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When a wealthy construction business owner and his wife divorced in 2011, a ‘clean break’ agreement was made to include the sale of the two properties they owned – the...

Although they may not know it, many householders are banned by restrictions in their title deeds from using their properties for commercial purposes. Recently, a man who converted his garage...

You may think that because a firm has an email address, you can serve a writ or other legal document on them by sending it via email…and so you can,...

The dangers inherent in adopting a casual approach to one’s will were starkly illustrated in a case that considered the validity of three ‘templated’ wills written by an elderly woman...

When a person is not capable of looking after themselves, the Secretary of State has the power to appoint someone else to do so. A recent court case shows that...

Divorces where there is an international dimension often present specific issues, and a recent case involving a couple who had been living in Australia before they separated is no exception,...

If your tenancy agreement contains a ‘no pets’ policy, the fact that your pet does not cause any issues for other tenants will not prevent your landlord from enforcing its...

Litigating without using a qualified solicitor to assist you is strictly for the foolhardy. The point could hardly have been more clearly made than by a case in which a...

Remarriages are a common source of disagreement and acrimony among family members and dementia is an increasingly prevalent issue, so it is unsurprising that when both were present, the result...

Sometimes, what seem to be quite simple questions have to be decided in court. In a recent case, the issue was who owned the money in a joint bank account...