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Keeping the peace at Christmas – top tips for shared parenting over the festive season
Lauren Evans
22 October 2015
SFO is Failing the Victims of Fraud
Earlier this week The Times reported that “Fraud victims are being '"badly served'" by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), which only recovered £1.3 million in compensation last year - despite UK fraud losses of £717 million..”
22 October 2015
Legal update: Limitation periods - knowledge of negligence may not be sufficient to start the clock
The case of Blakemores LDP v Scott & Anor [2015] EWCA Civ 999 concerned villagers from Ireby (“the Appellants”) who instructed a firm of solicitors, Blakemores LDP (“Blakemores”) to assist with matters surrounding two Land Registry titles relating to the Lordship of the Manor of Ireby (“the Lordship title”) and 360 acres of moorland overlooking the village (“the Ireby Fell title”).
20 October 2015
Will Forgery Claims: The 2015 Lowdown
In the past year, the High Court has been asked to determine whether a purported will is a forgery on three different occasions. This is an interesting development because there is often a perception amongst lawyers that contested will forgery actions rarely reach trial.
14 October 2015
Ramsey vs Ramsay – Will declared valid despite controversial split and question of mental capacity
The recently decided case of Ramsey v Ramsay [2015] reminds practitioners of the importance of clearly explaining to the testator their will in a language they understand and reinforces the importance of the solicitor's evidence in cases concerning the validity of a will.
2 October 2015
Legal update: Property valuer frustrates negligence claim, but not by proving it wasn’t negligent
The claimant lender advanced a sum of £428,791 (equal to 90% of the value of the property) to borrowers by way of an interest-only mortgage in March 2006.
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