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.
This new fee structure was originally due to be implemented on 1 April 2019, but this now appears to have been delayed.
The Society of Will Writers and Estate Planning Practitioners is excited to announce the 23rd annual running of the SWW Conference.
For the 6th consecutive year the January and February induction courses, SWWEPP Certificate Courses are oversubscribed, which is a great testament to the quality of members and potential members we are attracting.
The High Court have ruled in the case of Whittaker v Hancock [2018] EWHC 3478 (Ch) that an attorney who was acting under a property and financial affairs LPA could step in to replace a donor who had lost capacity as a personal representative.
If you are thinking of, or ready to start a business, then you would do far worse than consider Will Writing and Estate Planning as a career opportunity that is fully-self-employed, not a franchise but through membership of the Society you will receive all the training, support and assistance that is available to you to make your business successful.
The SWW has a host of membership benefits and we've recently expanded the number of partners that we work with.
The report received a record amount of responses from a wide variety of people effected by IHT. Over 3000 responses made to an online survey, combined with a further 500 email responses and 100 written responses from experts responding to a call for evidence.
The Society of Will Writers is a non-profit making self-regulatory organisation whose primary objectives are the advancement, education and ethical standards within the will writing profession.
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