Resources

  • Independent Legal Advice

    Have you been asked to obtain independent legal advice? Do you need to sign a document in front of a solicitor? Have you been asked to provide ‘certified’ copies of your ID? Do you need to have a document ‘sworn’? You may be surprised how regularly the above comes about in your day to day life. You might be remortgaging your home and be told that the lender ...

  • Proposed ‘No-Fault Divorce’ will stop blame game

    The divorce process will soon be made easier and less hostile for separating couples, with proposals for a ‘No-Fault Divorce’ to overhaul current legislation. The change is the outcome of a public consultation, where family law professionals argued the current 50-year-old legislation is outdated, archaic and inflammatory. Currently, you have to prove that y ...

  • Residential Lease Extensions

    Why would you need to extend the term of your Lease? Most residential Leases, historically, were granted for an initial term of 99 or perhaps 125 years. Whilst it is of course possible that a residential Lease could have been granted with a much longer term at the outset, as is increasingly starting to be the case with more modern Leases, this was less comm ...

  • Recovering Possession - Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST)

    The Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) was introduced in 1997, and since has become the most common type of tenancy agreement used to let residential properties. Most tenancies started on or after the 28th February 1997 are automatically ASTs.

  • Buying a Share of Freehold

    Buying a share of freehold most commonly occurs when a buyer purchases a leasehold interest in a flat while simultaneously obtaining a share in the freehold interest of the whole building. The buyer will acquire two separate and distinct titles to the property; the leasehold and freehold interests.

  • Avoid the Problems of Intestacy with a Will

    A will ensures that your assets are distributed according to your wishes after death. Even people who do not necessarily consider themselves wealthy can have substantial assets within their estate.

  • What is probate?

    Probate refers to the right to administer the estate of someone who has died.

  • Winding-up Petitions

    A company which is unable to pay its debts as they fall due is considered to be insolvent.

  • Defining Ownership of Intellectual Property

    The general rule for copyright work is that the original author or creator is the first owner of the copyright. Copyright work includes written software, databases, theatrical music, and artistic or photographic works.

  • What is the Duty of Disclosure in Litigation?

    The duty of disclosure in litigation arises under the Part 31 Civil Procedure Rules which has recently been amended following the Jackson Reforms. Simply put, disclosure is when a party reveals the existence or otherwise of a document to the other party to litigation.

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