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Hay & Kilner partner backs Estate shake-up
27 Apr 2012A BID to crackdown on the unregulated will-writing sector has received the backing of one of the region’s senior legal figures. The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published proposals for the tighter regulation of all services related to wills, probate and estate administration in England and Wales. Alison Hall, a partner at leading Newcastle law [...]
TWO prominent figures in the region’s legal sector have joined North East firm Hay & Kilner as it gears up for a period of expansion and prepares to break new ground in a number of markets. Richard Freeman-Wallace has been appointed as a partner at the Newcastle-headquartered firm’s commercial property division, bringing with him a prolific [...]
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Online assets could end up in a black hole or in the hands of fraudsters, if individuals do not find a secure route to pass on to their family confidential passwords and account information in their Wills. Research has shown that nearly half of adults in Britain now own internet-hosted assets, but many are failing [...]
Keep your Will up to date
17 Jun 2011Alice Clewes, a Solicitor in the Wills, Trusts & Tax Planning department of Hay & Kilner, advises everyone to review their Wills. It is likely that if you have made a Will, it would have been prepared before the start of the financial downturn that we all now face. The current economic climate means that [...]