Can literally anyone challenge a will?
As a recent Court of Appeal case decided the answer is ‘no,’ but perhaps the group of people who can challenge a will is wider...
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Key factors to consider when launching your own business
The most important factors to consider when you are launching your own business. There's rarely ever been a better time for people in the UK...
Danielle Collett-Bruce
Senior Solicitor, Commercial & CorporateBuy-to-let investment: Knowledge is the key to success
How working with a solicitor can give you the key to unlocking success when operating in the buy-to-let sector. For many years, property lagged behind...
David Knapp
Partner, Residential PropertyLifting the lid on tricky toilet problems
Customer toilet facilities have been causing a stink for take-aways and travel operators in recent weeks. First, it was take-away outlets with tables who found...
Jane Crosby
Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution & Accredited Mediator”Missing Landlords” For long leaseholders
What happens when you own a long lease of a flat but the landlord is “missing”? How can you buy the freehold or extend your...
Emily Fitzpatrick
Partner, Head of Leasehold EnfranchisementWhen talking the talk may mean walking the walk….
Negotiating contracts looks set to be tougher in future, with the news that clauses that require any changes to be made in writing and agreed...
Gregory Barton
Solicitor, Commercial & CorporateJustice for All? Compensation for claimants
“In a civil court case the claimant who succeeds against a defendant will receive, where appropriate, an award of compensation and the loser will pay...
Isabel Hodgson
Legal Executive, Trusts & EstatesThe devilish detail on inheritance tax
By inheritance specialist Emily Wiggins with Hart Brown Solicitors When Chancellor George Osborne announced significant changes to inheritance tax (IHT) in last summer’s Budget speech,...
Emily Wiggins
Consultant, Trusts & EstatesHedonic Regression – an even worse deal for leaseholders
On 11th May 2016 the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) (UTLC) handed down its 80 page decision in Sloane Stanley Estate v. Munday (2016). The decision...
Emily Fitzpatrick
Partner, Head of Leasehold EnfranchisementWhen is the best time to sell your home?
When you come to sell your home, it's important to have an expert on board to make sure the whole process runs smoothly and that...
