In the Press
What is Probate?
17 January 2012
Recent reports published by Google identify the search term ‘What is Probate?’ as one of the top 10 ‘what is..’ search terms entered in Google’s search engine in 2011. Why is this the case? Probate is a complex subject which, with the exception of professionals specialising in this area, is a subject that may only be [...] Read More
Certainty Will Search finds Will 34 years after it was written
02 December 2011
David Thomas is a Guinness World Record-holder for memory, his memory feats include reciting Pi (3.14159) to 22,500 digits without error and Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author. He has the power to recall many key facts, so remembering simple things such as where a Will may be kept shouldn’t be a problem. But of course, [...] Read More
Thousands of Consumers are being ‘ripped off’ by unregulated Will-Writers
18 July 2011
The Legal Ombudsman have published their first report, listing will-writing by unregulated will-writers as one of the most common complaints they receive. Unfortunately, as the Legal Ombudsman can only act on complaints made against regulated solicitors, these complaints cannot be followed up. Protect yourself by using a solicitor practising in Wills and Probate, who as they [...] Read More
Social worker pretended dead mother ‘was in the garden’ for a YEAR so he could inherit her estate
11 February 2011
A social worker who hid his mother’s death from her family as he tried to change her will has been branded a ‘disgrace’. Kenneth Mould concealed his mother Evelyn’s death for over a year and deceived family members by telling them she was ‘in the garden’ when they called for her. His lies were [...] Read More
Where there’s a Will
14 December 2010
Your recent article, Rise in number of intestacy disputes, highlighted two interesting issues: hard times encourage people to contest inheritances; and intestacies offer more opportunities for such disputes to take place. My summary of this state of affairs is that necessity and greed are powerful motivators of human behaviour, and [...] Read More
Wife and mistress both used ‘forged wills’ in attempt to claim estate agent’s fortune
15 November 2010
The ex-wife and the girlfriend of a millionaire estate agent both forged a will in a dispute over his fortune, a court heard yesterday. Chris John died suddenly at the age of 47, leaving a property portfolio and sports cars – but no will. His girlfriend Gillian Clemo used a forged will to try to ensure [...] Read More
Remember A Charity
07 September 2010
Gifts in wills form the foundation of charities in the UK. Many depend on these legacies, and without them they simply wouldn’t exist. For example, six out of ten lifeboat launches by the RNLI are only made possible by gifts in wills. And it’s not just the larger charities that benefit from legacies, as over [...] Read More
Hairdresser handed £390,000 in eccentric customer’s will is told by judge to give the money back
13 August 2010
A hairdresser who inherited £380,000 from two elderly sisters will have to repay the money after a judge ruled that an earlier will leaving the estate to their family was binding. Eccentric siblings Ethel Willson and Mabel Cook, described as like ‘peas in a pod’, drew up a joint will in 1991 leaving their possessions to [...] Read More
Do you Hold the missing Will?
03 December 2009
In a recent poll of 200 solicitors 98% said that they held Wills where the testator has died but had not had the opportunity to administer the Will because the family could not find them. Searching for a Will has never been so simple. Certainty’s Will Search service replaces the haphazard system under which a family [...] Read More
Let’s recognise the ’specialness’ of the live-in partner
03 November 2009
Published: 1st November 2009 Source: Julian Knight, Independent It’s a difficult one Should people who are cohabiting have the right to claim the estates of their loved ones when they die in the same way bereaved spouses or civil partners do? The UK Law Commission says yes. But others say that if the cohabitees had meant their partners [...] Read More
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