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Probate solicitors lack supervision and relevant training, finds SRA

Probate firms and solicitors fall short on competence policies, SRA review finds | Law Gazette Just nine out of 30 sample files showed evidence of sup...

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Solicitor prevented from charging for his time spent as an executor because of absence of an express charging clause under a will.

Article by our Jack Beckett Brealey v Shepherd & Co Solicitors [2024] EWCA Civ 303 (26 March 2024) Background to the Appeal This case was a second...

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Mark Carlisle

Mark is founder of Checkmylegalfees.com. He started his career in legal costs in 1987 at a firm in Buckinghamshire and set up his own Law Costs Drafti...

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Court of Appeal rejects attempt by solicitors to restrict the rights of beneficiaries to challenge the legal costs of administering the Estate

Has your loved one's Estate been correctly charged?

The Court of Appeal yesterday handed down a long awaited judgment in the case of Kenig v Thomson Snell & Passmore and has dismissed the solic...

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The latest reporting on claims against Slater and Gordon

Spotlight on Slater and Gordon as suit alleges 'secret commissions' Law firm Slater and Gordon could be forced to pay out more than £500,000 in compen...

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