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From 3 December 2014, a surviving spouse or civil partner will ‘inherit’ the ISA allowance of their deceased spouse or partner. The move, announced in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement,...

It is not uncommon for a couple’s financial circumstances to change a great deal after they divorce, and in such circumstances it will often happen that the poorer ex-spouse will...

When a solicitor was considered to be making a nuisance of herself by helping her clients make claims against the local council, which was also her landlord, the council took...

It may seem obvious, but in order to transfer the title to something to another person, it has to be clear what it is that is being transferred. When...

A pedestrian who suffered fractures to her right ankle and knee when she tripped on the edge of a path has been awarded £30,000 in damages from her local authority. ...

When a mother and son from a village near Barnsley sold their property (a house plus adjoining commercial buildings and land), the apportionment of the sale proceeds was crucial in...

Readers who live apart from their spouses or civil partners, but who have not formally dissolved their relationships, are warned that following changes to inheritance law brought into effect in...

Residential landlords will be aware of their legal responsibility under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 to have annual safety inspections carried out on the gas appliances in...

The public interest in open justice has trumped individual privacy rights in a case in which lawyers sought to protect child beneficiaries of a very substantial family trust from the...

The importance of considering the fine details of proposed arrangements was sharply illustrated in a recent case in which the High Court accepted a claim by HM Revenue and Customs...