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Proposals to reform the Wills Act are long overdue and should be welcomed, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) has said. Last month the Law Commission published a list of 31 recommendations for reforms to the Wills Act 1837. These cover issues linked to how wills are made, who can make a will […]

Around 500 empty properties will be allocated to housing homeless people in a push to reduce numbers of rough sleepers in London. The plan was announced last week by London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan and follows a manifesto pledge made in 2024 that promised to end rough sleeping in the capital by 2030. The proposal […]

The High Court has revoked a grant of probate after it decided a woman who had been reported dead is, in fact, still alive. June Ashimola, who was born in Nigeria and lived for a time in Plumstead, southeast London, was declared dead in 2019 based on a forged Nigerian death certificate. Probate was then […]

[London, England] – [May 2025] Fraser and Fraser, a leading provider of genealogical and probate research services, is proud to announce that a significant number of its case managers and case assistants have achieved the new status title of CILEX Chartered Paralegal, alongside CILEX Paralegal, after the Privy Council approved the amendments to the CILEX […]

Many people in the UK are confused about estate planning, writing a will and the laws of succession, latest research shows. A survey published last week by financial services giant Canada Life found that almost one in four (38 per cent) of respondents wrongly believed they would avoid probate if if all their assets passed […]