The belief that you cease to be a UK resident for tax purposes simply by staying out of the country for a certain number of days is a common fallacy....
Continue readingMany adopted people feel driven to embark on long and demanding quests to find their birth parents. In one case, decades of painstaking research paid off when a woman in...
Continue readingIn an era of easy, internet-based mass communication, reputations can, without a shred of justification, be destroyed at the click of a button. As a High Court case showed, however,...
Continue readingThere are all sorts of good reasons why you should instruct a solicitor to draft your will whilst you are still hale and hearty. As a High Court case showed,...
Continue readingA newly purchased house may require a great deal of renovation and repair work to render it habitable – but does that mean it is unsuitable for use as a...
Continue readingDisputes between separated couples as to how their children should be provided for can, in the absence of compromise, sadly reach epic proportions. That was certainly so in one extraordinary...
Continue readingIt is legally possible for couples to make mutual wills by which each binds the other not to alter their bequests at any point in the future, save by mutual...
Continue readingOne of the social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic was the creation of a fashion for householders to operate businesses from outhouses in their gardens. However, an important tribunal ruling...
Continue readingMany people who have little understanding of the tax system sensibly seek help from those with greater expertise. However, a case that exposed an apparent loophole in HM Revenue and...
Continue readingOnly those with the mental capacity to make important decisions for themselves can consent to marriage – or divorce. However, as a High Court ruling made plain, it is in...
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