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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Pathways Through Dementia Smartphone App Collaboration Stone Rowe Brewer LLP are proud to have provided sponsorship towards the development of a new Smartphone App designed to help those suffering with Dementia. The App is a collaboration between ourselves and the charity Pathways Through Dementia. So far 1100 people download the App, which is available [...]
Facebook Dismissal Upheld Despite Delays With social media a part of everyday life, employees should by now be aware of the dangers of venting their frustrations with employers on Facebook, Twitter or other social media sites. Recent cases have demonstrated that derogatory comments can lead to fair dismissals even where the comments were made years [...]