"If you own a second home you could be affected by the rise in the capital gains tax rate when you sell the house, where you sell it at a profit."... read more >

In a recent case the court held that cohabitants owning a home in joint names were entitled to 50% each, even though one had not lived there nor contributed to it since 1993. ... read more >

      Local private clients and consumers are busily looking at what they might recover financially for ruined holidays following the volcanic eruption in Iceland and the many displaced passengers whose holiday and work plans were spoiled.... read more >

Every ten years, the European Commission revises its laws on distribution and franchising agreements and the law. On 1st June 2010 the new block exemption for vertical agreements will come into force. ... read more >

In March, the court looked at termination of contracts in a case which could be very important in many other contract termination situations. ... read more >

In 2010 it was announced that penalties for breach of the legislation may rise to £500,000 and the registration fee has already risen this year for bigger companies from £35 a year to £500. ... read more >

  The Supreme Court decided in March that local residents who regularly walked over a Council owned Golf Course and took their dogs for walks there could register it as "Common Land" under the Commons Act 2006.... read more >

 Since 1 February 2009 new intestacy rules have applied.... read more >

Be careful what your salesmen say! In a recent important court case the court looked at a perennial issue of salesmen conning customers about what was on offer to induce them to sign the contract. ... read more >