Legal Costs and Client Care
The importance of good client care in helping to ensure your firm’s bills are paid.
“Anybody who thinks talk is cheap should get some legal advice” - Franklin P. Jones
Legal Updates
Estate Planning and Lasting Powers of Attorney
Review of the recent changes to Inheritance Tax and granting of Powers of Attorney
This Autumn has brought two major changes to the area of Wills and Probate.
The Couples Allowance
Common Will Problems - Part Two
Witnessing and Execution of Wills - How to avoid disappointing the
beneficiaries
In the second of a series of articles which look at best practice tips we will consider how simple administrative errors in the witnessing and execution of Wills can give rise to negligence claims against legal practices.
Witnessing a Will
Common Will Problems - Part One
Family heirlooms - How to avoid disappointing the beneficiaries
The Theft Act
A blow for clarity within the criminal law has finally been struck by the Fraud Act 2006. This came into force on January 15 2007, heralding sweeping reform of offences that previously stood under The Theft Act’s 1968 and 1978.
Reform of Company Law
The long awaited reform of company law was finally ushered in when the Company Law Reform Bill received Royal assent on 8 November 2006 becoming The Companies Act 2006. At 1300 sections it can boast of being the largest Act that Parliament has ever passed!