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A solicitor has been struck off the roll following a tribunal, which found that he had moved more than £820,000 from a late client’s estate into his own bank account, as reported in the Law Gazette.

Funeral trends come and go, but there’s a new one gaining traction in the US and where the US goes, we in the UK often follow…

The BBC’s Dirty Rotten Scammers programme in June featured a woman who’d been defrauded of her £97,000 inheritance, according to a report in the Sun.

STEP, the global professional body that comprises lawyers, accountants, trustees and other practitioners that help families plan for their futures, has launched a new campaign designed to increase public awareness of the need to make plans for digital assets, Today’s Wills and Probate reports.

The Rolling Stones star Charlie Watts, who died in 2021, has left £30million of his fortune to his family, The Metro reported recently.

An expert has warned that more and more people will be forced to turn to the ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’, as the cost of living crisis continues.

This is Money featured a question this month—a woman who’d divorced her husband and he then died three weeks later. What was she entitled to receive?

The Covid-19 pandemic has persuaded more New Zealanders to give more and make wills, according to Radio New Zealand.

Writing in the Daily Mail this month, Victoria Bischoff warns against probate plans that might lead to families losing thousands of pounds.

A judge has ruled that a woman intentionally spread lies about her brother to ensure he didn’t get a share of their late father’s estate valued at seven figures.