The Gazette

Publication Date

20 February 2015

How can you avoid conflicts between joint executors? Michelle Collins, principal at Cozens-Hardy LLP solicitors, explains.

Publication Date

18 February 2015

The Indian Army played a crucial role in WW1, fighting in every major theatre of operations alongside British units. Peak involvement came during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, March 1915, during which they provided half of the attacking force.

Publication Date

12 February 2015

To mark the start of the Cricket World Cup, here's a profile of Harold Dennis Bird, aka ‘Dickie’, OBE, world-famous cricket umpire and indisputable national treasure.

Publication Date

9 February 2015

A new database has been launched which allows access to a government archive of 41 million wills in England and Wales (though not Scotland and Northern Ireland), dating back as far as 1858.

Publication Date

9 February 2015

The King's New Year and Birthday Honours are published in The Gazette twice a year, at New Year and on the King's official birthday. View all Birthday and New Year Honours lists from 1937 here.

Publication Date

6 February 2015

Neil Smyth, partner at Taylor Wessing, explains how insolvency, and the role of the IP, varies according to business type.

Publication Date

6 February 2015

Personal insolvencies are at their lowest rate since 2005, figures by the Insolvency Service have revealed.

Publication Date

6 February 2015

Staff at Bupa’s West Ridings Residential and Nursing Home contacted us about World War 2 hero Whyburn Parkes, after they held a Remembrance Day book reading event. Whyburn featured in The Gazette in 1945, and we thought it was a story worth telling. 

Publication Date

30 January 2015

The emotional consequences of bereavement are tough, but it’s also a time when practical steps need to be taken. Danny Cox, chartered financial planner at Hargreaves Lansdown, explains what executors must consider.

Publication Date

30 January 2015

Sarah Orrell, senior solicitor at Leonard Gray LLP, explains why updating your will is crucial after, or even during, a separation or divorce.