Legal Resources and News

A great day was had by all at the inaugural Willen Hospice Sports Day last Friday 🏃. We were really pleased to come 3rd overall! Better still we topped the fundraising chart for the day and won the award for best dressed team. Thank you to everyone who supported us and & helped us to raise over £318 for the charity.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner, Carrie Symonds have become the first unmarried couple to reside at Number 10.  And according to the Office of National Statistics, the number of us cohabiting has increased by 25.8% over the last decade. Cohabiting couples are officially the fastest growing family type and whilst it’s the preferred option for many, there are some legal issues cohabiting couples should consider when thinking about ownership of property.

A recent report by the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) contains a number of recommendations to deliver “a more coherent and understandable structure” to inheritance tax. These recommendations have been put to the government to consider and have not yet been acted upon but it does certainly highlight scope for change to the current rules that are complex and often misunderstood.

We are delighted to have been shortlisted for the Regional Conveyancing Firm of the Year category in the LFS Conveyancing Awards 2019. This will be the 8th Annual Conveyancing awards, making it the largest, most respected and most prestigious conveyancing awards.

Purchasing a property with your husband, wife or partner is an exciting milestone for many making it easy to look no further than getting your hands on the keys. How many of us stop to consider what happens to that property in the event the relationship breaks down in the future? It is not a particularly pleasant thought but nevertheless, it is a notion of importance, especially in the event of unequal contributions towards the property purchase.