An article in the Law Society Gazette from 2 February 2021 looked at the posibilty of a total overhaul of the system of clinical negligence compensation within the NHS by ministers.

Separation is never easy, but if you and your former partner own property together, the situation can be even more complicated.

Choosing the beneficiaries in your Will, or the amounts that each beneficiary receives, can sometimes be a daunting task. Especially when you consider that you are likely to be making your Will many years before you pass away and you cannot always tell how much your family will grow and change over the coming years.

If progress is not being made, or if mediation breaks down or perhaps mediation was not deemed suitable for the parties at the initial intake session, then the parties should speak to their solicitors about the other options available to them.

Last year, a new private members’ bill was introduced to Parliament, calling for there to be a ban on Inheritance Tax being paid by siblings who live together.

We see many situations where the family home is owned by only one individual in a relationship. Whilst not anticipated, separation causes significant problems for the individual who has lived in the family home but has no formal legal ownership of it.

The Welsh Government finalised their policy and strategy for flood and coastal erosion risk management on 5th November 2020, replacing the previous 2011 strategy.

Under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 the COP may direct that an LPA should not be registered if one of the grounds for objecting to registration applies.

The value of our online lives is becoming immeasurable, yet not many people are recording or protecting their digital assets just like their physical ones.

Making sure that your intended beneficiaries are accurately described in your Will is an important part of ensuring that your Executors are able to administer the estate correctly. However, what happens if you are required to act in an estate where the intended beneficiary is a charity which does not exist?

It is safe to say that the current tax regime in this country is far from straightforward. We have Income Tax, to raise funds from employment earnings and savings income, Capital Gains Tax, to tax the increase in value of certain assets and Inheritance Tax, for transfers of wealth after death. And this is without the other numerous taxes involved in our lives.

This week, on the 7th October, new clean air regulations came into force on the domestic burning of solid wood and fuels in England.