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Commercial Property | 23rd March 2017

Why Invest in Commercial Property?

The right type of property can be a good investment opportunity, whether it be residential or commercial.  Commercial property generally offers more financial reward than...

Tamzin Mandelli

Partner, Head of Commercial Property
Commercial Property | 23rd March 2017

The Duty to Update

Following the article on the Dangers of Non Disclosure in March 2016, the recent case of First Tower Trustees Limited –v- CDS (Superstores International) Limited...

Gaenor Thomas

Associate, Commercial Property
Commercial Property | 23rd March 2017

Mining, Sinkholes and Subsidence – Avoiding the Sinking Feeling of...

When buying a property in the South East many people will not think of mining or subsidence as a real risk. This is partly because...

John Guthrie

Partner, Commercial Property
Wills, Trusts & Estates | 15th March 2017

While all eyes were on the Chancellor’s red budget briefcase

On the 6th of March, when most of us (if we were thinking about it at all) were wondering what the Spring Budget (which took...

Sara McGrigor

Associate, Trusts & Estates
Residential Property | 15th March 2017

Spring Budget 2017: A missed opportunity for stamp duty?

Having had delivery of the 2017 Budget, and the opportunity to digest all the facts and content, there is arguably one major area that has been...

David Knapp

Partner, Residential Property
Commercial & Corporate | 14th March 2017

The most important factors to consider when launching your own...

There’s rarely ever been a better time for people in the UK to look at starting their own business. With the spread of online content...

Danielle Collett-Bruce

Senior Solicitor, Commercial & Corporate
Clinical Negligence, Personal Injury | 28th February 2017

Shock horror! Justice for claimants after all

Congratulations to the Lord Chancellor, Elizabeth Truss, for (a) doing the right thing and (b) for leaving many claimants’ lawyers stunned. Today (27.02.17), the Lord...

Isabel Bathurst

Associate, Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence
Wills, Trusts & Estates | 21st February 2017

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways...

In 1976, beloved American actor Jack Benny passed away and left, in his will, a sum of money for the purchase and deliverance of a...

Catherine Poleykett

Solicitor, Trusts & Estates
Family | 13th February 2017

‘Breaking up is (still) hard to do’: A Brexit Divorce...

I was reading some very positive stories in the papers last week about couples who sadly decide to separate but who retain enough respect for...

Julian Waldon

Associate, Family

The new property trap affecting thousands

Earlier today, the BBC ran an article on an increasingly common trap affecting thousands of families across England and Wales. We asked Emily Fitzpatrick, Head...

Emily Fitzpatrick

Partner, Head of Leasehold Enfranchisement