Private Client

• Breaking the Deadlock of Competing Divorce Petitions at Home and Abroad

  • Posted21 July 2023

  When married British couples separate whilst living overseas, it is quite common for competing divorce petitions to be issued both in England and abroad. A High Court ruling provided a...

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• Religious Leader’s Employment Contract ‘Was Illegally Performed’

  • Posted13 July 2023

  Those who seek the protection of the law with metaphorical dirty hands are likely to receive short shrift. An Employment Tribunal (ET) powerfully made that point in the case of...

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• The Validity of a Pre-Nuptial Agreement Often Depends on Top-Quality Legal Advice

  • Posted10 July 2023

  Pre-nuptial agreements (PNAs) which are not entered into freely or which have unfair results will generally not be worth the paper they are written on. However, as a High Court...

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• Neighbours’ Disputes – Negotiate Now or Pay a High Price Later

  • Posted7 July 2023

  Many neighbours’ disputes may, at least to an outsider, appear trifling. However, as a High Court ruling showed, they matter very much to those involved and, in the absence of...

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• Tax Residency – Australian Entrepreneur Challenges Million-Pound CGT Bill

  • Posted30 June 2023

  The belief that you cease to be a UK resident for tax purposes simply by staying out of the country for a certain number of days is a common fallacy....

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• Adopted Pensioner’s Quest to Find Her Birth Parents Finally Bears Legal Fruit

  • Posted27 June 2023

  Many adopted people feel driven to embark on long and demanding quests to find their birth parents. In one case, decades of painstaking research paid off when a woman in...

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