The Legal Ombudsman (LeO) for England and Wales was set up by the Office for Legal Complaints in October 2010, under the Legal Services Act 2007. It is an independent and impartial scheme set up to resolve complaints about lawyers in England and Wales, and provides a free complaints resolution service to consumers.

As a landlord, once you have taken back possession your priority will be to freshen the place up, if necessary and secure a new tenant as soon as possible. But what are you to do with belongings that remain in the property which the tenant hasn’t taken nor made arrangements to collect?

Before you can decide whether to pursue or defend a claim, you need to know how much the process will cost, when the fees will need to be paid and what the options are for funding those costs.

Marriage can have a serious effect on your social life. No longer considered an individual, but now generally viewed by others as a one half of a couple, the activities you do in your spare time will often be those shared with your partner.

The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020, which received Royal Assent in June 2020 (but is not expected to be implemented until autumn 2021) represents the biggest overhaul in the UK's matrimonial laws for more than 50 years.

It is hard to believe that the first national lockdown happened one year ago today. I never imagined that we would all still be working from home.

In 2021 the High Court ruled that Evan Richard Hughes' final will was invalid as he lacked the necessary testamentary capacity when he made his will. This was decided even though both a solicitor and medical professional determined that he did have the required testamentary capacity at the time of making his will.

Getting – or being – divorced, or ending a civil partnership, is a timely reminder that your will is a living document that, without regular review, can quickly go out of date and give rise to many unintended consequences. If you have will and have left all, or even just some of, your assets to your spouse, that will remains valid throughout the process of divorcing even if you have separated and are living apart. This means that if you die, your spouse will receive whatever assets you have bequeathed them under the terms of your will.

Wright Hassall has announced a new Head of Planning who is set to lead the team at a pivotal point for the sector.

The Localism Act has created a new mechanism for mutual exchange to protect certain ‘life-time tenants’ following the introduction of fixed term tenancies.