Kings Court Trust (KCT) recently hosted free CPD seminars for our colleagues in Newcastle, Crawley and Cambridgeshire areas.

The Centre for Death & Society (CDAS) was established in September 2005 and is based at the University of Bath, just up the hill from the Kings Court Trust (KCT) office. CDAS conducts internationally recognised research on the social aspects of death,dying, and bereavement and has a broad community of members and doctoral candidates.

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has published an analysis of inheritance patterns in the UK.

Kings Court Trust (KCT) was delighted to welcome so many of its existing partners as well as new faces to seminars held this October in Newbury, Haydock and Coventry.

Day of the Dead or Día de Muertos is a Mexican holiday that takes place over two days on 1st and 2nd November. So, whilst many Halloween celebrations are finishing on 31st October, the Day of the Dead is just beginning.

Laura McDermott, Senior Case Manager at Kings Court Trust, explains the impact of legal aid funding cuts on claims against estates and what you, as a Will writing professional, can do in order to minimise the risks for your clients.

Did you know that on average a deceased person will continue to receive 80 items of direct mail during the year following their death?

Britain said its last goodbye to Margaret Thatcher last month, when she was laid to rest with prayers and ceremony, but her financial legacy is still shrouded in mystery. The Iron Lady, a grocer's daughter who rose to become the country's first female prime minister, passed away peacefully while staying at the world-famous Ritz hotel, owned by her long-time supporters and media businessmen, the Barclay brothers.

People using Google's services will be now able to decide what will happen to their digital assets once they pass away or can no longer handle their accounts, thanks to a new feature called Inactive Account Manager, the search engine said in a recent blog post.