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Probate isn't just about paperwork

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Helping families through difficult times with kindness and clarity When families need support with probate or Letters of Administration, the legal process is often only one part of what they are dealing with. There are practical matters to resolve,...

The cost of lying in your divorce or dissolution

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Lying about your finances during a divorce or dissolution rarely stays hidden. When it emerges, it often changes the entire course of proceedings.  What begins as an attempt to protect assets can quickly become a reason for increased scrutiny, higher...

Break clause bear traps

Elizabeth Sugden
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Break clause bear traps: how businesses accidentally lose lease exit rights For many SME business owners, a break clause offers reassurance. It provides flexibility, an escape route if trading conditions change, and leverage when renegotiating lease terms....

A supportive experience from the very first conversation

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Putting a Will in place often starts with a simple conversation - but for many clients, it’s an important step that involves thinking carefully about their future and their family. For one client, the experience stood out from the very...

How to Be a Good Executor Without Losing Your Mind

Lois Britchford
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So, you’ve been named the executor of someone’s Will. First of all: congratulations? Condolences? A confusing mix of both? Being an executor is technically an honour. In practice, it’s a bit like becoming the unpaid project manager of...

Support you can rely on when it matters most

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Dealing with probate and letters of administration can be a difficult and emotional time, often bringing both practical and personal challenges. For one client, what made the experience manageable was having the right support in place. Working with ...

I asked AI to write my Will

Emma Silkstone
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Why DIY Wills (with a little help from the internet) can go very wrong   Let’s be honest, we’ve all done it.  Need a dinner recipe? Ask Google. Struggling with a tricky email? Ask AI. Can’t remember how to descale the...

Granting a reversionary lease

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As a commercial property landlord, you may agree with a tenant that they will stay on in the premises after their current lease ends.  If that is still some time ahead, you will want a way to make that agreement binding now and a reversionary lease is a...

Disputes between partners where one party exceeds authority

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Many businesses that are run as partnerships work on the basis that all partners work together towards a common goal. Much of the running of such a business relies on a degree of trust between the partners; that they are acting together to make the business...

The common law marriage myth

Mark Robinson
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It’s increasingly common for couples to live and work together for years without marrying. It often feels natural - you share a home, contribute to running of the business, and building a life side by side. But when relationships break down, many...

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