Notice to Quit Joint Tenancy
October 22, 2013Landlord and Tenant The Court of Appeal has ruled that a joint tenant can unilaterally serve a notice to quit, and end the joint tenancy, without breaching the other tenant’s […]
Landlord and Tenant The Court of Appeal has ruled that a joint tenant can unilaterally serve a notice to quit, and end the joint tenancy, without breaching the other tenant’s […]
Family Law The rules governing how separated parents share financial responsibility for their children are undergoing a radical change. The Child Support Agency (CSA) has been re-branded as the Child […]
Application and registration fees for Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) and Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPA) have been reduced to £110. The fee, which was previously £130, has been changed […]
Landlord and Tenant The British Property Federation (BPF) and the Energy Saving Trust (EST) published a guide to energy efficiency in the private rented sector on 24 January 2013. The […]
Family Law The government has set out how the annual child maintenance review is to work. The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) exists to work out, collect and pay out child […]
Making a Will On 13 February 2013, the Legal Services Board announced that it was recommending to the Lord Chancellor that the list of reserved legal activities be amended so […]
Landlord and Tenant In the case of Phillips and Goddard v Francis [2012] The High Court ruled that works must be considered as a whole when a Landlord is seeking […]
Family and Child Law In the case of Re E (children) (Relocation: removal from jurisdiction) [2013] a father appealed against a ruling allowing his former partner to take their children […]
Tax The secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, announced on 11 February 2013 that the inheritance tax nil rate band would be frozen at £325,000 for a further three […]
Employment Law In the case of Homer v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police a tribunal ruled that an employee had been the victim of indirect age discrimination. The employee […]
Civil Partnerships, Family and Child Law In a landmark ruling The Family Division allowed two sperm donors to make applications for contact with their biological children under section 8 of […]
Making a Will Latest reports have shown there has been a 700% increase in High Court actions to challenge Wills in the last five years. The number of cases which […]
