Will Stands Despite Family Challenge It is often the case that families consider they are entitled to inherit the estate of a relative, but in most cases people are free to distribute their assets as they see fit. In a…
IHT and Agricultural Property - Europe Demands Equal Treatment The European Commission (EC) has requested the UK to cease its discriminatory application of Inheritance Tax relief for agricultural property. What the EC is objecting to is not the relief, but…
The Law on Enduring Powers of Attorney has Changed We understand that not all of our clients have Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPA) and we would like to bring the following to your attention. From 1st October 2007 EPAs were…
Helping Age Concern The charity Age Concern Northampton & County is working with a select group of local solicitors including DFA Law to provide a discounted fixed fee Will writing service for their clients. Becky Walker, Solicitor at DFA Law…
Bankruptcy and the Family Home Even after the changes made by the Enterprise Act 2002, bankruptcy is still a difficult experience for most bankrupts. This is especially true where the family home is the main asset of the bankrupt’s estate…
Animals and Divorce – New Ruling May Set Cat Among the Pigeons Financial settlements on divorce normally involve making financial provision for any children but, in a recent case, the ex-wife of a wealthy man successfully argued that her love…
Pre-Nups – Not Quite There Yet A recent case involving a Katrin Radmacher, a German heiress was widely reported in the national press as changing the way pre-nuptial agreements would be treated in the future. However, the ruling was not…
The Court of Appeal has reversed an earlier decision of the High Court that the ex-wife of a wealthy man could use documents downloaded from his computer without his permission to substantiate her claim for ancillary relief (the financial settlement…
In a speech to the annual volunteers’ conference of shared parenting charity Families Need Fathers, Sir Nicholas Wall, President of the Family Division, has criticised separating parents who wage legal war on their children, using them as ‘the battlefield and…
A senior family lawyer recently criticised the way the law is being interpreted by the Court of Protection when deciding how the estate of someone who lacks capacity should be apportioned. Under the Mental Capacity Act 2005, which came into…
