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With a steady and increasing trickle of cases involving the misappropriation of assets by attorneys appointed by people who have lost the ability to look after their own affairs, the...

Just because a document is not properly executed does not mean that all rights are necessarily lost, as a recent case in the Supreme Court illustrates. It involved a...

The much publicised case in which the Court of Protection ruled that clinically assisted nutrition and hydration (CANH) could lawfully be withdrawn from a patient with multiple sclerosis who was...

When a child is taken away from one parent by the other against a ruling of the Family Court, the consequences can be severe for anyone who withholds information as...

Words are the very stuff of law. Whilst in most instances the legal meaning of a word is the same as its meaning in everyday use (and the courts generally...

Arguments over property ownership are very common, despite being easily avoidable provided the correct legal paperwork is put in place. A recent case dealt with the ownership of a...

For a property to qualify for private residence relief from Capital Gains Tax (CGT), it must in fact have been the taxpayer’s residence. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are well...

Solicitors have to have comprehensive professional indemnity insurance and are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, so you can be sure that, if anything should go wrong, you will be...

A recent case shows clearly, yet again, how important it is not to rely on oral promises. When a woman gave substantial sums to the man she was in...

It is a fundamental principle of family law that the courts will always put the welfare of a child first in making any decision about where the child should live....