Residential Property

One of the potential disadvantages of having more than one owner of a property is what to do when they take different views of whether it should be sold. In...

In the recent Budget, the Government committed itself to a review of the operation of trust taxation in the UK. Since reforms were introduced in 2006 to counter what...

Under English law, a person is able (within limits) to decide absolutely to whom their estate should pass. However, many countries have ‘forced heirship’ laws, under which a deceased person’s...

We have written on numerous occasions of the danger of either failing to leave a will or of not taking professional advice when making your will. Among the difficulties...

One of the advantages of placing your trust in solicitors is that they owe a lifelong duty to maintain the confidentiality of any information you give them. That point was...

Under Inheritance Tax (IHT) law, certain types of trust have a ten-yearly charge to IHT on the value of the trust assets. The legislation, which imposes IHT of 6 per...

People who seek advantage by going beyond the bounds of planning permission they are given can expect to be taught a very expensive lesson by the courts. However, the law...

When a couple divorced in 2014, the ex-husband was ordered to pay his ex-wife periodical payments of £120,000 per year after he was found to have used a variety of...

A solicitor’s primary duty when drafting a will is to follow faithfully their client’s instructions after giving accurate and level-headed advice. In a professional negligence case triggered by the early...

Many people think that for a libel to occur, the statement made has to be both false and made in public, but in fact that is not so, as a...