Assets abroad, foreign domicile and international Wills
These could include bank accounts, shareholdings, second homes, and businesses.This can create significant problems when it comes to leaving your estate in your Will, or administering an estate during probate.Whilst under English Law a person is free to...
CASC or Charity? A question of status.
This has seen some sports clubs convert to a charitable status due to a whole host of factors ranging from level of income to membership costs. Deciding which status is most beneficial, achieving this status and ensuring compliance are all...
Japanese Knotweed – A Gordian Knot?
This will be of particular note to conveyancers:- it is important to ensure that clients are fully aware of the necessity to inform of the presence of knotweed, and also that they are fully aware of the possible implications for failing to do so. Due to...
Deposits and Potential Litigation in Assured Shorthold Tenancies
In recent years, the private property rental market in the UK has grown substantially, with many people being priced out of the property market owing to the rapid rise in house prices. This change in the market has most heavily impacted upon young...
What to look for when buying a leasehold property
Leasehold properties usually apply to flats (but can sometimes apply to houses especially in Bristol although this seems to be rarer in other parts of England & Wales) where an old house has been converted into separate flats or a developer has...
