Private Client

• New Statutory Instrument Boosts Intestate Entitlement

  • Posted30 March 2020

  A change to intestacy law recently announced by the government has increased the sum of money that spouses and civil partners of people who die without having made a will...

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• Adoption Only Justified If Nothing Else Will Do

  • Posted25 March 2020

  Adoption of children outside their natural families is always a last resort and will only be permitted if nothing else will do. The Court of Appeal made that point in...

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• Dispute With Builder Leads to Costly Outcome for Homeowner

  • Posted19 March 2020

  If you are involved in a dispute with your builder, taking sound legal advice is by far the best means of ensuring that matters do not get out of hand....

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• Still Time to Stay Ahead of CGT Changes

  • Posted13 March 2020

  New rules surrounding the payment of Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on profits made on the sale of a residential property are now just weeks away. Taking effect on 6...

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• High Court Backs Big Money Divorce Wife’s Pursuit of Fraudulent Husband

  • Posted10 March 2020

  It is hardly surprising that confidential or privileged documents which have or may have been illegitimately obtained cannot be used in evidence. However, as the High Court made clear in...

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• Letting Your Land Go to Rack and Ruin is an Invitation to Squatters

  • Posted5 March 2020

  Letting your land stand vacant, going to rack and ruin, inevitably carries the risk that a squatter will obtain title to it. A woman who inherited a small but strategic...

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