Private Client

• Unexpected Death Justifies Divorce Settlement Change

  • Posted10 November 2015

  One of the things that the family court seeks to do when divorce settlements are being made is to achieve finality. Where a settlement has been agreed by the court,...

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• Costs Disaster Follows Appeal on Land Dispute Failure

  • Posted4 November 2015

  Boundary disputes are by no means uncommon, especially in rural areas, where the apparent boundaries can move over time and of which maps, which are never exactly precise, tend to...

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• New Reports Highlight UK Tax Burden

  • Posted29 October 2015

  A recent report by the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) stated that the average British family pays more than £250,000 in tax (net of tax credits) during a 40-year working life. The...

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• Family Judge Blocks Mother and Child’s Move to Australia

  • Posted26 October 2015

  The importance of the role of fathers in the lives of their children has been given more and more recognition by the family courts in recent years, as is evidenced...

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• Car Dealer’s Misrepresentation Proves Costly

  • Posted21 October 2015

  When a person misrepresents something being sold to the extent that what is being promised to the buyer is significantly different from what is delivered, the normal legal remedy is...

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• ‘Very Unpleasant’ Wind Turbine Views Fail to Sway High Court

  • Posted20 October 2015

  The national drive for more sources of renewable energy was very much in evidence as a High Court decision condemned residents of a rural area to live with views of...

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