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You have your ICAEW licence authorising you to provide probate services, but what do you do when things take a contentious turn? ICAEW guidance on probate services came into force...

For all assured shorthold tenancies created on or after 1 October 2015, the landlord will only be able to serve a tenant with a valid notice pursuant to Section 21...

With the high cost of getting on the property ladder, buying a property with a friend or partner is increasingly common. Co-owners of such properties need to make sure they...

The Kids Company charity has featured in many news stories recently after reports of financial turmoil and issues relating to government involvement. The charity suddenly closed earlier this month, according...

Do you occasionally wonder to yourself about those distant relatives you haven’t heard from in a long time? Have you ever daydreamed about how you might spend an unexpected inheritance?...

Changes to insolvency legislation which come into force from 1 October 2015, may result in 20% less personal insolvencies each year and limit creditors’ abilities to recover debts. Under the...

Business disputes are expensive, often eye wateringly so, but fortunately they are also for the most part avoidable. If your business is facing a claim, your contract will be the first...

Backwards tracing added to the arsenal of civil recovery weaponry in fraud and breach of trust case On 3 August 2015 the Privy Council handed down its judgment in The Federal...

Following the July 2015 budget, the Government has followed through on its promise and launched a consultation on the use of deeds of variation. The current rules on deeds of...

The High Court has recently handed down judgement in an international children case involving bitterly contested litigation in which the judge described the parents as ‘physically exhausted by the legal process...