Reasons Your Company Should Have A Shareholders Agreement
Why your company should have a shareholders agreement in place. Read on to learn more about getting a shareholder agreement.
What To Leave, Or Not To Leave, When Moving House
Can You Leave Anything When Moving House? Theodore Jenner, from Stone Rowe Brewer’s Teddington office, looks into some typical moving day conundrums and explains where we stand legally if a seller has refused to clear out their shed on completion day! When buying a residential property the contract between a buyer and seller will contain [...]
Lease Extensions and Freehold Enfranchisement Ruling
Lease Extensions and Freehold Enfranchisement Reform In its decision in Sinclair Gardens Investments (Kensington) Ltd v Wisbey [2016] UKUT 203 the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) has recently considered the scope of a landlord's ability to recover its costs for dealing with granting a new lease under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (LRHUDA [...]
Opposition To Soft-tissue Injury Damage Recovery Changes
Soft-tissue Injury Damage Recovery Changes The Law Society has issued a statement that robustly opposes plans to remove the right to recover general damages for soft-tissue injuries. Speaking at the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers' annual conference, Law Society chief executive Catherine Dixon told delegates: 'The current environment for making personal injury claims is becoming more hostile. [...]
95% of Separating Couples Head Straight To Court
95% of Separating Couples Go Straight To Court New figures obtained by National Family Mediation show that government policy aimed at promoting mediation as the preferred way of settling disputes over parenting, finance and property has failed. Since 22 April 2014 attendance at a Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting (MIAM) has been compulsory before a separating couple [...]
Your Will: Deeds of Variation
Deeds of Variation with Your Will When a Will is made it can be difficult to predict what changes may happen to a family in the future, and it is even harder to predict changes in the law. Fortunately, all is not lost if a Will is no longer fit for purpose, or if the [...]
Duties and Liabilities of Trustees
Duties and Liabilities of Trustees There has been significant case law in recent years regarding the duties and liabilities of trustees when faced with decisions regarding whether to sell or retain land, incur expenditure on repairs or to take legal action (Brudenell-Bruce v Moore [2014], Jeffrey v Gretton [2011], Cotton v Earl of Cardigan [2014] [...]
The Role of the Family Consultant
The Role of the Family Consultant Family change is a complex and emotional process few of us are prepared for. It stands to reason that we would want and need some support at such a difficult time. Whilst your lawyer is there for you in terms of legal support, many people find emotional support is [...]
Assessed Costs Should Trump Fixed Costs Rulings
Recent rulings suggest Assessed Costs Should Trump Fixed Costs Personal injury victim claimants who find themselves in the process of a legal dispute could be affected by recent rulings in which it was decided that assessed costs should trump fixed costs where claimants secure more than they had offered to settle for. The Law Gazette [...]
The Death of Britannia – SRB Continue To Support Local Arts
SRB Continue To Support Local Arts Filmmaking has always been a great passion of mine, and for my graduation film at the Met Film School, I made a film based on the life of Emma, Lady Hamilton, called The Death of Britannia in Cirencester, utilising the beautiful architecture and surroundings of the Cotswolds. No film is made [...]