Lasting Power of Attorney – What is a Certificate Provider?
If you are in the process of making a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), you may find that you are in need of a Lasting Power of Attorney Certificate Provider....
Continue readingCouples who enter into pre- or post-marital agreements with their eyes open and with the benefit of legal advice can expect to be bound by them. The High Court made...
Continue readingMaking a valid will requires an exercise of independent decision-making, free from the undue influence of others. The High Court powerfully made that point in finding that a daughter coerced...
Continue readingOne good reason why professional conveyancing is always required is that lurking in the title deeds of a great many properties are clauses that may heavily restrict their development or...
Continue readingWhen a person goes missing without trace, the fact that their assets are left in limbo often adds to the agony suffered by their loved ones. However, as a High...
Continue readingTax avoidance schemes are not always effective and can have serious unforeseen consequences. In a telling case on point, a man was required to pay the entirety of the Stamp...
Continue readingJudges are not expected to sit placidly on the bench, silently listening to barristers’ arguments. However, as a Court of Appeal ruling in a case of critical importance to the...
Continue readingIncluded in most people’s wills is a clause that has the effect of revoking all their previous wills. Such straightforward provisions are usually uncontentious but, as a guideline Court of...
Continue readingHomeless applicants for public housing have a right to expect more than unthinking and mechanistic responses from local authorities. In powerfully making that point, a judge described aspects of a...
Continue readingIt is every parent’s worst nightmare to be accused of injuring their child. However, as a Family Court ruling showed, such allegations are subject to intense judicial scrutiny, which in...
Continue readingWhen making your will, the general rule is that you are free to leave your assets to whomsoever you wish. However, as a High Court case concerning ownership of a...
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