Michael Tringham explains why probate is hitting the headlines
The internet is alive with probate news: from referral services to will registries. Totallyfreewills.co.uk announce: “With the launch of a new online client referral service solicitors will have access to high value complex wills and lucrative probate business...UK consumers will be encouraged to create their free wills by securely inputting the required details online. The will is automatically generated then checked and finalised by an appointed Totally Free Wills panel solicitor.”
Meanwhile Certainty.co.uk is launching a will register, endorsed by former Law Society President Kevin Martin and available for wills prepared by regulated professionals. Certainty cite a survey showing that that 67% of people did not know where to find their parents’ Will. Their website adds: “Not being able to find a Will causes untold distress and potential financial loss for your family. It takes just 60 seconds to register your Will to be certain your Will is not lost, misplaced or forgotten over the passage of time.”
Last rites?
Yet only two years ago shrouds and obsequies were being prepared for solicitors’ wills and probate practice. Adrian O’Loughlin,
