Brexit has for years been a constant topic of conversation, but some of its potentially serious consequences remain largely unknown outside specialist legal circles. That was certainly so in the...
Continue readingThe question of who is to blame for the breakdown of a marriage is often uppermost in divorcees’ minds, but it is hardly ever relevant when it comes to fairly...
Continue readingFamily relationships can become increasingly complex over time, particularly where marital breakdown intervenes, and that is why it is so important to keep your will up to date. As one...
Continue readingWhen a relationship between partners who jointly own their home breaks down, one of them may move out leaving the other in sole occupation. That is a commonplace scenario but,...
Continue readingThere is nothing unlawful about tax avoidance schemes but, however intricate and apparently foolproof they may be, their effectiveness can never be guaranteed. A businessman found that out to his...
Continue readingIf someone on whom you depend financially dies without reasonably providing for you in their will, you should contact a solicitor straight away. In a High Court case on point,...
Continue readingMany families have one foot in the UK and another abroad and that can give rise to parental disagreement as to where their children should live. Wherever in the world...
Continue readingThe litigation process can, to a non-lawyer, appear to be a maze of procedural rules replete with traps for the unwary. In one case, a woman’s claim against a builder...
Continue readingThose who pay their taxes late can expect punishment – but there is such a thing as a reasonable excuse. In one case, a man who failed to notify the...
Continue readingWhen faced with a bank’s formal demand for payment, individual debtors can feel that there is little they can do but comply. However, as a High Court ruling showed, with...
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