People using Google's services will be now able to decide what will happen to their digital assets once they pass away or can no longer handle their accounts, thanks to a new feature called Inactive Account Manager, the search engine said in a recent blog post.
The Scottish government is taking more time to review the application of the Law Society of Scotland to become an approved regulator and as such it will delay the introduction of alternative business structures (ABSs) at least until the end of the year.
Believe it or not, social media is already bridging the gap between life and death; a controversial new app called LivesOn was recently launched on Twitter, which you can authorise to create a personal digital afterlife.
A High Court judge has ruled that the will of an 80-year-old woman, which left her inheritance to her closest friends, is invalid after concluding that she was mentally unstable when conveying her final wishes, the Daily Mail reported.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is to speed up the process of giving lower-risk applications alternative business structure (ABS) status in a move to address concerns that the current procedure takes too much time, the Law Gazette has reported.
Many parents may have to redraft their wills to protect their children's future under proposed inheritance legislation changes, the Law Society has cautioned.
A new market report from the Law Society looking into the supply side of the legal services market has identified alternative business structures (ABSs) as a key driver of change in the sector.
Many Wills may have a Trust written into them but there is often confusion surrounding the reasons why it has been included and what it actually means. Jean Massih, Legal Assistant at Kings Court Trust, explains…
The Law Society will contest the application by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) to regulate probate services and alternative business structures (ABSs), Legal Futures has reported.
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