To make a Will, a person has to consider the implications of the disposal of their assets and how it will impact on those left behind. The decision on who should receive bequests must be made with the freedom of choice and the following case highlighted this
The Court of Appeal has rejected the argument that music making in Britain will be adversely affected due to a successful claim for compensation from a musician.
The new laws being put in place will specify a period of 6 months from the petition stage to the marriage being ended, which allows for couples to have some time to reflect on their decision.
Wills can and often are challenged by dependents who think they should have received more from an estate than they get and in this case bought before a court, a daughter thought she should have a larger share of her aristocrat father’s £1.3 million estate.
Giving away assets to your loved ones with warm hands, when you are still fit and healthy, is a readily available means of reducing Inheritance Tax (IHT) liabilities.
In a Supreme Court decision, which will pave the way for decisions to be made in what is agreed by everyone as a very difficult situation, it was announced that where a person is unable to make their own choices, the doctors and families can do so without recourse from the judicial system.
When a court makes an order, it must be obeyed or the whole justice system collapses. In this recent court case, a brother and sister, both pensioners with a combined age of 150, were sent to prison for contempt of court relating to a big money divorce.
Heir hunters are a valuable resource to find beneficiaries of an estate if the person has died without leaving a Will. It should be remembered that these companies are not regulated…
In the following case, a couple fraudulently tried to change a deceased person’s Will and as a result, were given prison sentences for their trouble.
To ensure you have correctly identified the beneficiaries of your Will is one good reason to get legal advice when making your Will.
Search and seizure orders are not given lightly by the Courts, in the following case a big car manufacturer sought the order to protect its’ intellectual property rights which were being used by dishonest traders to make what could be seen as a quick and easy profit.
Employment Tribunal (ET) decisions are not always right, but it is very rare for them to be condemned as perverse. That is, however, exactly what happened in this case
Insurance companies have an expectation that their customers will tell them everything they need to know, so they can fully assess the insurance risk they are taking.
If you are to be subject to a disciplinary hearing at work you need someone to be in your corner and a lawyer is the best option.
The breakdown of a marriage is a difficult time, but a Court of Appeal ruling in a big money divorce case clearly illustrates that timing is crucial
A woman died following heart surgery when a piece of plastic tubing was left inside her body. Her 16 year old son was awarded compensation.
A farmer who mislabelled ordinary barn eggs as free range received a 30-month prison sentence and a six-figure confiscation order.
Obtaining services via a mobile phone app is certainly convenient and cost effective, but there are times when it is essential for customers to be able to speak to a real person.
A victim of internet harassment after meeting a man through an internet dating site obtained an apology and compensation along with an undertaking to stop.
A High Court case has shown that freedom of expression rights are not limitless and the welfare of the children concerned is always uppermost in the minds of judges.
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