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No matter how much you respect and trust your friends, lending them money can be fraught with risk and should never be done without first taking professional advice. A case...

Overseas surrogacy arrangements are an effective means of completing families. As a High Court ruling showed, however, they are notoriously replete with legal pitfalls and should never be entered into...

When paying money to settle Employment Tribunal (ET) proceedings, employers are not infrequently motivated by a desire to make what they perceive as a nuisance go away – but how...

Even with the most careful drafting, there is always a risk that a will may be capable of bearing more than one meaning. In resolving a family inheritance dispute, the...

Finding your way around the intricacies of the planning system without professional advice is, for most people, a near impossibility. The point was powerfully made by the case of a...

When people dispose of assets shortly before having themselves declared bankrupt, it is inevitable that eyebrows will often be raised. However, as a judge’s ruling showed, it is one thing...

Dark secrets lurking in your family background are likely to cause you untold pain. As one case showed, however, bringing the truth to light in the safe environment of a...

The categories of business that enjoy VAT exemption are highly restricted and any attempt to extend them is likely to encounter stiff opposition from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). That...

Judges have no power to rewrite your will after your death so as to achieve a result which, in their view, better reflects your wishes. The High Court made that...

When it comes to divorce, it is very common for one spouse to argue that he or she should receive the lion’s share of the marital wealth. However, as a...