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Update Your Will Week | The importance of keeping your Will up to date

Only 56% of UK adults have updated their Will in the last five years, meaning around half of Wills are out of date. To raise awareness, Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE) have been hosting “Update your Will week” from 23rd to 29th January 2023.

Legal 500 Directory highly ranks Sills & Betteridge

Another proud announcement from the firm as it reveals news of its latest results in the world’s leading legal directory The Legal 500.

Lawyer returns to her Skegness roots!

The firm has welcomed Vickie Ingamells to its Wills, Trusts & Probate team this month. Skegness-born Vickie has worked in legal services since she left school. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, she worked for several years in Family Law and Residential Conveyancing. For the last 10 years however, Vickie has worked exclusively in the field of estate planning - advising clients on Wills, Trusts, Lasting Powers of Attorney, Court of Protection related matters, Probate and administration of estates.

REGISTER YOUR TRUST NOW TO AVOID FINANCIAL PENALTIES FROM HMRC

Are you, or have you been, a trustee of a trust created by you or someone else? Are you named on the deeds or title documentation of a property which is not yours? Is your property registered in the name of someone else?

Dementia Awareness Week - 16th to 22nd May 2022

Dementia Awareness Week runs from 16th to 22nd May with the aim of encouraging people to “act on dementia”. The Alzheimer’s Society research shows that the rate of dementia diagnosis is at a five-year low and it wants to encourage those with undiagnosed dementia to approach them for support and guidance.

HOW CAN I TRUST THE ADVICE I AM BEING GIVEN?

An episode of BBC Rip Off Britain earlier this week warned of the risks of using unregulated law firms. The episode highlighted that there have been many people across the UK who have recently been wrongly advised to put their assets into trusts as a way that purports to protect them from care home fees and inheritance tax. Fiona McSmailes, Wills, Trusts & Probate Solicitor discusses the episode and how Sills & Betteridge can help.