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A court of appeal judge has permitted media organisations to challenge the decision to ban those organisations from a court case in 2021 regarding the Duke of Edinburgh.

The late singer Prince’s estate has been valued at almost twice that of its original estimate, according to an article in the Guardian. 

The pandemic and concerns about the environment are likely to have a lasting impact on the arrangement of funerals, according to Suzanne Grahame, CEO of Golden Charter, in an article in the Funeral Service Times.

The Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim who died in November left an estate worth $75 million to his spouse, arts charities and friends, the Mail reports this month.

Authorities in Pennsylvania have claimed to solve one of the oldest cold case murders in American history thanks to DNA forensics, the United Press International reported this week.

Last year’s inheritance tax collection amounted to an extra 19 percent, according to a recent article in the International Adviser.

It’s National Empty Homes Week (Monday 28 February to Sunday 6 March 2022) and we want your help tackling the problem of houses and flats left lying derelict and unoccupied while the housing crisis in the UK and Ireland continues unabated.

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has struck off a woman who helped arrange for a vulnerable woman to a property at a cost well below the market value, the Law Gazette reports.

The sister of the late Tupac Shakur, the American rapper and actor, is suing the executor of her mother’s estate as she claims he has embezzled millions, according to the NME.

The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that all users of the probate service are to pay a higher, flat fee, the Law Gazette reports.