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The first Monday of a full working week of the New Year is dubbed in the media as ‘Divorce Day’. It may be that couples see the cracks in their relationship over Christmas together, or the New Year offers a clean slate and a new start. However, it is not often that the divorce calendar is as seasonal as one might think.

However, ‘modern’ families come in all...

It is important to ensure that your Will is up to date and that it reflects your current wishes. To assist you with this, TWM would like to offer you an appointment, free of charge, with one of our specialist Private Client solicitors to review your Will. There have neen a number of changes in the law over the last few years, including the new Residence Nil Rate Band, and we can advise and...

In the quest to build one million new homes by 2020, the Government is simplifying the process of residential development of brownfield land through the introduction of the Brownfield Land Register.

The Register, regulated under the Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017, requires each of the UK’s local planning authorities (LPA) to identify and publish...

Somewhat overtaken by other events during the summer, was the publication of the Taylor Report into working practices, with particular reference to the so-called “gig economy”. Whilst the report itself does not have direct legal effect, it was commissioned to make recommendations and the Prime Minister, at the time of publication, promised to consider it carefully. It may therefore...

Blue v Ashley [2017] EWHC 1928

A recent High Court case between Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley and a former Sports Direct consultant has confirmed the fundamental need for intention in the formation of a contract, while also highlighting the litigation risk inherent in oral agreements.

The Case

In January 2013, Mr Ashley sat in the Horse and Groom pub in central London with a number of...

It is time to say goodbye to the 7 day Letter Before Action (LBA) for unpaid business debts. On 1 October 2017 the new Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims came into effect and it now governs the process a business must go through before starting Court proceedings.

Businesses (including sole traders) will no longer be permitted to provide an individual with a 7 day notice threatening Court...

A recent High Court hearing denied permission for a transgender parent to have direct contact with her children. The parents’ marriage ended in 2015 when the father left the Charedi Jewish community in Manchester to become a transgender person. The Charedi community is a highly orthodox Jewish community characterised by strict adherences to Jewish law.

The father did not have any contact...

Mutual Wills are Wills made by two or more individuals who agree not to cancel them without the agreement of the other(s). They have created a contract between them not to cancel or change their Wills; this agreement is legally binding and can be enforced, as is the case with any contract.

For some couples, the idea of entering into Wills which mirror each other and cannot be varied or...

With rising property prices, student debts and stagnant wages, it is a tough time to be a Millennial (under 35) in London. Research shows that this generation could be the first ever to be financially worse off compared to their parents.

It is unsurprising, therefore, that the Bank of Mum and Dad is becoming increasingly involved in helping young adults in their twenties and thirties make it...

They say no news is good news, and with the exception of the SDLT exemption for most first-time house buyers the November Budget contained little in the way of surprises. 

The Personal Allowance will go up to £11,850 from April and the basic-rate tax band up to £34,500, both increases in line with inflation.

For people of working age, the pensions lifetime savings...