News and Blog

• Protecting Financial Interests and Property Rights for Unmarried Couples

  • May 20, 2016
  

  Unmarried couples do not have the same rights as married couples on separation, no matter how long their relationship has been. To protect financial interests and property rights should they separate, cohabiting couples may choose to enter into a cohabitation agreement. Read more here.

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• Commercial Lease Surrender – I Surrender! Or do I?

  • May 11, 2016

  The recent case of Padwick Properties Ltd v Punj Lloyd Ltd is a useful reminder of the traps when dealing with surrender either as a landlord or tenant.

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• Henry III, the Boy King – a lecture by Tim Porter

  • April 27, 2016
  

  A great evening was had by WSP sponsoring the Friends of Gloucester Cathedral (FOGC) Henry III lecture on 21st April.

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• Negotiating financial settlements in a divorce

  • April 20, 2016
  

  Tim Adkin discusses negotiating financial settlements in a divorce, following a recent divorce case in London's Appeal Court involving a "software tycoon" when his wife was awarded approximately 90% of the matrimonial assets in a judgment where there was “a substantial departure from equality”.

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• The Companies Act 2006 in relation to substantial property transactions

  • April 13, 2016
  

  We have been working on a client matter that highlights the requirements of s190 of the Companies Act 2006 in relation to substantial property transactions that require members’ approval. This is something that should be remembered when a director or connected party is involved in a property transaction with the company.

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• SDLT – Bolt from the Blue

  • April 13, 2016

  In an unexpected move, as part of the 2016 Budget, the Chancellor announced from midnight on 16 March 2016, rather than paying the same rate on the whole value of the property, the new rates will only apply to the portion of the price that falls into a particular price bracket.

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