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10th January 2025

Success Fees and claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (the "1975 Act")

The Supreme Court’s decision in Hirachand v Hirachand (2024) has settled a key question under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 - read on to find out more.

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Boundaries - They're Not Always Where You Think!

When we purchase a property, we can usually see the extent of what we’re buying by looking at the neat red lines on an attached plan to the title. Everything inside the red lines denotes and guarantees the extent of what we are buying, right? Wrong.

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13th November 2024

Renters' Reform Bill – A Game Changer for Landlords and Tenants

Big changes are afoot in the world of residential landlord and tenant lettings. From a property litigation perspective, it is undoubtedly a series of changes that will have huge repercussions in the residential letting business.

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9th May 2023

Proprietary Estoppel - One Day All This Won’t Be Yours

Fact of life - sometimes promises are not kept.

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30th November 2022

An Elderly Parent and an Age Old Problem

This dispute may strike a familiar chord to many. That is, where an elderly and increasingly fragile parent is looked after by one child without their siblings pulling their weight.

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1st November 2019

Conduct in an Inheritance Act Claim

The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (“the 1975 Act”) allows certain applicants to recover money from the Estate of a deceased person if they have been unfairly excluded.

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29th May 2018

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