Former Society Member Mark Bonner was sentenced to five and a half years’ imprisonment on Friday, 16th June 2017 for two counts of fraud, amounting to a total of just under £360,000 from two separate clients. Both sentences will run concurrently. Bonner’s Society membership was revoked in 2012 following a previous, unrelated prison sentence.
Earlier this week the Queen’s Speech was given as is tradition for the State opening of Parliament. Delivered later than the planned 19th June due to the Conservative and DUP party’s delays in forming an agreement.
The SWW’s Code of Practice is a living document. It is essentially the rule book by which all members are expected to practice and adhere to.
Earlier this week the appointment of David Liddington as the new Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice was announced.
The Charities Act 2011 defines a “charitable purpose” as one that falls into one of 13 categories defined in the Act and is for the public benefit.
The SWW are finding that more and more members are making the most of their membership benefits and are responding well to the SWW’s attempts to strengthen self-regulation.
As part of writing their Will a testator will choose people they trust to act as their executors after their death.
Do you ever get confused by the number of abbreviations used in the legal industry?
When the Society of Will Writers opened its doors in April of 1994 it had a relatively simple objective – ‘To be a representative body whilst providing protection to the consumer’.
In 2013 the then Lord Chancellor, Chris Grayling, called for stronger self-regulation as opposed to statutory regulation.
The Society of Will Writers is a non-profit making self-regulatory organisation whose primary objectives are the advancement, education and ethical standards within the will writing profession.
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