will writing

• Where there's a will there's a way, isn't there?
  Posted on February 15, 2013 by Louise Restell
  Unless you are a lawyer, or some strange legal hanger on, the news that the Legal Services Board (LSB) has formally asked the government to regulate will writing has probably passed you by. Most normal people do not think about regulation (although I confess I have no evidence for this assertion) and if they do, they probably assume it is already there. They aren’t likely to waste valuable minutes reading about it when the future queen of England has been snapped in only her bikini.
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  Posted in: Consumer rights
  Tagged: consumers, will writing, regulation, LSB, Consumer Panel, wills
• Death and Facebook
  Posted on August 1, 2012 by Louise Restell
  They say the only things certain in life are death and taxes (unless of course you are one of the super rich and can effectively avoid the taxes). Most of us aren’t particularly prepared for either, although fortunately (or unfortunately) it is almost impossible to forget to pay your taxes.
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  Posted in: Uncategorized
  Tagged: digital assets, digital rights, Facebook, will writing, wills, Yahoo
• There's more than one way to skin a cat and don't let them tell you otherwise
  Posted on January 11, 2012 by Louise Restell
  Here’s a cheery thought as the Christmas and new year holiday recedes from memory, apparently more people die in January than any other month of the year. It seems that divorce rates also spike in January. Whether these events are related is not clear, although the reasons for the high number of marriage breakups just after Christmas are more obvious than the reasons for dying.
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  Posted in: Legal services
  Tagged: consumers, lawyers, Legal Services Board, regulation, will writers, will writing, wills
• Believe it or not, regulation isn't everything
  Posted on October 11, 2011 by Louise Restell
  Over the last few days I’ve been following a discussion on Twitter between a couple of lawyers and a professional lay legal adviser (if that isn’t a contradiction in terms).  I resisted the temptation to get stuck in because I have mixed views about the need for those working in the law to be regulated and I thought it would be easier to explain why here.
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  Posted in: Justice system, Legal services
  Tagged: claims management companies, consumers, estate agents, lay advisers, legal services, legal services act, McKenzie friends, regulation, reserved activities, Stephen Mayson, will writing