The importance of making a valid Will cannot be overstated. Even in this day and age, so many people die without having made a Will.
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There is an alarming rise in property fraud to which every property owner is vulnerable with fraudsters using increasingly sophisticated methods to misappropriate property interests. Those properties that are either unregistered at the Land Registry, vacant, tenanted, being refurbished or mortgage free are considered to be most at risk so this raises the question what, if any, measures may be available to you to better protect your property against such criminal activity?
What happens to the Engagement and Wedding Rings when a relationship breaks down?
Clients often ask us what will happen to their engagement ring on separation where they are unmarried and to their wedding rings on divorce.
The bitterest disputes are those which usually could have been avoided easily by taking the right steps at the right time.
This includes disputes about property between people who lived together in a relationship. This often relates to property which they jointly occupied but which, may be registered in the name of only one of them.
Today marks the end of long careers of two of our partners, Mary McEvoy and Andrew Orriss.