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Each year the Probate Service compiles a statistical summary of its main activity, the issuing of grants of representation in England & Wales. This year’s summary raises serious questions about [...]

Are special tax reliefs for furnished holiday lettings likely to become a thing of the past from 6 April 2010 in the light of the release on Budget Day of HMRC’s technical note sounding the [...]

The vexed question of whether or not Will drafting should be regulated has dogged the legal world for years. However, as we await deliberations on the regulation of solicitors by Lord Hunt on [...]

One of the unsung heroes of the legal world, and one which does a good deal of disentangling in a quiet way, is the Law Commission. It has now published its report Number 315, on the somewhat [...]

Whatever kind of woodland or forest is being considered there are some basics that must be in place to offer the potential of a good investment:

When solicitors are challenged about why they are not charging more for the services they are offering they often reply that there is a market price for the service being offered which they then [...]

Stephen Rigden, Head of Research at Title Research, looks at how digitised records have transformed the search for missing beneficiaries.

Although no new Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs) can be created since 30 September 2007 there are nevertheless thousands of EPAs in existence and their validity may only be checked when [...]

Recent figures have shown that an increasing number of clients with large pension funds are deciding to keep these funds invested, taking retirement income by drawdown, rather than spending the [...]