Ripped Off By a Rogue Trader? You Can Be Compensated!
January 30, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughtsElderly people and those who are vulnerable are sadly prime targets for rogue traders, but the law is not powerless... Read More
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Court Bypasses Wife's Attempts to Stymie Sale
January 25, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughtsOne of the potential disadvantages of having more than one owner of a property is what to do when they... Read More
Tax Net to Loosen for Trusts, Tighten for Offshore Affairs
January 22, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughtsIn the recent Budget, the Government committed itself to a review of the operation of trust taxation in the UK.... Read More
Certain Inheritance Can Be Financial Resource in Divorce Settlement
January 19, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughtsUnder English law, a person is able (within limits) to decide absolutely to whom their estate should pass. However, many... Read More
Informal Wills on the Way?
January 16, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughtsWe have written on numerous occasions of the danger of either failing to leave a will or of not taking... Read More
Solicitors Are Under a Lifelong Duty to Guard Client Confidentiality
January 11, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughtsOne of the advantages of placing your trust in solicitors is that they owe a lifelong duty to maintain the... Read More
Minor Drafting Error Corrected – £1 Million Saved
January 10, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughtsUnder Inheritance Tax (IHT) law, certain types of trust have a ten-yearly charge to IHT on the value of the... Read More
Family Proceedings – Anonymity Orders v Freedom of Expression
October 26, 2017 11:57 am Leave your thoughtsFamily courts routinely grant anonymity to children involved in care proceedings, but that inevitably has an effect on parents and... Read More
Power of Attorney or Deputyship?
October 23, 2017 12:01 pm Leave your thoughtsIn the same week that a former policeman was convicted of stealing a house and £200,000 from his disabled cousin... Read More
Informing and Consulting Employees
October 23, 2017 1:00 am Leave your thoughtsThe EU Information and Consultation Directive 2002 established minimum requirements for companies with more than 50 employees for consulting and... Read More
Couple May Lose House After Denying Neighbour Access to Meter
October 18, 2017 12:07 pm Leave your thoughtsDisputes between neighbours can blight the lives of all concerned and it is always wise to seek legal advice before... Read More
Tax Domicile – HMRC Upping the Ante?
October 15, 2017 12:09 pm Leave your thoughtsWith an increasingly peripatetic workforce, more and more people are finding that the issue of their fiscal residence has a... Read More
