Family and Matrimonial

The Court of Appeal recently ruled in a case which asked whether fatherhood is sufficient to warrant contact with a child and decided that the answer is ‘no’. The...

A recent case in which the owners of a farm faced ruin because their property was saddled with an ancient responsibility to maintain the local church received a great deal...

A farmer’s son who worked in the family farming business his whole life without receiving a proper wage was promised that he would inherit the farm when his father died....

The newspapers recently reported the sad case of Geoffrey Hough, an elderly man from Salford, Manchester, whose life savings of £56,000 had been fraudulently spent by his son-in-law. Mr Hough...

A case brought by a group of residents who live near a tip was recently heard by the Court of Appeal. The residents complained that the smell of the...

Religion has been the cause of countless disputes over the centuries, but surprisingly few disputes regarding religion have reached the family courts. Recently, the High Court heard a case...

It is open to anyone to make what is popularly called a ‘living will’, a document more commonly known as an ‘advance directive’ or ‘advance decision’. Advance directives can include...

Making a will is something everyone should do and it is important to have complete confidence in the person advising you. The Legal Services Board has announced proposals to...

When a non-resident of the UK visited the UK with a view to becoming resident here, little did he realise that the decision would cost him nearly £100,000 in tax. ...

A recent Court of Appeal case shows that mediation can often be a more beneficial way of resolving disputes than what Lord Justice Jackson referred to as ‘full blooded adversarial...