Lanyon Bowdler Solicitors' Legal Blog

Our Views on Unregulated Will Writers

By Amanda Jones in Private Client on Wednesday 10 February 2010 @ 14:46

There has recently been quite a bit of bad press surrounding unregulated will writers. For example, The Law Society Gazette revealed some rather alarming statistics at the end of January which included statements such as “… 67% of consumers wrongly believe that all will writers are... read more

Everyone knows I’m a bit of a TV addict, but I try not to get sucked into the soaps – far easier said than done! They are always full of drama, twists and trauma – EastEnders probably has the edge on pure misery, but it can still make entertaining viewing. The long drawn out saga... read more

My New Year's Resolution - Update my Will

By Amanda Jones in Private Client on Wednesday 30 December 2009 @ 10:42

How many New Year’s resolutions do you make?  More to the point, how quickly do you realise you have failed to keep any of them? I rarely make them – what’s the point, I know I’ll forget what I’m meant to be doing and break them.  What I try to do is simply decide to make a few... read more

Pre Budget Report

By Edward Rees in Private Client on Wednesday 9 December 2009 @ 19:29

Pre Budget Report (PBR) day and Budget Day are always quite a trying time for those of us beavering away in the Private Client world. Firstly, we have to quickly digest and disseminate the Chancellor’s announcements as they are made.  These are often relatively unexciting but, now and... read more

I was flicking through the local newspaper’s property pages last week and noticed that Lanyon Bowdler’s old Shrewsbury town centre office had been turned into flats (isn’t everything eventually?!).  This led me to reminisce about my first day at that office – and first day with the firm –... read more