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• David Billett

  • PostedJanuary 26, 2016

  It is with much sadness the partners announce the death of Senior Probate Executive David Billett after a short illness.

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• The cost of litigating

  • PostedJanuary 21, 2016
  

  Deliberately understating the value of a claim through inventive means in a bid to avoid high issuing fees, even if the avoidance was temporary and the correct fee would be paid later, risks you having the claim struck out. Read more here.

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• Breaking Bad – The unintended effects of break clauses in commercial leases

  • PostedJanuary 11, 2016

  Break clauses will usually include an obligation on the tenant to have paid the rents due, but what happens when the break date falls between rent payment dates? Is the tenant entitled to a refund of overpaid rent? In this article Kirsten Pratt discusses break clauses using the example of the recent Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Limited 2015 case.

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• Planning for the unexpected – your duties and responsibilities as an attorney

  • PostedJanuary 4, 2016
  

  Accepting to act as an attorney is a major responsibility and can be a daunting task, particularly if you do not know what is expected of you. Before taking up your role as attorney it is therefore important to obtain the right advice and to be aware of all your duties and responsibilities. Read more here.

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• Tax planning for farming families

  • PostedDecember 23, 2015
  

  Agricultural solicitors regularly see cases where IHT relief is being lost unnecessarily due to a lack of correct planning. A review of the farming business and its ownership structure may do much to improve the position. Read more here.

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• Police forces in England and Wales are stretched by a surge in reports of domestic abuse

  • PostedDecember 17, 2015
  

  Records of domestic abuse cases rose by a staggering 31% between 2013 and 2015, a HMIC report has unearthed that there were a mammoth 900,000 calls made to police in England and Wales in the 12 months leading up to March 2015.

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