Life can turn on a flip of a coin. Heads up; tails down. Well, my coin fell tails down on 13 January 2014. As part of a treatment for a newly diagnosed condition I had a massive adverse [...]
On 23rd October 2013 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in PG II SA v OMFS Co.1 Ltd. [2013] EWCA Civ 1288. The decision is a warning to any who simply ignore an invitation to take part in [...]
This article is intended really for those legal practitioners who only come across these kinds of estates once in a blue moon as a pared-back introduction to the nuts and bolts of estate [...]
This comparatively short book is written by a non-legally qualified person and is aimed at the lay person to encourage them to make a Will. It provides the reader with a reflection tool to [...]
The estate of the late composer Sir Malcolm Arnold (‘Sir Malcolm’) was the subject of a recent decision at the Court of Appeal. Sir Malcolm’s two children Katherine Arnold and Robert Arnold [...]
All non-Spanish owners of properties in Spain should (save for very exceptional cases) make a Spanish Will. Failure to have an up to date, valid and correctly signed and registered Spanish Will [...]
The start of a new year is usually a time of reflection and anticipation. Somehow this year I have not been as conscious of the media encouraging us to make and keep New Year resolutions. Perhaps [...]
At first glance it may seem surprising that a testatrix’s last Will dividing her residuary estate equally between her children was upheld as valid where she had mild to moderate dementia. She [...]
