Having previously worked as a wedding photographer for 14 years, a change in family circumstances gave me a taste for family law, particularly in divorce, child custody and especially parental alienation.
I am now doing an LLM in Legal Practise with the aim to work within the legal industry, specialising in family law.
The Death Notification Service (DNS), a service set up by Equiniti to support UK Finance and Financial Services Businesses, has seen a large rise in the number of customers and notifications it received in the
A recent report by Key Partnership revealed that over a third of mortgage intermediaries had either reviewed or increased the checks they made on older customers to ensure that they were not vulnerable. It was
It is no surprise that the pandemic has brought to the attention of many that they need to make provisions should the worst happen. Firms have seen increases in the demand for will writing services
Today saw the release of a useful FAQ document by HMCTS in relation to Probate for professionals. The document, described as a working document that will have more responses added as new questions come in.
A claim brought against a trust corporation by a beneficiary has been given a second chance in his claim that the trustee had acted dishonestly. Beneficiary Robert Sofer, is attempting to recover sums amounting to
In its business plan draft for 2020/2021, the SRA has revealed that in an effort to continue competence, it will be increasing its monitoring of firms’ anti-money laundering (AML) policies. Following a review of its
Following the latest announcements by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak about the ‘winding down’ of the furlough scheme, as well as the slow lifting of the restrictions, many businesses across the country are trying to adapt
The legal sector has been described as close to the financial and energy sectors in terms of the risk of cyber attacks. reports cyber security firm BlueVoyant following an assessment of almost 2,000 law firms
As we mentioned previously, the number of enquiries regarding Will making has increased by 30%, according to the Law Society; the majority of these instructions have come from the elderly and the vulnerable, who by
The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) has issued advice to the sector, as it continues to adapt to the ever-changing conditions as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. The OPG has stated that it
Public Health England has released new guidance for those working in social care or providing social care in homes, in an aim to delay the spread of Covid-19. Care providers in areas such as care
The daughter of a man who had been diagnosed with dementia, has abused her position of trust and stolen £4,600 over an eight-month period, spending money on purchases at Asda and Argos. Following his dementia
The firm Linklaters has announced that it is postponing its first-year insight scheme due to rising concerns regarding the corona virus outbreak. The firm, described by Legal Cheek as demanding but “top quality” in its
Following rumours that Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak would axe pension tax relief, today instead Sunak announced that the point at which tapering of the allowance kicks in from £200,000. Any person with an
A woman who has fought for seven years to prove that an abdicated Belgian king is her biological father, has finally had an “grudging admission” from the king’s lawyer. The seven–year legal battle, and decades
A “highly unusual claim” is current being heard over the access to a fertility clinic’s private records concerning the storage of a dead person’s “sperm and/or embryos”. Lawyers have applied to court representing the estate
Following the announcement from the Legal Ombudsmen (LeO), that there would be a 20% rise in the budget, increasing it from £12.3 million to £14.8 million, the Bar Council has launched an ‘outspoken attack’. The
Expats living in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland will see annual increases to their pensions, states a press release from the Department of Work and Pensions. UK state pensioners living within the EEA
Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE) has launched its student membership to help trainees achieve the highest possible standards in the sector. The student membership will give trainees an introduction to working with older, more vulnerable
The son of distinguished physician Jean Weddell has won his appeal regarding the sale of his mother’s £1.25 million home. In 2018, a legal battle was launched by Professor Christopher Gosden, who’s mother had ‘resolved’
A Freedom of Information (FOI) requested by Buck, has discovered that almost 2,000 pension advisers have given “potentially unsuitable advice on pensions transfers necessitating further enquiry”. The information follows reports last week that found financial
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) have fined the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) the maximum amount of £2,000 for insufficient details in their 2018 Defined Contribution (DC) governance statement. The FCA had failed to comply with the
A couple and their associates are on trial for fraud and murder after allegations they had starved a man, in their care, to death, and forged his will to benefit from his £3.5 million estate.
Michael O’Sullivan and Matt Murphy, close friends for over 30 years, married in 2017 in a bid to avoid the inheritance tax that would be payable on Matt’s home. Several years prior to their marriage,
When Anita Border passed away in August 2015, her estate was left in the hands of a “good neighbour”, entrusted to act as executor and distribute £110,000 each to the pensioner’s partner Emma Cullen and
Law firm Stephensons Solicitors LLP have reported a 114% increase in inheritance claims and will re-writes. Blaming the ‘fallout from festive fights’, the firm saw a huge spike of enquiries in January 2019, with double
In October 2019, Lloyd’s Banking Group discovered roughly 9,000 wills of deceased customers. Stored away as part of the ‘safe custody’ service that had been closed in 2011, the undistributed wills have caused an inheritance
The rates of cohabitation has been increasing, becoming the fastest growing family type in the UK with more than 3 million couples choosing to live together rather than enter a legal union either under marriage
TheCityUK has released its ‘Legal Excellence, Internationally Renowned: UK Legal Services 2019’ report; showing the strength of the legal service sector in the UK and high international credentials. “TheCityUK is the industry-led body representing UK-based
The College of Law Australia and New Zealand (not affiliated with the previously known College of Law England and Wales, now The University of Law) has set up in London as a practice based training
Recent figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) have shown a large decrease in divorce rates in 2018, the lowest rate in 48 years. As non-married cohabitant couples and later-life marriages begin to
The case of Steinfeld and Another v Secretary of State for Education in 2017 had the Court of Appeal finf that that the provision, whereby civil partnership was only available to same sex couples, was