasting Powers of Attorney so that they are fully digitalised. The push has come due to Covid 19, but is it too quick? How Powers of...
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Posted by the Dispute Resolution team on 4th December 2020
Why acting as a litigant in person may not be a cost saving exercise His Honour Judge Hodge QC recently passed judgment on the ‘case of the missing original will’. The case concerns the estate of the late Donald Charles Face and involved his...
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Posted by the Private Client team on 10th November 2020
Losing someone you love is always an extremely difficult time, but this can be made all the more stressful if you are left with the responsibility of administering the estate and dealing with probate. Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC)...
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Posted by the Family Law team on 10th November 2020
There are many benefits from instructing a professional to assist you in administering an estate. Even if you have administered an estate before, are you up to date with law and probate procedures which are constantly changing? Mistakes by...
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Posted by the Private Client team on 20th August 2020
We have always worked hard at Bennett Griffin to help protect, educate, share experiences and hopefully prevent our clients from falling foul to the financial scams and fraudulent activity that exists on and offline in today's world. When we were...
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