Archive for April 2017

The increasing demand for lasting powers of attorney have enabled the government to reduce costs. It means the fee for applying to register a lasting power of attorney (LPA) has been reduced from £110 to £82. The fee for resubmitting an LPA for registration has been cut from £55 to £41. The fee reduction has…

A woman removed as executor of her father’s will following a dispute with her brother. The case involved a father who died in 2008. He was survived by his daughter and son who were the executors and beneficiaries of his will. There were difficulties between the two of them and by February 2013, there had…

A woman has lost her legal battle with three charities over how much she should be allowed to inherit from her mother’s estate. The high profile case involved a mother and daughter who had been estranged from each other for more than 20 years. The rift happened after Heather Ilott eloped with her boyfriend at…

Wide-ranging proposals to streamline the process of moving home have been put forward by the Conveyancing Association (CA). The ideas have been published in a strategic plan entitled, Building the Framework for the Future. It follows on from the CA’s White Paper, Modernising the Home Moving Process, published last year. The proposed measures include requiring a…