Please note: all sessions and speakers are subject to change
Time | Session | Speaker(s) |
9.15 – 10.00am | Registration | |
10.00 – 10.10am | Welcome and housekeeping | Maria King, Chair of ILM |
10.10 – 10.30am | ILM update | Matthew Lagden, CEO of ILM |
10.30 – 11.10am | Session 1 from Michelmores: – Disputed Legacies – Recent Cases and Awkward FAQs |
Tony Cockayne and members of the Disputed Wills and Legacies team |
11.10 – 11.40am | Update on the external market | Meg Abdy, Development Director and Kath Horsley, Market and Charity Analysis, Legacy Foresight |
11.40am – 12.00pm Morning coffee break |
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12.00 – 12.40pm | Session 2 from Michelmores: – IHT Pitfalls – An opportunity to maximise your legacies? – Unlocking your Property Problems |
Philip Parrott and Jennifer Ridgway, Michelmores |
12.40 – 1.20pm | Finance, audit and accrual issues | Panel discussion |
1.20 – 2.20pm Lunch including ILM AGM | ||
2.20 – 2.50pm | An update on new initiatives in ILM professional and personal development | ILM and the Professional Development Working Group |
2.50 – 3.30pm | Digital probate and will writing | Ian Bond, Director and Head of Trusts and Estates at Talbots Law Firm and Chair of the Law Society Wills and Equity Committee |
3.30 – 3.50pm Afternoon tea break |
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3.50 – 4.20pm | Update on the wills notifications service | Ed Owen, Director of Communications, HMCTS |
4.20 – 4.50pm | News from Legacy Link, including a new research project into the most effective ways of communicating with lay executors, followed by annual awards ceremony | Ashley Rowthorne, Director, Legacy Link |
4.50 – 5.00pm | Closing remarks | Maria King, Chair of ILM |
5.00 – 7.30pm Drinks reception hosted by Hammer Price Homes |