Our 5 tips to help you avoid becoming a victim of property fraud It is a fact that empty properties are at an increased risk on property fraud. An increasing number of residential and commercial properties have been left empty during the pandemic, as people work from home or spend time in a different property.…
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The process of Probate (dealing with the Estate of someone who has died) can be an emotional and difficult time but is sometimes compounded when a dispute arises over the Will or with the way it is being handled by the appointed Executor. The legal process to remove an Executor takes time but if you…
Your digital footprint and online security may not be the first thing which springs to mind when a relationship breaks down but perhaps it is something which you should be considering. Increasingly family solicitors are advising their clients to take this aspect of a separation into account. With a tangle of accounts often shared between…
Our family lawyer Rachel Macwilliam says that the plans which are now underway to bring in no-fault divorce will help to reduce the acrimony caused by having to blame a partner under the current system. The current rules The current legislation means that one partner needs to prove the other is at fault through adultery,…
Although the process of divorce and separation is never going to be a pleasant thing to go through, couples often don’t make it any easier on themselves. There are things you can do which could make your separation or divorce a much smoother and less emotionally exhausting process. Rachel Macwilliam, specialist in family law, runs…
The term “common law marriage” is often used to describe a relationship between two long term partners who live together but are not married or in a civil partnership. But what does it actually mean in the context of matrimonial law? Well, to put it bluntly, it means nothing. No such thing as common law…
Samantha Bellamy, Graduate Legal Executive at Penderlaw, talks through the different property searches you may come across and why they are necessary. The process of buying a property can be daunting enough in terms of finding the house you want, negotiating the price, getting a mortgage, arranging a physical survey etc, and then of course,…
