Tax and Financial Planning

Mental capacity has always been something of a problem area of the law. The aim of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, which became fully operational in October 2007, is...

An interesting attempt at a defence came to nothing in a recent traffic accident case.   It involved a driver who, having missed his turning, decided to do...

Just because witnesses to a will unexpectedly could not remember witnessing it did not make a will invalid according to the Court of Appeal.   The case involved...

The loss of the original of a will does not always mean that the will cannot be accepted for probate, as is illustrated by a case involving a gay couple,...

In the April 2003 Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced  the introduction of the Child Trust Fund (CTF). The CTF is a savings and investment account for children. Children...

Cases involving personal injury when both parties are ‘in the wrong’ present a particular problem when it comes to determining the apportionment of responsibility for (and therefore the amount of...