You Can’t Put a Price on Children’s Welfare – High Court Makes the Point
The High Court commended a local authority for its willingness to spend more than £490,000 a year on a deeply disturbed boy’s placement in a specialist children’s home.
Legal Articles
The Probate Process – What You Need to Know
If you have recently lost a loved one, you may need some guidance on matters of Wills and Probate. A Grant of Probate is the legal right to control a deceased person’s property.
Divorcee’s Home in Jeopardy Following Oral Agreement With Her Ex
If your marriage has come to an end, reaching an oral agreement with your ex as to how marital assets should be divided may seem the simplest course.
High Court Aids Widow Left in Precarious Position by Husband’s Death
If someone on whom you depended for support has died without making reasonable financial provision for you, you should consult a solicitor without delay.
Divorce – Fairly Dividing Marital Assets is Not a Blame Game
The question of who is to blame for the breakdown of a marriage is often uppermost in divorcees’ minds, but it is hardly ever relevant when it comes to fairly dividing up assets.
6 Useful Tips To Keep Your Divorce Stress Free
When you are going through a Divorce, your emotions will be all over the place and it can be difficult to make the right decisions. Give yourself time to let your emotions calm down so you can think clearly and try and sort things out sensibly and when you feel the time is right.
High Court Clamps Down on Standardised Online Divorce Petitions
The advent of so-called ‘no fault’ divorce is on the horizon but, until then, a great many divorce petitions will continue to be issued on the basis of unreasonable behaviour by one party or the other.
Trusts – Court Relieves Family of Severe Tax Consequences of Drafting Error
Trusts are complex legal instruments and any flaws in the wording of documents relating to them can have grave tax and other consequences.
Retired Farmer ‘Lacked Knowledge and Approval’ of his Final Will
If you are of sound mind when you make your will, the law presumes that you both know and approve of its contents.
Don’t Wait Until Sickness Strikes Before Making a Will
Making a will when you are close to death and without professional assistance is an effective means of fostering dispute between your loved ones after you are gone.