When a family business is handed down and ownership is split between two or more members of the next generation, the result can all too often be discord. Normally, this can be resolved by one party buying out the other, but...
The judge came down hard on a Singapore-based businessman who first told his ex-wife that she was entitled to more than €2 million from the sale of company shares, before seeking to reduce that figure a few months later to...
Warners Solicitors in Tonbridge and Sevenoaks has been one of the first firms in the country to secure membership to the Law Society's Wills & Inheritance Quality Scheme (WIQS). Warners Solicitors underwent rigorous...
A recent tax case shows how important it is to be able to prove one’s claims when dealing with the tax authorities. It involved a couple who moved to Belgium in 2001, having left the UK before 6 April that year. They were...
A Land Registry error which resulted in two individuals being concurrently registered as freehold owners of the same plot of land has been put right by the Court of Appeal in a test case which raised an important point of...
Many people include in their will a clause stating how they wish their body to be dealt with on their death, with the most common choices being burial or cremation. Some people also express a wish as to the disposal of their...
When a landowner has land with an easement over it (i.e. others have the right to pass over the land) and the easement is abused by one of the people with that right, what can the landowner do? This question was addressed...
We all know that property prices in our area are amongst the highest in the country and many first time buyers find it difficult to find enough money for the deposit to put down on their first home. One option that is...
Robert Twining gives an overview of the current law relating to Japanese Knotweed. The public’s awareness of Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia Japonica) in the UK has heightened significantly over the last number of years, not...
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