Perplexed by property law? Relax, Solicitor Claire Haynes is here to answer your most pressing questions… Q: I recently completed the purchase of a property which I intend to refurbish.… Read more →
Can I force my brother to sell his share of our flat? My parents bought me and my brother our London flat from our family trust. It is in both… Read more →
On 1 October 2018 legislation which regulates UK master trusts is due to come into force. From 1 October, in order to continue operating, a master trust will either: need… Read more →
The article was originally published by Spear’s on 24 September 2018. Who really owns Lynn Chadwick’s art? A dispute over the estate of the late artist and sculptor provides an… Read more →
The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 has now received Royal Assent. The Act, expected to come into force in 2020, will provide all employees with a statutory right… Read more →
Commercial parties are becoming more familiar with electronic signatures. In the summer of 2016, the Law Society produced a practice note summarising the current legal position and supporting the use… Read more →
In the last In Counsel, we reported on the problems being encountered by employers trying to obtain restricted certificates of sponsorship for new recruits from overseas. Click here to read… Read more →
Sir John Kingman, chairman of Legal and General plc has been charged by the government with carrying out a root-and-branch review of The Financial Reporting Council (the FRC), that rather… Read more →
As it committed to do, BEIS has issued draft legislation for a new regime for “PSC in property”, in the form of the Overseas Entities Bill. This bill has only… Read more →