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How To Prevent A Legal Challenge to Your Will

There have been a number of high-profile will challenges this year in the UK alone with the number of challenges going to the High Court rising by 80%.

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Half of UK Care Failing Patients

A worrying study has revealed that nearly 50% of social care visits to the elderly were failing patients with the financial crisis in the area affecting the poorest and vulnerable.

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Are DIY Wills Affecting Charities?

As mentioned in our blog last week charitable donations are at an all-time high in terms of donations through wills. However, with more and more people looking to leave money to charities and non-profit organisations through wills, is there a risk that DIY wills may restrict charities from obtaining capital?

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Charitable Gifts at All Time High

A new survey into the construction and gifts left in wills in the UK has found that charitable giving increased by 8% from £2bn in 2013 to £2.2bn in 2014 in England and Wales.

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Elderly Care in Rural Scotland Severely Lacking Funding

Rural care for the elderly is not being handled appropriately by the NHS, who are failing to move resources to communities to deal with the aging population in the country.

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Legal Services for the Elderly
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Legal Services for the Elderly
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