News Category: Contentious probate

11 December 2018

Karen Bacon explains just a few of the tricky issues that probate presents that can mean It’s far from a DIY matter. Read more

25 July 2018

A: Even if your business is unlikely to continue in the event of your death, because it relies on your personal skills and expertise, chances are that you will still need Business Executors if you are still trading when you die. Read more

18 October 2017

Death duty has been payable, in one form or another, for over 300 years but until comparatively recently, it was only of concern to the wealthiest in society. For example, following the introduction of estate duty in 1894 (the forerunner of the current inheritance tax), many landed estates were broken up, as landowners could not afford to pay the tax. Read more

10 November 2016

On 2 November, the Catholic Church remembered and prayed for the dead on All Souls’ Day. Read more

14 October 2014

Steeles Law has boosted its busy wills, probate & tax team with the recruitment of a Trainee Legal Executive and a Paralegal. Read more

12 May 2014

Steeles Law is a supporter of Dying Matters Awareness Week (12-18 May 2014), which has been organised by the Dying Matters Coalition to encourage people to talk openly about dying, death and bereavement.  Read more

10 May 2013

Dying Matters Awareness Week is taking place between 13-19 May.  This yearly campaign seeks to raise awareness of end of life issues.  Angela Ireland, a Chartered Legal Executive in Steeles Law’s wills, probate and tax team, considers these issues. Read more

1 May 2013

13-19 May 2013 is Dying Matters Awareness Week, a yearly campaign that seeks to raise awareness of end of life issues. 

Steeles Law’s Diss office is taking part in a local event on Monday 13 May aimed at members of the public, care professionals and other organisations who share the common goal of supporting the changing knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards dying, death and bereavement.