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 [...]
Teddington Property News Magazine – March/April Free Download The latest issue of the popular Teddington Property News magazine was delivered to homes throughout Teddington last week. Lisa Sollors, from Stone Rowe Brewer’s Teddington office, outlines the implications that new Stamp Duty rules will have regarding the purchase of additional properties. The March/April issue also contains [...]
Fixed Cost Fees Could Cost The NHS According to a recent report, the screening of medical negligence cases by lawyers could become an “unaffordable luxury” if fees are too low, meaning more are simply issued. The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has warned that; “Rather than weeding out the claims less likely to succeed, [...]
Estranged Wife Risks Losing Her Home A court case going through the Central London County Court has highlighted once again the difficulties cohabitees face when one partner dies and there is a dispute over their assets. Although Joy Williams had lived with her partner, Norman Martin, for nearly two decades, Mr Martin had never divorced [...]
Non-Domiciled Targeted In Proposed HMRC Law Changes Non-UK domiciled individuals will no doubt wish to look at the draft clauses which were published by HMRC on 2ndFebruary 2016 which will deem long term UK residents to be UK domiciled for the purposes of income and capital gains tax. These deeming provisions are intended to apply [...]
Positive Parenting: Learning From Others Becoming a parent, and bringing your children up well, is possibly the greatest challenge many of us will face in life. Of course, we all make mistakes along the way, especially when most working people have to combine a career with raising a family, but all too often we overlook [...]
Residential and Commercial Property in 2016 The year ahead looks set to be an eventful one for both the residential and commercial property markets, with the Government targeting residential property investors, alongside a desire to build more houses. First time buyers will also remain a priority for the for the industry and policy makers during [...]
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 [...]
Church Street Voted The Best Street In Twickenham Church Street won a Gold Certificate of Merit as the best Street in the Borough and Twickenham, as a Village, won the silver Schooling Cup as the best Village entry, at an awards presentation held at York House last Wednesday. Stone Rowe Brewer is located right at [...]
Joint Ownership – The 'Unromantic, But Undeniably Sensible' Option I met with some clients recently; a young couple buying their first property and excited at the prospect of sharing a home together rather than living with parents. Let’s face it, these days it is really quite an achievement for a young couple to buy their [...]