Private Client

• It Only Takes One

  • Posted4 March 2015

  What happens to a tenancy when the tenant dies or a tenant couple split up has led to many legal cases over the years. A recent case dealt with...

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• Career Lost Demands More Equal Treatment in Divorce

  • Posted2 March 2015

  Big money divorce cases get into the news for a whole variety of reasons, but an allegation of sex discrimination is seldom one of them. However, this was one...

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• Stamp Duty Changes

  • Posted27 February 2015

  The basis on which stamp duty is charged is being changed in a move that will benefit most purchasers of property. The old system applied a single rate of...

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• Ways to Complain – And Ways Not to Complain!

  • Posted25 February 2015

  A little-reported case shows the danger of taking matters into your own hands when you buy goods of inferior quality. It dealt with the sale of a pony. The...

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• Entrenched Position Over Ditch to Cost Thousands

  • Posted24 February 2015

  Two couples who entered into a protracted legal argument over the ownership of a ditch have been left facing legal costs of £500,000 after the dispute ended up in the...

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• Double ISA Allowance for Surviving Spouses

  • Posted16 February 2015

  From 3 December 2014, a surviving spouse or civil partner will ‘inherit’ the ISA allowance of their deceased spouse or partner. The move, announced in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement,...

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