Susan Smith Blakely, 25-year veteran of the law, provides some startling statistics in her book, “Best Friends at the Bar: What Women Need to Know about a Career in the Law.”(https://www.bestfriendsatthebar.com). Did you know that: 46% of women lawyers in America leave the profession mid-career and do not return to practice 76% of women law… Read more »
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Heir Hunting Firm, Finders, Help Manage Cost Of Tracing Relatives
Finders, the international professional probate genealogists (otherwise known as ‘heir hunters’), are committed to helping solicitors and administrators with the costs of finding lost beneficiaries. Administrators, or the solicitors acting for the administrator of an estate, have a duty to all the heirs of that estate from the outset, even if they are missing or… Read more »
Step Endorses Heir Hunter Contingency Fees
Finders, the international probate genealogy firm, have today welcomed the guidance produced by the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) for Personal Representatives and Trustees on (Probate) Genealogists (sometimes known as Heir Hunters) fees, which endorses the beneficiary contingency fee. The STEP guidance, issued to 6,000 of its UK members, sets out issues for… Read more »
Finders Say Alternative Business Structures Well Suited To Provision Of Wills And Probate Services
International probate genealogy firm, Finders, has today said that Alternative Business Structures (ABS’s) are ideally suited to the provision of wills and probate services. Under the Legal Services Act, new business models will be opened up to ensure consumers can access legal services of better value and quality. This will be particularly pertinent to the… Read more »
Finders offer innovative solutions for Bona Vacantia Estates
Solicitors are often faced with a tricky dilemma when someone dies with no known next of kin. Where searches by professional probate genealogists uncover previously unheard of relatives, this could complicate matters further. Upon referral to the Treasury Solicitor’s Bona Vacantia division, where it is a Bono Vacantia estate, it is more often than not… Read more »
