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When, Why and How do you stop a Grant of Probate being issued?
When somebody dies, a representative takes out a ‘Grant of Representation’ (often a Grant of Probate) which gives them authority to deal with all of the deceased person’s assets and liabilities.
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Resident Evil –Selling Your House With A Spooky Guest
If you have a haunted home do you need to tell your buyer?
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Positive Discrimination In Housing Allocation
The Supreme Court has ruled that positive discrimination in housing allocation can be permitted in…
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Child Trust Fund and people who lack Mental Capacity
What happens if a young person does not have mental capacity to manage their entitled Child Trust Fund?
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Land Registry updates Practice Guide 19 to clarify its requirements relating to consents or certificates given to satisfy a restriction
Land Registry updates Practice Guide 19 to clarify its requirements relating to consents or certificates given to satisfy a restriction
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Disability Discrimination
Disability discrimination occurs when you are treated less favourably or put at a disadvantage for a reason that relates to your disability.
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Flying and Creeping Freeholds!
It is said, in the case of the ownership of freehold land, there is a presumption that it includes the surface and everything below and above it but there are of course some exceptions.
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Predatory Marriages – A Rising Issue
Care-workers and medical staff marrying their elderly patients, lonely spinsters and bachelors being whisked abroad by their dream partner 50 years their junior, or even just a seemingly happy but naïve friend tying the knot – a predatory marriage can take many forms. Unfortunately it is not common knowledge that entering into a marriage will revoke any Will you may have previously put in place. To the unaware or vulnerable person however, this could have devastating unintended effects on their assets after they die.
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Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) – Early Neutral Evaluation (ENE) and Mediation
ENE and Mediation are both forms of alternative dispute resolution, that is, a way of settling a dispute away from a court room trial.
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Farm conversions and the extra complications with listed buildings
Regulations introduced in 2015 allowed redundant agricultural buildings to be converted to residential use without the need for a specific planning permission. However this permitted development is not possible where the building is listed. The problem in a recent case was the definition of “building” and specifically what it includes.
