In the Press
Wow! Look who uses and recommends Certainty?
02 April 2013
Certainty services are endorsed (through use, reference and recommendation) by: Educators and advisors to Wills & Probate practitioners, notably Gill Steel and Professor Lesley King Professional Indemnity Insurance providers The Treasury Solicitor, Bona Vacantia Division Advisors on Compliance, Risk Management, OFR and COLP Lexis Nexis and Practical Law Company – issuers of practice notes to practitioners Legal networks such as SFE, [...] Read More
5 ways Certainty can help your Wills & Probate business
19 March 2013
If you are a Wills & Probate practitioner Certainty provides simple measures and services to help you, your firm and your clients: 1. Risk Management – Certainty services are recommended by PII providers and will assist the COLP to reduce risk and meet the requirements of Outcomes Focused Regulation. Will registration, Willbank Management and Will Search [...] Read More
Lasting Powers of Attorney – The duties and responsibilities of Attorneys
08 March 2013
Scott Walker of Tassells Solicitors in Kent on LPAs A Lasting Power of Attorney (‘LPA’) is an important and powerful document. It follows therefore, that a person appointed as an Attorney under a LPA has a high level of responsibility. An Attorney owes a duty to the person making the LPA (known as the ‘Donor’) to [...] Read More
Now is the time for Certainty
08 March 2013
Thornleys Solicitors Ltd in Plymouth have been members of Certainty since 2008. Tony Pearce, MD, is a member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists and an experienced litigator with over 25 years experience. Formerly a Deputy District Judge, Tony specialises in Will and Trust disputes and claims against Estates. Tony comments: “We saw [...] Read More
Certainty CPD training team make a real difference
07 March 2013
At Certainty we recognise the importance of training to help practitioners and solicitors fully engage with the various services, and so appreciate why they are so important to their firm and clients. Will registration and Will search are specifically relevant for practitioners as they are dealing with Wills and Probate matters on a daily basis. Appreciating [...] Read More
Scott Walker, guest blogger: Appointing Executors – their duties and responsibilities
26 February 2013
Thanks to Scott Walker, Tassells Solicitors for submitting the following information: In making a Will a crucial issue is choosing executors. The importance of choosing the correct people as executors cannot be stressed enough. Executors are the representatives who will ultimately carry out the wishes of the deceased and ‘administer’ the estate of the deceased. The choice [...] Read More
Certainty links up with Dying Matters – Awareness Week 13-19 May
25 February 2013
Dying Matters (www.dyingmatters.org) has teamed up with Certainty to offer members free Will Registration. Dying Matters is a wide ranging and inclusive coalition which aims to change public attitudes towards death and bereavement in England, encouraging greater engagement on related issues. Will writing and making sure that loved ones can find the Will is an important [...] Read More
Sintons LLP and Living North providing good Will advice to the NE/Yorkshire Region
14 February 2013
My head is spinning and I feel as if I’ve gone back in time studying for my law degree or bar exams. I’ve read oodles of reports, articles and opinions, and am I any the wiser? Well yes, I am. What follows are a few thoughts which I genuinely hope are helpful, but there is really one [...] Read More
Will Registration working for Charities – producing Will clients for law firms
29 January 2013
Since 2008 Certainty has been providing services to Wills & Probate practitioners alleviating long standing problems relating to ‘lost’ Wills and the possibility of incorrect distribution. Despite the primary focus being on the legal profession, Certainty has made equally significant strides with the public and other relevant sectors and organisations. It comes as no surprise that [...] Read More
The (expensive) case of the missing Will
25 January 2013
A man walks into a solicitor’s office. He presents respectably – suit, tie, polished shoes and briefcase, from which he extracts proof of his own identity and certificates to show that his mother (whose only child he claims to be) has recently died. “She left no will that I can find,” he explains at this first [...] Read More
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