There are a number of circumstances under which a will could be contested and these may include that the maker of the Will ( the Testator), lacked mental capacity. Undue influence may have been placed on the Testator which will render the Will invalid or the Testator may have not known or appr...
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Believe it or not, you can sell part of, or your entire home and stay living in the property. It’s called home reversion.
It works by allowing you to sell some or all of your property to someone else for a lump sum or money given as an income each month or a mixture of the two. The oddity abo...
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Getting a divorce is difficult enough, but add into the mix your children and the divorce can become very complicated. You have to deal with making decisions about who the children live with most of the time and access and contact arrangements along with all the other financial arrangements and the...
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Barker Son & Isherwood LLP Solicitors is delighted to announce that it has through recent assessment retained the Lexcel practice management quality standard. Lexcel is the Law Society’s best practice standard for solicitors’ law firms. It is regarded as a symbol of trust, integrit...
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There are a number of reasons why you may be looking to refinance your business. You may want to consolidate some of your debts into a more manageable monthly outgoing or free up some cash for further investment in your business. Whatever the reason, we’ll talk about your options and what chal...
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When you make a Will you want to make sure that it’s as tax efficient as possible. There are steps you can take to make sure that any Inheritance Tax (IHT) liability is reduced as much as possible for your family and loved ones.
So what can you do?
Make a Will
The first thing is to ac...
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The Bank Holidays in England and Wales have been provided for in statutes since 1971 and are the following:-
Easter Monday
First Monday in May
Last Monday in May
Last Monday in August
26th December (Boxing Day) if it is not a Sunday
27th December if either Christmas Day or Boxing Day falls o...
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There are plans for divorce to go digital from 2017 in the biggest shake-up of divorce law ever. The online system will mean that, currently, neither husband nor wife will be needed in court and in the future neither will the judge.
For many, this type of online divorce system seems like a world aw...
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This is a big concern for many people who have children and often such a big life event such as becoming a parent forces people to consider their own mortality.
Making a Will is a really simple way to make sure that your children are cared for by the people you choose after you die. But statistics...
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Farming is not the simple life it sounds. There are a number of important issues that farmers have to consider besides just running their farms. One of the most important is the succession of their business. This is particularly true if the farming business has been handed down through generations o...
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