The deadline for bringing into force all laws, regulations and administrative provisions in order to comply with the Directive is today (10th January 2020).
A look back over the past year for a roundup of developments and interesting news relating to succession law, trusts, and will writing.
It is my privilege and pleasure to announce that Anthony Thomas Belcher has accepted my invitation to form the new Board of Directors.
Over the last few weeks, we have reminded members of the importance of GDPR and how the Society is helping you become and remain compliant.
Many of our members believe they are fully GDPR compliant but we thought it worth raising the GDPR myths that are still circulating after over a year.
Under our Code of Practice, the Society of Will Writers expects our members to observe the law of the jurisdiction in which the member practices.
A recent case concerning who will inherit following the deaths of an elderly couple is causing strife for two stepsisters.
I had hoped that we would not see a return to the late nineties when low cost Wills, free Wills were rife within the profession. Unfortunately, we are seeing a resurgence of this practice, which is neither good news for the profession or the consumer as most clients who took these services believing they were paying around £20 a Will, in fact ended up paying several hundreds of pounds to unscrupulous companies.
We’re incredibly proud to report that The Society of Will Writers is celebrating 25 years trading this year. When the SWW was first formed in 1994 it had a very simple objective – To provide a framework of support and self-regulation for will writers. Combined with this, we sought to highlight the need for a...
On 1 June 2018 the CMA launched a market study into the provision of funeral services in the UK and now they have released their issues statement.
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