Legal News and Comment
On 4 July 2012 the European Parliament issued what is known as the “Brussels IV” regulations with the purpose to harmonise how estates located in different EU states are treated.
These days over 760,000 Brits own property in Spain either as holiday homes, investment properties or as their place of…
There is a potential for married couples and civil partners to transfer up to £1m free of inheritance tax on death. It is can be achieved by adding a new main residence tax free amount to the traditional allowance.
Make sure you qualify: Ensure your affairs are properly ordered and…
Where a tenant takes a lease of commercial or industrial premises the landlord may agree to allocate designated parking spaces for the exclusive use of the tenant.
This is, of course highly desirable from a tenant’s point of view as it provides commercial tenants with parking facilities for exclusive use…
That England’s divorce laws are 'outdated, inadequate, unfair and in need of urgent reform' is a common view held by many family lawyers and solicitors.
There is strong support for the abolition of fault-based divorce, in which spouses accuse each other of unreasonable behaviour, adultery or desertion, creating bitter court…
With effect from 1 April 2013, the scope of services covered by legal aid was reduced significantly with the introduction of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO).
In relation to family law and prior to LASPO, legal aid was available for all areas of family…
In April 2013, the government introduced radical cuts to legal aid across many areas, including family law.
Although it remained possible for people to apply for legal aid in some cases relating to disputes about children or financial arrangements following divorce, a stringent new test was introduced requiring victims of…
Brighton and Hove has a massive student population and the increase in buy to let investments and financial long term planning (eg a use of your Pension fund) has opened up the mortgage market for properly Licensed HMO’s.
HMO’s used to be difficult to purchase with a standard buy to…