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Legal Resources and News

Read jargon-free articles and guidance pieces written in-house by our solicitors and keep up to date with what's happening at Neves.

We were quite shocked earlier this week to read that Denzil Lush has declared that he himself will never draw up a Lasting Power of Attorney.

Denzil Lush was the senior Judge in the Court of Protection for some 20 years (the Court of Protection is the Court in England and Wales which is responsible for financial and welfare matters for people who cannot make decisions themselves).

Many people aren’t aware that any existing Will they have will be automatically revoked on marriage, unless it was drafted in a specific way to prevent this from happening.  A lot of people make the incorrect assumption that because they are married, they don’t need a Will, thinking that all will pass to their spouse on their death.

It was Benjamin Franklin who said in 1789 “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”.  Recent research suggests that in the UK we are likely to be faced with more deaths and consequently more taxes over the next decade.

In a series of blogs about the process of getting a financial remedy through the courts in the context of divorce or dissolution, we take a look at each stage in turn.

The last in the series is Final Hearing

In a series of blogs about the process of getting a financial remedy through the courts in the context of divorce or dissolution, we take a look at each stage in turn.

The third in the series is FDR (Financial Dispute Resolution)

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