We have received a land interest questionnaire already from HS2 in relation to our family farm, which is dissected by the route of phase 1.
Intellectual property (IP) is relevant to all types of businesses, from large scale R&D companies to a family owned furniture manufacturers.
We all know how complicated farming partnership structures can become when family members, across different generations, are involved in a farming operation, and even more so when the interests of non-farming family members are factored into the equation.
Justin Creed, Family Lawyer at Wright Hassall, is urging unmarried couples who are moving in together to protect themselves individually in the event of their relationship ending.
In situations where family members do not have a good relationship, it may be wise to consider an independent executor to avoid complications and cost consequences later.
Our Family team at Wright Hassall review some shocking statistics in relation to pensions when it comes to divorce and why we shouldn't ignore them.
Family members of patients who are in intensive care with long Covid - such as Kate Garraway’s husband - are at risk of landing themselves on the wrong side of the law, according to a top lawyer.
It is becoming more and more common for couples to live together and start a family without getting married or entering into a civil partnership. Until the law catches up in this area, cohabiting couples need to be aware of their limited legal rights.
The ‘nesting’ divorce trend has recently resurged in popularity. Also sometimes referred to as ‘bird nesting’, this method after divorce or separation enables the child(ren) to remain living in the family home with each parent alternating staying in the property for their agreed part of the co-parenting schedule.
Judgement has now been handed down in the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (‘the Act’) case of Sargeant v Sargeant & Anor [2018] EWHC 8 (Ch).