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Katie de Swarte

Forged Wills

Will fraud and forged wills are increasingly common. If the contents of a will comes as a surprise, then one...

Maria Kitsiou

Re (Adoption – Surrogacy) [2024] EWFC 41

Introduction The family team represented the applicants in the case of Re (Adoption – Surrogacy) [2024] EWFC 41 in their successful application for...

Katie de Swarte

What is Proprietary Estoppel?

What is Estoppel? In general terms, estoppels operate where one party has acted on the basis of a statement made...

Katie de Swarte

Duties of Trustees

When setting up or running a trust it’s important to know what the trustees duties are. Trustees are key...

Alex McMahon

Case Reiterates Local Authorities should follow Allocation Scheme

R (on the application of Kukhtyak) -v- London Borough of Hounslow [2023] EWHC 2914 (Admin) This sad case concerned an elderly couple...

Shilpa Mathuradas

Party Wall Etc Act 1996 v Common Law

The case of Power & Kyson & Shah [2023] EWCA Civ 239 The case of Power & Kyson & Shah [2023] EWICA Civ 239...

Jodi Newton

New UK Supreme Court Ruling regarding Secondary Victims...

The Supreme Court has today, on the 11th January 2024, upheld the Court of Appeal’s order to dismiss the claims...

Jodi Newton

Secondary Victim Claims

Secondary victims in clinical negligence cases What is a secondary victim in clinical negligence cases? Most compensation claims are concerned...

Lisa Pepper

Financial Remedy Orders Explained

It is common for disagreements to arise over the finances during a divorce, even if you are on good terms...

Harriet McMorrin

What is a Final Order?

The introduction of no-fault divorces brought about a number of changes to the divorce process in England and Wales. One...