Legal insights and updates from Clarke Willmott solicitors

Dividing your home contents and personal belongings

Family law

Insights

The division of the contents of the former matrimonial home and personal belongings is often an added complication in what is already a stressful and emotional experience.

21 February 2019

Written by

Chris Longbottom

and

Emily Finn

Wills, inheritance tax and adult children living at home

Wills & probate

Insights

We consider the inheritance tax implications for adult children still living at home. Need advice? Call 0800 652 8025 for a free initial consultation. Award winning national firm based in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, London, Manchester, Southampton & Taunton.

13 February 2019

Written by

David Maddock

“This blessed plot…” – The SDLT advantages of buying vacant land

Residential conveyancing

Insights

From an SDLT perspective, buying a plot and then engaging someone to build a house on it afterwards may confer a number of SDLT blessings.

25 April 2018

Who can consent to a deprivation of liberty for children and young persons?

Court of Protection

Insights

It is increasingly easier for practitioners to spot a deprivation of liberty when a person is over 18 – but perhaps not so simple when considering whether a child, or young person is deprived of their liberty.

23 February 2018

A brief introduction to the Pubs Code

Property litigation

Insights

The Pubs Code came into force on 21 July 2016 with the aim of regulating the relationship between tied pub tenants (“TPTs”) and their landlords.

31 January 2018

Written by

Laura Robbetts

University Hospital Bristol NHS Trust found responsible of ‘Neglect’ following teenage death from meningitis

Insights

Kerry Fifield, Partner was instructed by the family of Isabel ‘Izzy’ Gentry, following a referral by the Meningitis Research Foundation in June 2016 shortly after Isabel’s death.

23 March 2017

Claims under warranties or for misrepresentation – the debate continues

Commercial litigation and disputes

Insights

Buying a business ought to be a positive experience, but what happens if the acquisition goes wrong? What can an injured buyer do to seek redress?

6 January 2017

40 treatments you don’t need

Medical negligence

Insights

Unnecessary medical treatments to be reduced. Changing the standards for medical negligence claims. Prostate Cancer. Cerebral Palsy. Birth Injuries

25 October 2016

Zombie rights

Intellectual property

Insights

The assets of a dissolved company pass to the Crown as bona vacantia and getting hold of them after this has happened is by no means easy.

26 August 2016

Accidents Abroad and Uninsured Drivers – How should Damages be decided?

Serious injury

Insights

Accidents abroad. Uninsured driver. Compensation rules of country in which accident took place or rules of England and Wales. Supreme Court decision.

11 August 2016

What is ‘without prejudice’ and what does it mean?

Commercial litigation and disputes

Insights

The purpose of this article is to examine how without prejudice privilege (“W/P”) should be used in lease renewal proceedings.

13 April 2016

Latest insights and legal updates

Dividing your home contents and personal belongings

Wills, inheritance tax and adult children living at home

“This blessed plot…” – The SDLT advantages of buying vacant land

Who can consent to a deprivation of liberty for children and young persons?

A brief introduction to the Pubs Code

University Hospital Bristol NHS Trust found responsible of ‘Neglect’ following teenage death from meningitis

Claims under warranties or for misrepresentation – the debate continues

40 treatments you don’t need

Zombie rights

Accidents Abroad and Uninsured Drivers – How should Damages be decided?

What is ‘without prejudice’ and what does it mean?

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