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If You Died Tonight, What Would Happen To Your Clients?It’s an uncomfortable question.But if you run a small professiona...
09/10/2026

If You Died Tonight, What Would Happen To Your Clients?

It’s an uncomfortable question.

But if you run a small professional practice, it is one worth asking.

Imagine you died tonight.

Your family knows where your personal will is.

But does anyone know:

Who your clients are?

Which matters are urgent?

Where their files are?

How to contact them?

What information can legally be disclosed?

What insurance arrangements are in place?

What bills need paying?

What work is outstanding?

What happens to your professional email?

What happens to your website and social-media accounts?

Who knows enough about the business to start dealing with all of this?

For a large organisation, there may be a team to pick things up.

For a sole practitioner, there may be nobody.

The smaller the practice, the greater the dependency on one person can be.

That is why business continuity isn’t just an issue for large companies.

It may be even more important for the smallest ones.

I was honoured to be invited as a guest of the Royal Dutch Association of Civil-law Notaries (KNB) at their congress “No...
09/10/2026

I was honoured to be invited as a guest of the Royal Dutch Association of Civil-law Notaries (KNB) at their congress “Notary without Borders” at Ahoy Rotterdam today, on behalf of the College of Notaries Northern Ireland.

My sincere thanks to our Dutch colleagues for their generous hospitality and for a thought-provoking programme. Topics such as cross-border heir research, divorce without a judge and the resilience of the notarial profession are very relevant to those of us practising close to the Irish border, where cross-jurisdictional work is a daily reality.

The theme of the day is a good reminder that cooperation is essential for notaries across Europe, and I look forward to strengthening the links between our professions.

Dank u wel to the KNB and everyone I met.

Your Will Is Not Your Business Continuity PlanA common misconception is that your will takes care of everything if you d...
08/10/2026

Your Will Is Not Your Business Continuity Plan

A common misconception is that your will takes care of everything if you die.

It doesn’t.

Your will primarily deals with your estate.

It doesn’t necessarily tell someone what to do about:

• your clients
• confidential files
• ongoing work
• professional obligations
• passwords and digital accounts
• professional insurance
• employees
• suppliers
• premises
• outstanding invoices
• regulatory requirements

For some professions, there may also be specific professional or ethical requirements about what happens to clients if the practitioner dies or becomes unable to work.

That is why the idea of a clinical will is so interesting.

BACP, for example, has specific guidance dealing with clinical wills and digital legacies in the counselling professions. (BACP⁠)

It raises a much wider question for every sole practitioner:

Do you have a plan for your practice — or just a will for your estate?

our brief on legal news on October 3 2026
08/10/2026

our brief on legal news on October 3 2026

The Will You Probably Haven’t Heard OfSomething caught my attention this week while dealing with a professional client.H...
07/10/2026

The Will You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

Something caught my attention this week while dealing with a professional client.

He works in the counselling profession and told me about the requirement he has been dealing with around having a clinical will and arrangements for what happens to his clients if he suddenly becomes unable to practise.

It stopped me in my tracks.

I have dealt with plenty of wills.

But a clinical will?

It made me think about how many other small professional practices have considered the same problem.

If you are a sole practitioner and something happens to you tomorrow:

Who knows what to do?

Who contacts your clients?

Who deals with confidential records?

Who knows which matters are urgent?

Who knows what insurance you have?

Who can access the information needed to keep things moving?

Your ordinary will deals with your estate.

But what deals with your professional responsibilities?

Perhaps every sole practitioner needs to ask themselves one question:

“If I wasn’t here tomorrow, could somebody else work out what to do?”

It’s always valuable to step outside the day-to-day of legal practice and hear from leading figures across the professio...
07/10/2026

It’s always valuable to step outside the day-to-day of legal practice and hear from leading figures across the profession about how technology, AI and changing client expectations are shaping the future of legal services.

I’m particularly interested in the opportunities that AI, legal technology and digital transformation present for law firms — not simply in improving efficiency, but in changing how we communicate with clients, develop our businesses and deliver better outcomes.

The Expo is also a great opportunity to meet colleagues and make new connections across the legal and professional services community.

it’s been a productive and interesting day.

Tougher sentences in GB for child rapists delayed due to overcrowdingPrison overcrowding is delaying the implementation ...
07/10/2026

Tougher sentences in GB for child rapists delayed due to overcrowding
Prison overcrowding is delaying the implementation of tougher sentences for adults who have s*x with children. Labour passed legislation in April requiring mandatory r**e charges, following a recommendation from Baroness Casey’s grooming gang review. The change would raise maximum sentences from 14 years to life imprisonment. A Ministry of Justice assessment estimated it could require up to 350 additional prison places at a time when jails are close to running out of space. The MoJ says it remains committed to implementing the new law but has provided no firm date for its introduction.

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07/10/2026

our guude to notary services

Our guide to The Hague Convention as it applies documents used abroad
05/10/2026

Our guide to The Hague Convention as it applies documents used abroad

If you’ve been injured in a road traffic accident that wasn’t your fault, it’s important to understand your options.Our ...
25/09/2026

If you’ve been injured in a road traffic accident that wasn’t your fault, it’s important to understand your options.

Our specialist solicitors have extensive experience handling car accident claims, including cases involving passengers, pedestrians and uninsured drivers.

Book a consultation to discuss your circumstances and explain the next steps available to you.

Every case is different, so advice should always be sought based on your individual situation:
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