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An assertion that cash gifts of £100,000 each to his two daughters should be considered to be part of a deceased man’s estate was given short shrift by the court...

When a divorced wealthy couple sought to wage ‘litigation war’ against one another, running up legal bills of more than £2.7 million in the process, the family judge was unsympathetic. ...

When a woman who was injured in an accident at work and who seemed to be making a good recovery collapsed and died three weeks later, as a result of...

When affairs of the heart went awry, a man faced an unexpected tax bill. The man decided to buy a property in 2001 when he was engaged to be...

In deciding on the meaning of agreements regarding the construction and sale of a residential property, the Court of Appeal has ruled that £35,000 retained from the purchase price should...

A recent case concerned the estate of a woman who died in 2008 aged 98. One of her sons had lived with her during the final three years of her...

With ever increasing global travel, child custody cases which have an international aspect are becoming more common. These in turn can raise questions as to which country’s legal system should...

A former jockey has won £58,000 in compensation for injuries he suffered at Cheltenham racecourse when his horse fell at the first hurdle. Philip Hide’s horse skidded and fell...

When a divorcing husband and wife ran up legal costs of more than £150,000 disputing the division of family assets amounting to little more than £200,000, the judge hearing the...

Under the law of adverse possession (‘squatter’s rights’), the legal ownership of land may be able to be claimed if it is occupied for a long period of time without...