Legal Aid, Legal Help, Welfare Benefits, Tesco Law, Ring in the New
In the Legal Aid world, it is also chop and change, and many seasoned lawyers such as myself have grave doubts...
Grants of Probate
When a person dies, they usually leave an estate (including money, possessions and property) and sometimes a Will...
Conveyancing, Selling Houses - Short Cuts and False Economies
The whole process of buying and selling your home can be fraught with difficulties and disappointments....
Property, Family, Unmarried Couples, What is a Fair Share?
In November, a Supreme Court judgment was made which has triggered calls for legal reform...
Divorce. Will my 'ex' get a share of my Lottery Win
I have recently seen a statistic indicating that you stand about a 1 in 14 million chance of winning the lottery...
Employment Law Round Up
Employment law creates more regulations, statutes and case law than virtually any other area of law...
From the Archives...
Absent Freeholders and Landlords
The absent landlord problem often arises where older residential leases are involved,...
What to do When Someone Dies
When someone dies there are many decisions and arrangements to make, all of which
can be difficult in a time of grief...
Buying Property at Auction
If you decide that you wish to try and purchase your next home “under the
hammer”, then you will join a growing number of auction novices who are buying
property in this way...
Solar Power and Your Home
There are various initiatives to turn your home “green”....
Private Sewers and Public Sewers
Until 1st October 2011 the responsibility for maintenance of sewerage pipes
between a private property and the mains sewer is the responsibility of the
owners of the property...
Property Price Tactics
When buying a home, or indeed any investment property, always remember that
negotiating the price is an expected formality...
What to do about Missing Beneficiaries
Around 300,000 people die intestate in the United Kingdom each year. This is a statistic with which many Solicitors are familiar...
Rent deposits and the Residential Tenant
About 4 years ago new rules were introduced to control and safeguard a deposit paid to a Landlord on the grant of an assured shorthold tenancy...
Extending your Property
The recent slow down in the property market has lead to a boom in home improvements...
Fair is Fair
In recent days we have seen a welter of publicity surrounding the tragic case of Baby P...
Some Probate Questions and Answers
We regularly answer lots of probate questions for our clients and I thought it might be useful...
Energy Efficient Schemes
The Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) has been with us now for some four years. It relates to any property which is being constructed...
Solving Disputes.
The Government's new Broom
In January of this year, Naomi Campbell came into the spotlight of all
lawyers. She had sued the Daily Mail ten years ago...
Avoiding
Inheritance Tax
This kind of title is a switch-off to very many of us. First of all it
reminds us of the need to pay taxes. Secondly it reminds us of our own
mortality.
Private
Drainage Systems
There are many properties in our part of the West Country which are not
served by the mains sewerage system.
Plot
to Win
Do you have an extra large garden? If so, you could be sitting on a gold
mine.
Family Home v Care Home
I am often consulted by clients who are anxious to preserve their family
home or other assets against the possibility that they might need to go
into a care home in the future.
Private
Rights of Access
Problems with private rights of access frequently arise between neighbours.
They can generate high emotion and sometimes years of resentment and pettiness.
In
Sickness and in Health
The number of couples choosing to marry in the United Kingdom is continuing
to decline, with the latest figures of 270,000 weddings, down by 2.7%.
Listed
Buildings and Conservation Areas
The idea behind listing a particular building is borne of a sense of
nostalgia and preservation of our architectural heritage.
Liability to Visitors to your Home
Accidents can happen in all sorts of ways to visitors to your home. We
live in a culture of blaming someone else and entitlement to compensation.
But how could this affect you as a homeowner?
Pitfalls for Unmarried
Partners
Legally, there are big differences between living with your partner and
being married to them.
To Buy or Not to Buy
“Should I Buy or Rent a Property?” is probably the most frequently
asked question alongside “How much is my property worth?”
Possible Problems with Boundaries
There are many possibilities for problems arising with the boundaries
between adjoining properties.
Making
a Statutory Will
If a person has dementia, it is important that they organise their financial
and legal affairs whilst they are still able to do so
The Equality Act 2010
From 1st October the Government is introducing most of the major new measures
contained in the Equality Act 2010
Homes and
the way we live
As people’s tastes in housing change, a good Estate Agent will always
be alert to new priorities...
Keeping
caravans on your property
This time of year in the West Country caravans become a familiar site
on our roads but where do they go....
Long term care. The financial quagmire
Did you know that it now costs more to keep a relative in an average care
home for a year than it does to educate a child at Eton?...
Money Laundering
Solicitors are regarded as key professionals in both the business and
financial world. They help with vital transactions,....
Presumptions about boundaries and visitors
Quite often we get asked questions about ownership and identification
of boundaries and right of way where a property is being bought or sold.....
The Demise of HIPS
Home Owners Selling their properties will no longer be required to produce
a Home Information Pack (HIP)...
NO WILL-WHO
INHERITS THE ESTATE?
WHAT LURKS
AROUND THE CORNER?
CAN
TODAY'S' GENERATION AFFORD A HOME?
DEALING
WITH A WILL AND FINANCES AFTER DEATH
GET YOUR HOUSE
IN ORDER
STRIPPED
CARE
HOME FEES AND YOUR ASSETS
PROPERTY
LAW. A BRIEF ROUND UP
PREPARING
FOR THE DIGITAL AFTERLIFE
CHRISTMAS
CONTACT WITH YOUR CHILDREN
HELP-I
NEED THE POWER OF AN ATTORNEY
SOME
PLANNING AND BUILDING REGULATION MYSTERIES
YOUR GARDEN.
A LEGAL MINEFIELD
KNOW YOUR BOUNDARIES
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