In a strike out application concerning a claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (1975 Act) the test under CPR Part 3.4(2)(a) applies because it is the Civil [...]
You are required by your Regulator to take responsibility for being competent. Even if you are already brilliant never mind competent at what you do, failing to consistently nurture your skills [...]
The 4th edition of this book reflects on the lessons (both positive and negative) learnt since the MCA came into force eight years ago and incorporates case law on the application of the MCA with [...]
Currently the probate fee for a solicitor-extracted Grant is £155 or £215 for a personal application. For a modest estate of £300,000 (less than the IHT threshold) this will increase to £1,000 [...]
Any legal professional needs to be able to hold confident and effective client conversations.
I trained many new immigration officers in the PEACE investigative interview technique, and later [...]
Despite the Mental Capacity Act making it clear that we are to start from the point of an presumption of capacity (see the first principle) a survey conducted by Community Care magazine in 2011 [...]
An ageing population has seen a rise in the number of people being overseen by the Office of the Public Guardian, and with that a rise in the workload for already busy private client [...]
The reversionary lease scheme entered into by Viscount Hood failed because the reversionary lease included a reservation of benefit and so was included within her estate. The opposite conclusion [...]
Many people are not aware that even if the rent is taxable in the UK, country of their residence, it is also taxable in France, country of the location of the property. If there is a tax [...]
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