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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 [...]
Support For Crossroads During Carers’ Week
SRB Supports Crossroads Care During Carers' Week Natalie Nesbitt from our Private Client Department visited Crossroads Care Richmond and Twickenham for a special afternoon put together by Crossroads as part of Carers Week 2016. Natalie [...]
Getting You Moving Along The A316 – Richmond Rugby Sponsorship
Get Moving Along The A316 – Richmond Rugby Sponsorship Stone Rowe Brewer unveiled a new sign along the A316 this weekend as part of our ongoing sponsorship of local Champions – Richmond – the world's [...]
Homecoming – Genuinely Helping Our Clients
Moving Home – Genuinely Helping Our Clients I often think it is helpful for Solicitors to have practical experience of issues on which they are providing clients with advice. For example, it is always helpful [...]
Finding Family Solutions in Mediation
Finding Family Solutions in Mediation Family Mediation is less stressful, quicker and more cost effective than a long drawn out of Court application. Mediation is confidential and puts you in control of the time frame, [...]
Family Justice Council: Help Sorting Out Divorce Finances
Family Justice Council: Help Sorting Out Divorce Finances The Family Justice Council has launched a new financial guide to help people going through a divorce without a lawyer. The guide, which can be downloaded here, [...]
Taking Your Children Out Of School To Go On Holiday?
Can you Take your Child Out Of School To Go On Holiday? The media attention that surrounded the High Court case brought by Jon Platt, an Isle of Wight father, who refused to pay a [...]
Sharp Intestate Rise Highlights Why Making A Will Is Essential
Sharp Intestate Rise Highlights Why Making A Will Is Essential The topic of a BBC Radio 5 talk show earlier today focussed on the worrying number of people who continue to die without a Will – [...]
Living With Dementia: Awareness Week
Living With Dementia: Dementia Awareness Week Throughout the month of May, the BBC have been broadcasting a series of programmes focusing on dementia – broadcasting inspirational stories and offering help and advice on an illness that affects 800,000 [...]
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, [...]
Richmond Rugby Club’s Golf Day – Stone Rowe Brewer
Richmond Rugby Club's Golf Day – SRB A fine day’s golf was enjoyed at Richmond Rugby Club’s annual golf day at the Royal Mid-Surrey course in Richmond – the players in the Stone Rowe Brewer [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Pension Schemes – Tax Implications Upon Death
Tax Implications for Pensions upon Death Major changes to tax charges that apply to benefits paid on the death of someone who was a pension scheme member took effect in April 2015. It is now [...]
Register of People with Significant Control
As of 6th April 2016, Companies are required to keep a register of ‘people with significant control’, learn more here.