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A dark horse with blurred lines: A brief overview of Intellectual Property and Copyright in estate planning

There has recently been a re-emergence of back and forth Copyright cases in the news involving musicians such as Katy Perry, Robin Thicke, Led Zeppelin and Ed Sheeran to name...

September 2, 2019
Blog

What is CAFCASS role in Child Arrangements proceedings?

The moment a Child Arrangements application is issued by the Courts, a copy is not only sent to the Applicant and Respondent, but also an allocated CAFCASS worker. But what...

August 29, 2019
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Who does a section 20c order apply to?

It is common practice for freeholders to charge the legal costs incurred in dealing with determination proceedings to the leaseholders’ service charge accounts. This means that freeholders can seek reimbursement...

August 23, 2019
Opinion

What happens when the court has to decide who died first?

This week the High Court gave judgement on a probate dispute involving a battle between two step sisters. The court had to decide which parent had died first. The case…

August 15, 2019
Opinion

Requesting Court Documents By Third Parties

Last month, the Supreme Court was called upon in the case of Cape Intermediate Holdings Ltd v Dring (for and on behalf of Asbestos Victims Support Groups Forum UK (2019)…

August 6, 2019

Chun Wong

Opinion

Court of Appeal Reverses Mostyn’s Decision in Cowan: Standstill Agreements Are No Longer Invalid

Cowan v Foreman [2019] EWCA Civ 1336 For those unaware, earlier on this year a case was brought before Justice Mostyn – a judge of the Family Division of the…

August 2, 2019
Opinion

100 years for women, 40 years for me

It is quite extraordinary to think that if I was born just a generation or two ago, I would not have been legally allowed to qualify as a solicitor purely...

July 25, 2019

Chun Wong

Opinion

It’s a matter of Trust…

With distrustful spouses and threats of divorce, it is all too common a question as to how can someone protect any family inheritance from reaching the hands of a divorced...

July 24, 2019
Opinion

Family launch CrowdJustice campaign to challenge decision not to hold ‘article 2’ inquest

The family of Susan Nicholson have today launched a CrowdJustice campaign to raise funds to challenge the Coroners decision not to hold an Article 2 inquest into her death. On...

July 18, 2019
Opinion

Who died first?

The recently reported case of stepsisters asking the Court to rule whose parent died first to determine which of them should inherit, relates to the little known commorientes rule.

June 28, 2019

Nicola Waldman

Opinion

Capacity and the Internet

The internet provides us with the benefits of communication, knowledge, learning and entertainment and can provide people with a platform to express themselves. The United Nations Convention on the Rights…

June 27, 2019
Opinion

Ground Rent (Leasehold Properties) Bill

Leases usually contain an obligation on leaseholders to pay ground rents to the lessors. It is not uncommon for ground rents to be paid annually and subject to a rent...

June 27, 2019
Blog

What have the Courts said about using benefits to make up a rent shortfall?

Last week saw the Supreme Court hand down judgement in the case of Samuels v Birmingham [2019] UKSC 28. This case was about whether a local authority is entitled to...

June 17, 2019
Opinion

Doing Death Differently: A Guide to Modern Funerals

Coming to terms with the end of your life can be a challenge in itself, let alone planning your own funeral to take the pressure off anyone guessing what you…

June 13, 2019
Opinion

Annual Personal Injury Quiz Night 2019

The charities At Hodge Jones & Allen, the personal injury team hold annually quiz night to support their chosen charities. This year the team have chosen to raise money for…

June 11, 2019

Leticia Williams

Opinion

The Law of Protecting Protestors – from Tiananmen to London

In the early hours of 4 June 1989, the army in China crushed student led demonstrations that had occupied Tiananmen Square. It was a brutal crackdown of pro-democracy campaigners, who…

June 4, 2019

Raj Chada

Blog

Valid Wills: C-O-R-R-E-C-T? Find out what it needs to be…

It was originally thought that the late great singer Aretha Franklin had died without a Will following her battle with pancreatic cancer. However, it has been announced in recent news...

May 22, 2019
Opinion

#ActionforBrainInjuryWeek 2019

It is Headway’s #Action for Brain Injury Week ( 20th May 2019 to 26th May 2019)This year the focus is on fatigue.

May 21, 2019

Anne Sanders

Opinion

Supreme Court rules against single parents

The Supreme Court has announced a ruling that will affect the housing of thousands of single parents across the country, particularly in areas with higher rents. It has been found...

May 16, 2019
Opinion

Predatory Marriages: Till death do “you” part

For the most part, the motives of people entering into a marriage or civil partnership are genuine in that couples pledge vows and their love to one another, with the…

April 30, 2019
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