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		<title>Office of the Public Guardian &#8211; Fee increase</title>
		<link>http://www.wills-advice.co.uk/office-of-the-public-guardian-fee-increase/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wills-advice.co.uk/office-of-the-public-guardian-fee-increase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo-Ann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lasting Powers of Attorney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As from 1st October 2011 the fee to register a Lasting Power of Attorney or an Enduring Power of Attorney will increase from £120 to £130. Forms have been updated to accommodate the change.
Other fee structures have also been amended.
The current registration time for LPA&#8217;s is 13 weeks
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		<title>The Legal Services Board &#8211; Call for Evidence to assist investigation into will-writing, estate administration and probate activities</title>
		<link>http://www.wills-advice.co.uk/the-legal-services-board-call-for-evidence-to-assist-investigation-into-will-writing-estate-administration-and-probate-activities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wills-advice.co.uk/the-legal-services-board-call-for-evidence-to-assist-investigation-into-will-writing-estate-administration-and-probate-activities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo-Ann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Legal Services Board (LSB) is today issuing a call for evidence about how best to protect consumers of will-writing, probate and estate administration services. The Board welcomes evidence from members of the public, legal businesses, other businesses active in these markets and all other interested parties. The deadline for evidence is 5pm, Friday 4 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OPG publishes the Government&#8217;s Response to its &#8216;Fees 2011/2012&#8242; Consultation</title>
		<link>http://www.wills-advice.co.uk/opg-publishes-the-governments-response-to-its-fees-20112012-consultation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wills-advice.co.uk/opg-publishes-the-governments-response-to-its-fees-20112012-consultation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo-Ann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Court of Protection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
The Office of the Public Guardian  has now published changes to its fees which will be implemented from the 1 October. 
 
This follows a consultation that was launched on 28 February and ran until 21 May 2011. 51 responses were received and we would like to extend our thanks to all those who took the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will-writing fraudster jailed</title>
		<link>http://www.wills-advice.co.uk/will-writing-fraudster-jailed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo-Ann</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wills]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An unregulated will-writer has been jailed for 14 months after fraudulently charging 130 clients between £30 and £60 to fix a non-existent problem with their wills.
Berkshire resident Walter Ventriglia, 47, was running a will-writing firm called Legacy &#38; Law. He wrote to the clients, under the alias Tony Edwards, to advise them that their wills [...]]]></description>
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		<title>.1,000 wills-related files found on pavement</title>
		<link>http://www.wills-advice.co.uk/1000-wills-related-files-found-on-pavement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wills-advice.co.uk/1000-wills-related-files-found-on-pavement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo-Ann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 1,000 files containing wills and other confidential information were recently found dumped on the pavement outside a will-writing company in Doncaster, the Society of Will Writers (SWW) revealed this week.
The files were left by staff at another will-writing company, Gainsborough-based Minster Legal Services (MLS), which ceased trading in March on the death of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands &#8216;ripped off&#8217; by unregulated will-writers</title>
		<link>http://www.wills-advice.co.uk/thousands-ripped-off-by-unregulated-will-writers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wills-advice.co.uk/thousands-ripped-off-by-unregulated-will-writers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo-Ann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of people are being ripped off by companies providing unregulated services such as will writing, claims the first Legal Ombudsman.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14180643
Don&#8217;t be one of the statistics! Make a Will with a qualified solicitor. All solicitors are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and have to have adequate professional indemnity insurance in place. The cost of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disinherited widow claims cancer made husband incapable</title>
		<link>http://www.wills-advice.co.uk/disinherited-widow-claims-cancer-made-husband-incapable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wills-advice.co.uk/disinherited-widow-claims-cancer-made-husband-incapable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo-Ann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Probate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The widow of the late Thomas Smith is challenging a will that cut her out of his £500,000 estate after the couple had separated on bad terms. Olga Smith told the court some exotic anecdotes suggesting that her husband&#8217;s mental capacity was impaired by an undiagnosed brain tumour when he made the offending will.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8631796/Will-row-after-brain-tumour-turned-husband-into-a-transvestite.html
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		<title>Woman forged partner’s will</title>
		<link>http://www.wills-advice.co.uk/woman-forged-partner%e2%80%99s-will/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wills-advice.co.uk/woman-forged-partner%e2%80%99s-will/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo-Ann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Probate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A MOTHER-OF-THREE tried to con a family out of their inheritance worth “hundreds of thousands of pounds” by forging her dead partner’s will.
Karen Philips used her laptop to create the false document after boyfriend Stephen Chambers died earlier this year.
Suspicions were raised when she tried to pass the will off as legitimate at solicitors Medlicot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CONTENTIOUS PROBATE &#8211; Court upholds elderly woman&#8217;s gift of estate to friend</title>
		<link>http://www.wills-advice.co.uk/contentious-probate-court-upholds-elderly-womans-gift-of-estate-to-friend/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wills-advice.co.uk/contentious-probate-court-upholds-elderly-womans-gift-of-estate-to-friend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo-Ann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Probate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The E&#38;W High Court has rejected a challenge brought by Mrs Leigh Cowderoy of Exeter against her grandmother&#8217;s will. The will left Helen Blofield&#8217;s estate to a neighbour who had helped look after her in old age.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8597064/Businesswoman-cut-out-of-grandmothers-will.html
The ONLY way to leave your estate to the person you choose is by making a Will.  You can leave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public are generally happy with lawyers&#8217; wills &amp; probate services</title>
		<link>http://www.wills-advice.co.uk/public-are-generally-happy-with-lawyers-wills-probate-services/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wills-advice.co.uk/public-are-generally-happy-with-lawyers-wills-probate-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jo-Ann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most people are satisfied with their lawyers&#8217; conduct of probate and will-writing services, according to a survey by the Legal Services Board&#8217;s Consumer Panel.
More than 90 per cent of the 2,300 people sampled had no complaints about the quality of their solicitors&#8217; will-drafting services. The satisfaction rating for probate cases was 82 per cent.
Along with [...]]]></description>
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