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A decision of the Supreme Court announced today has important implications for unmarried partners of people who have died. The case involved a woman from Northern Ireland who was...

The usual course of events on divorce is that there is a financial settlement which divides up the family assets as they are at that point in time. This takes...

A recent survey has shown that more than one in ten people who are thought to have died intestate (i.e. without leaving a will) may actually have made a will...

  There has been a great deal of publicity about the forthcoming changes in the law relating to pensions and their uses. The changes are comprehensive and change the...

Successive governments have recognised that the spirit of entrepreneurialism, though deeply ingrained in the UK’s culture, is not really very well supported by the financial institutions. In an attempt to...

When one member of a cohabiting couple dies, it can come as an unpleasant surprise to the bereaved partner to discover that not all of their late partner’s estate will...

The headline-grabbing decisions in a spate of  ‘rich list’ divorce cases in 2007 confirmed that the House of Lords  (now the Supreme Court) is emphasising that marriage is a partnership and that...

When accidents cause damage or injury and the responsible driver is uninsured, a claim can be made to the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB), an organisation financed by motor insurers...

More than 400,000 UK citizens own properties abroad. If you are thinking of joining them, here ar some of the main issues: as well as it being essential to take...

This fact sheet provides guidance for those involved in the development of residential properties whether new builds or conversions of existing properties. On 1 September 2008, the Council of Mortgage Lenders...