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What is proprietary estoppel? The concept of proprietary estoppel is to provide a person (person A) with rights in land that they were led to believe they had by another...

On a creditors winding up petition, the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA) states that a “court may dismiss it or adjourn the hearing conditionally or unconditionally or make an interim order...

Sometimes the value of an estate is low or even zero meaning beneficiaries named in the last valid Will receive nothing. This can happen after suspicious lifetime transactions, such as...

HMRC now require most trusts to be registered. But what does this mean and who does it affect? The short answer is that trustees are under a legal obligation to...

It’s been almost six months since lockdown restrictions were lifted. But with Covid variants bringing new challenges, the long-term impact of the pandemic is as uncertain as ever. For business...

Whilst many people start the New Year by making resolutions, the media says that family practitioners prepare for a surge in new divorce and separation enquiries and refer to the...

Recent figures released by the Office of the Public Guardian, the government body responsible for registering lasting powers of attorney (LPAs) reveal that the number of applications to register LPAs...

With various rules governing who can witness a Will, it’s important that Wills, trusts and probate lawyers and Will writers know how the witness is connected to the testator and...

The DNA testing cases linked to inheritance disputes have always been of particular interest to me ever since my first case involving such an issue over ten years ago. It...

The case of London Trocadero v Picturehouse Cinemas Ltd and others sought to deal with the issue of rent arrears during the covid-19 pandemic where the tenant’s income has been...