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Care Home Fees: What You Need to Know

By Tamara Hasson, Associate, Wills, Probate and Trusts Team. This article was originally published in Clifton Life magazine. Funding your own care home fees has been controversial – and unpopular – since its introduction in the early 1990s. The UK … Continue reading

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Mutual Wills: The Mud Thickens

By Tamara Hasson, Associate, Wills, Probate and Trusts This article was first published in the STEP Journal, the magazine of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners With so few successful claims for mutual wills (until 2010, only two in … Continue reading

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Legal Ombudsman Says: Regulate Will-Writing

By Sabeena Pirooz, Trainee Solicitor, Wills, Probate and Trusts Once again, will-writers are at the forefront of criticism by the Legal Ombudsman, following a recent report. An undercover investigation by the Legal Services Consumer Panel has exposed alarming concerns regarding … Continue reading

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Stieg Larsson’s Legacy: A Sting in the Tale

By Tamara Hasson, Associate, Wills, Probates and Trusts Unless you have been living with a remote Amazonian tribe for the last five years, you cannot fail to have noticed the success, both in print and at the cinema, of Stieg … Continue reading

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