News – Page 28
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NewsClash over cause of probate delays
Edward Argar MP is accused of using ‘disingenuous’ figures for average waiting times.
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NewsSolicitors partly to blame for probate delays - HMCTS
HMCTS blames delays of over eight weeks on incomplete or inaccurate applications for grants of probate.
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NewsGeneration 'Z' likely to demand prenup - survey
Law firm says celebrity culture has influenced attitudes towards marriage and civil partnerships.
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NewsMoJ under-reporting probate delays, says Law Society committee chair
HMCTS figures suggest there are delays of four to six weeks, while solicitors claim that delays can exceed three months.
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NewsFirst probate registry closes as application delays drag on
Birmingham probate register office is the first to shut under HMCTS' £1bn reform programme.
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NewsCourt upholds 'older died first' principle in inheritance dispute
Evidence on decomposition no basis for displacing the statutory presumption that the older person died first.
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NewsAppeal allows stand-still agreement on claim 17 months out of time
High Court decision on inheritance case overturned as Court of Appeal judges give their backing to lawyers' agreement.
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NewsCourt slashes £25k costs for superfluous QC
Appeal judge comes down hard on party whose entire legal team arrived for costs hearing after family case.
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NewsGovernment amends LASPO to extend immigration legal aid
Justice minister Paul Maynard says change will help separated migrant children access support more quickly.
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NewsSolicitors disappointed by inheritance tax overhaul
‘Far more beneficial changes’ could have been made to lifetime gift rules, lawyers claim.
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NewsHale risks political storm by questioning legislation before parliament
Baroness Deech's Divorce (Financial Provision) Bill has passed through the Lords and is now before the elected chamber.
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NewsProbate chaos nearing an end as backlog starts to be cleared
HMCTS also confirms it is going ahead with closure of regional probate registries.
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NewsCharities to pay more as HMCTS cancels 'unlawful' bequest alert contract
Legacy notification service Smee & Ford will continue to inform charities of bequests, but fees will be higher.
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NewsMcFarlane unveils action plan for ‘unsustainable’ volume of family cases
Consultation opens on dozens of interim proposals to stop the system falling down.
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NewsHenry VIII powers not appropriate: disagreement over divorce bill
Law Society and family law group Resolution differ over making changes to legislation.
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NewsLasting powers of attorney process 'needs safeguards against fraud'
System offers little protection against abuse by people in positions of trust, minister told.
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NewsGovernment pledges to cut wedding red tape - as wait for divorce gets longer
Couples are waiting up to four months longer than they would have had to in 2015 to get a decree nisi.
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NewsOnline probate system to be widely rolled out from October
Legislation says all solicitors can access online applications from autumn onwards.
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NewsCouples face record 59-week wait for a divorce
Ministry of Justice says regional divorce centres are processing a backlog of older cases.
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NewsMcFarlane tells family lawyers: don't do more than a full day's work
Family division president says tweets highlighting unreasonable judicial behaviour will be followed up.