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The fraught difficulty of who has the right to choose how the body of a deceased person is to be disposed of and where it is to be buried is only rarely an issue for the Courts to decide because [...]

In order to establish the correct succession to Mr Curati’s estate it was necessary to establish which were the correct jurisdictional rules to apply as to whether an holographic Will made by the [...]

In Gregg v Pigott[2012] EWHC 732 Mark Herbert QC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) held that the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”) changed the construction of a settlement made [...]

Prior to Finance Act 2008, it was common Will planning to make sure both spouses used their ‘nil rate band’ for inheritance tax (IHT) in their Wills. Failure to do so meant the nil rate band of [...]

It would not be practical for all employers to implement the new rules on the same day so the new employer duties will apply to the largest employers first with effect from 1 October 2012. The [...]

The whole world is trying to generate growth to end the economic downward spiral and most law firms would benefit from some growth too. If fee income continues to fall, it will clearly be [...]