Personal Law Updates

Jun

2019

How do I apply for a visit visa for the UK?

Written by Andre Minnaar

If you are looking at a applying to visit a family member or friend in the UK, or if you are a UK national and perhaps want a friend or loved one to come and see you here in the UK, then a visit visa application will need to be made. Individuals...

Jun

2019

Thinking of making a home-made will? Think again!

Written by Charlotte Jones

Making a will without professional advice is a positive invitation to dispute after you are gone. That was certainly so in the case of a vulnerable alcoholic who had a pint of beer in front of him when he signed will forms in a pub, leaving...

Jun

2019

Clarification needed on holiday leave and pay

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

An earlier employment status case (King v The Sash Window Workshop Limited) was brought by a claimant who had worked as a salesman under a self-employed, commission-only contract. He was found to be a worker, but his argument was that his employer's...

Jun

2019

Adjudicator’s Award runs into Insolvency Process – High Court Ruling

Written by Sydney Mitchell

The effectiveness of the contract adjudication system depends upon the willingness of judges to enforce awards – but what happens if such enforcement would unfairly undermine an ongoing insolvency process? The High Court considered that issue in a...

Jun

2019

High Court honours farmer’s wish to keep land in the family

Written by Sydney Mitchell

When partnerships are dissolved, the usual rule is that their assets must be sold on the open market and the proceeds divided. In one case, however, the High Court took a different course in honouring a farmer’s wish that his land should remain...

May

2019

Danny Baker learns the risks of posting on social media

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

As you will have seen in the news, Danny Baker was sacked after tweeting a picture of two people holding hands with a small chimpanzee dressed in a suit with the caption “Royal baby leaves hospital” moments after Harry and Megan revealed their son....

Apr

2019

Massive increases in Probate charges on large estates due

Written by Sydney Mitchell

New Legislation has been put before Parliament which, if implemented, would introduce a new banded charging scheme for fees for obtaining a grant of Representation. At the moment, families pay a flat fee on estates worth over £5,000. Under the...

Apr

2019

Absence of evidence of unequal shares

Written by Karen Moores

The legal ownership of property is not always the same as the beneficial ownership and disputes can arise when no documentation is executed to show the two are different. Such was the case in a recent dispute which occurred after a couple who had...

Apr

2019

No Fault Divorce legislation promised in next Parliamentary session

Written by Emma Gray

The process of divorce in the UK has for many years been seen as rather long-winded and tending to produce more conflict than need be. One of the reasons for this is that the grounds which demonstrate an 'irretrievable breakdown' of a marriage – the...

Mar

2019

Doctor’s blood test error triggers guideline ‘Wrongful Birth’ Ruling

Written by Adam Hodson

Proving negligence and that someone has suffered injury, loss or damage can be tricky, but the real challenge often lies in establishing the causal link between the two. The Court of Appeal confronted one such issue in a so-called ‘wrongful birth’...

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Personal Law Updates

How do I apply for a visit visa for the UK?

Thinking of making a home-made will? Think again!

Clarification needed on holiday leave and pay

Adjudicator’s Award runs into Insolvency Process – High Court Ruling

High Court honours farmer’s wish to keep land in the family

Danny Baker learns the risks of posting on social media

Massive increases in Probate charges on large estates due

Absence of evidence of unequal shares

No Fault Divorce legislation promised in next Parliamentary session

Doctor’s blood test error triggers guideline ‘Wrongful Birth’ Ruling

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