Private Client

• Planning Building Work? Get Legal Advice

  • Posted4 November 2019

  When a property development involving a building that is listed or in a conservation area is undertaken, it is reasonable for the contractor employed to do the work to assume...

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• HMRC Miss Tax Avoidance Target By Raising Assessments Too Late

  • Posted29 October 2019

  When HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) find out that tax has been under-declared, the response is normally to raise a ‘discovery assessment’ to collect the tax due. This is usually...

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• Missing Persons – Steps to Take

  • Posted24 October 2019

  Surprisingly, nearly 250,000 people go missing in the UK every year. Leaving aside the heartache and worry this causes, until recent changes in the law it also created an appalling...

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• Growing Number of Cohabiting Couples Leaves More Families Open to Risk

  • Posted21 October 2019

  Cohabiting couples are the fastest-growing family type in the UK, according to newly released figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The ONS reports that the number of...

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• Inveterate Trespasser Rightly Jailed for Contempt, Court of Appeal Rules

  • Posted16 October 2019

  It is in the nature of litigation that the losing party frequently feels that the judge was wrong and the outcome unjust. However, a case in which a householder repeatedly...

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• Raising Cash on the Security of Your Home? Always See a Lawyer First

  • Posted8 October 2019

  Many vulnerable people who fall into debt are tempted to raise cash on the security of their homes. However, a case in which an elderly couple came within an ace...

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