When planning your wedding it’s easy to avoid discussing the less romantic side of things like the ‘small print’ of what is essentially a legally binding agreement between two people. However there are plenty of important things to think about before tying the knot with your significant other. One thing you should consider when getting… Continue Reading
Why It Is Important To Have a Will
6 Reasons Why Making Your Will Is Important Lots of people don’t have a Will – despite people having complicated financial affairs and complex family relationships. Just to remind you why you should make a Will we have put together a few reasons. 1. You control who gets your assets and how much they get. Without… Continue Reading
Property Trusts: What You Should Know
Property Trust Wills When we saw Peter and Glynis a few weeks ago their first question was what would happen to their house if one of them needed to go into care. They were a typical couple. In their late sixties with two grown up children. They own their own house and have a few… Continue Reading
Q&A Session: Providing for Someone With a Disability in Your Will
Ensuring that you have an up-to-date Will is particularly important where you are the primary care giver of someone with a severe disability. This Q&A session deals with some of the most common problems we see as solicitors where clients wish to provide for those with a disability within their Will. I would like to… Continue Reading
Later-Life Planning: Make Sure You Have Everything in Hand
Ella came to see me a few weeks ago to discuss her parent’s (Sarah & George) financial situation. George was a businessman who had recently retired. He was an independent and financially prudent man who took charge of his affairs and, as a result, Ella had assumed that he had everything in hand. Unfortunately George… Continue Reading
Why You Should Make a New Will Today
5 Reasons Why People Put off Making Their Will Our clients understand that making a Will and keeping it up to date will bring them peace of mind – ensuring that those closest to them will be provided for. Yet still putting off making a will is an easy temptation. Many people decide it can… Continue Reading
Dealing With Difficult In-Laws
Ann came to see me last week to talk about her Will. She had two children Sophie and Jude and she was concerned as she did not get on with Sophie’s husband Terry. She found her son in law to be rude and controlling and he had always been bad with his money, recently using… Continue Reading
The Dementia Action Alliance
Working Towards a Dementia Friendly Sheffield. Due to the small and specialist areas of law we deal with we have a large elderly client base. As such we work with people affected dementia on a regular basis, and understand the difficulty it can cause individuals, their friends and families. We are delighted to have joined… Continue Reading
Wills and Dementia
Will Made by Dementia Sufferer Ruled Valid In the recent case of Constance Simon (2013) the high court ruled that elderly people may leave property as they wish even where they have reduced mental capacity. Judge Strauss ruled that the law “upholds the right of elderly people to leave their property as they choose, even… Continue Reading
Buying or Selling Your Home and Breach of Contract
Conveyancing: Hooper v Oates When purchasing property, both buyer and seller can pull out of a purchase at any point up until they exchange contracts. Past this point however, pulling out would be in breach of contract, entitling the other party to damages. Where a buyer pulls out, the damages may be restricted to forfeiting… Continue Reading
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