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A recent investigation carried out by the BBC Radio 4 consumer programme You and Yours has revealed that taking control of people’s financial affairs is a process “wide open” to fraud, the Guardian reports.

Finders International is delighted to announce that its charity of the year for 2022 is Keep Britain Tidy.

A new report has highlighted that more millennials than ever in the US have written a will because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to recent research Finders International carried out with solicitors on LinkedIn, 50 percent of respondents say their biggest struggle with the estate administration process is finding missing beneficiaries, while 38 percent claim it’s the gathering of the deceased’s assets that gives them the biggest headache and 13 percent find it difficult to obtain the necessary certificates.

Many people choose to gift parts of their estate to their intended heirs before they die, but how do you work out how much inheritance tax might be use on such gifts? Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) recently issued the following guidance.

Two sisters are locked in a bitter dispute with their father over an inheritance from their grandmother, according to a recent story in LadBible.

To adapt to the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 in response to the global pandemic, the Ministry of Justice allowed video witnessing of wills to take place, Following consultation with its members, the Law Society of England and Wales found that only a small proportion of practitioners elected to use this method of witnessing a will.

Two sisters are locked in a bitter dispute with their father over an inheritance from their grandmother, according to a recent story in LadBible.

Brits keep making the same mistakes when they write their Wills, that’s according to an expert in Staffordshire who covered the area in an article in the Staffordshire Live this week.

A new report reveals that the Scottish legacy market is vibrant and growing, with gifts in Wills up substantially and more charities turning to legacies as a way of funding what they do.