Under the Inheritance Act (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, individuals wishing to make a claim under the Act must do so within 6 months from the date of the issue of the Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration. However, matters are not always straightforward and the 6-month limit can be missed for various reasons.

You have worked hard to build up your business and finally ‘cash in your chips’ by selling. Or possibly you are still on the ‘escalator’ and buy another business to add to your burgeoning empire.

Post 31 October 2019 we are still unclear what Brexit means and when it will impact. Current options include a hard Brexit, a soft Brexit or even no Brexit. This means businesses need to plan for both a hard Brexit and a soft Brexit.

It seems that this case has been rumbling through the courts for a very long time; not least, because the subject matter to which it relates has not only been considered by the courts in high profile pensions cases a number of times.

National Car Parks Limited (“NCP”) have had their appeal dismissed in the recent Court of Appeal decision (National Car Parks Ltd v Revenue And Customs [2019] EWCA Civ 854)

On 6 April 2016 Part 21A and Schedule 1A to the Companies Act 2006 (“CA 2006”) came into force.

This is our regular round up of news for the farming community

Most landlords serving eviction notices are doing so perfectly reasonably because a tenancy has either come to an end (Section 21 Notice) or the tenant has broken the tenancy agreement, such as failing to pay rent or damaging the property, (Section 8 Notice).

Defra has launched its latest policy paper ‘Unleashing Rural Opportunity’ containing, among other suggestions, five key planning proposals designed to help grow the rural economy. At first reading (and second) it all sounds a bit vague – a proposal ‘to consult’; a commitment to ‘explore’; and a promise ‘to consider’. Of the five proposals, only one (to provide £2.5m funding for a network of ‘rural housing’ enablers to help boost the supply of rural housing) appears – sort of – definite.

The Appeal Court is due to review two judgements from 2016 in relation to solicitors’ liability when property purchase monies have been stolen following identity fraud.