WILLS – Call for Examples (urgent deadline included) The Law Society want to try and gather information about any members who are struggling to get original wills to the Probate Registry, please let me know if…
Land Registry relaxes ID rules for Covid crisis Article by Michael Cross|1 May 2020| Law Society Gazette HM Land Registry has taken a tentative step towards accepting electronic signatures on deeds and relaxed some identity verification…
Covid- 19 testing for Solicitors Solicitors helping to keep the justice system running will be able to get tested for Covid-19, The Law Society has said. The government had already prioritised courts and…
Note on police disclosure interim guidance NOTE POLICE DISCLOSURE INTERIM GUIDANCE Merseyside/Cheshire Police have had considerable difficulties in complying with requests for disclosure in that the same have become disproportionate and orders continuously are…
SRA Guidance on Wills Wills, SRA Guidance re Coronavirus March 2020 I have added my own comments in the blue type and initialled each paragraph, I have no special status or authority…
News about Applications for Grants of Representation The following information has been sent out by Liverpool DPR on behalf of HMCTS and regarding applications for grants of representation. All Probate legal professionals calls have been…
Electronic Filing webinars for professional Business & Property Courts Users HMCTS are holding further online sessions to provide professional users with an introduction to the E-Filing service available for Business and Property Court users. These events will be…
HMCTS Probate Reform Please open this link which contains important information for probate practitioners. The link is a summary of the live HMCTS probate event of 4 July 2019, including presentation…
Amendment to Probate Court Fees The following information was forwarded by Rob Rimmer, Team Leader, Liverpool District Probate Registry: On the 1st July ‘19 an amendment to Probate Courts fees was laid by…
LJMU Conference on Animal Law, Ethics and Policy Liverpool John Moores University, School of Law in collaboration with the UK Centre for Animal Law is holding the second annual Conference on Animal Law, Ethics and Policy…