Court Fees on the Rise – A Worry For Vulnerable Families
The Ministry of Justice seems intent on increasing the cost of select court fees, but in the midst of the cost of living crisis it could end up being another...
Continue readingThe trouble with informally agreeing with your loved ones what is to happen to your assets after you are gone is that you may not have considered all eventualities, and...
Continue readingEnglish judges are respected around the world – but they are not the sole arbiters of fairness and the decisions of foreign courts must be respected. A family judge made...
Continue readingOne secret of a happy life is to get on well with your neighbours and taking legal advice is often the best way of defusing rows before they get out...
Continue readingThe legal position of ‘cryptoassets’ – those which exist in electronic form and are held on distributed ledgers, bitcoins being the best-known example – has not been certain in the...
Continue readingFailing to take professional advice and keep accurate accounts is like holding a red rag up to the HM Revenue and Customs bull. In a case on point, an international...
Continue readingLitigation can be long and bitter, but it is the prime objective of the justice system to eventually bring it to a satisfactory end. In a case on point, the...
Continue readingFor a Will to be valid, the testator (the one making the Will) must be ‘of sound mind’ at the time of making and signing the Will. This means that...
Continue readingLandowners who neglect or fail to make use of their properties put themselves at risk of losing them to squatters. In a recent case on this subject, a woman faced...
Continue readingEstablishing a company to act as an intermediary between yourself and the clients to whom you provide your services can have substantial tax advantages. As a case involving a broadcast...
Continue readingAmidst the emotional and financial destruction that can arise from divorce, keeping a sense of proportion is crucial. The Court of Appeal made that point in lamenting a former couple’s...
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