On Saturday 20th May, some brave members of the team at Penderlaw took part in the Pretty Muddy 5k challenge to raise money for Cancer Research UK which took place at the Stithians Showground. The weather was perfect for it and the team thoroughly enjoyed the event. Alice Vage from the Wills, Trusts & Probate…
Protecting yourself from online scams and advance fee fraud…
Trusts are often perceived as complicated, surrounded by baffling terminology, expensive and only necessary for the super-rich, but as Solicitor Lucy Wilton explains, this is not necessarily the case and many of us may even have one without realising it! What is a Trust? Most of us have heard of Trusts, but may not have…
With the rising cost of land and spiraling house prices, many people are considering selling part of their garden as a building plot to generate capital. Claire Gummow, Chartered Legal Executive at Penderlaw Solicitors, discusses the considerations and implications which ought to be taken into account before such a plot is put on the market,…
In good news, which feels like rather a rare commodity these days, the Insolvency Service have recently published figures showing that planned job cuts by British employers fell by 11% since July, meaning that the predicted surge in unemployment this autumn following the end of the government furlough scheme at the end of September may…
Making a Will is probably not the first thing you think of when you discover you are going to be a parent. Your mind is much more likely to be focused on more immediate thoughts as your busy life as a parent approaches rather than thinking about new parent Wills. Will I ever get any…
What is an LPA? A Lasting Powers of Attorney document (LPA) is a legal document allowing someone to make decisions for you, or act on your behalf, should you become unable to do so yourself. Having an LPA is especially important if you own a business. How do I go about choosing an attorney? When…
The term ‘Grandparent Will’ is becoming more widely used these days but how do you go about protecting your grandchildren’s inheritance with a grandparent Will exactly? What is it and what are the advantages of it? Lucy Wilton, from Penderlaw Solicitors explains… A Grandparent Will is what we would term a Flexible Will. Many couples…
Some thoughts on your digital life and passing on your digital memories, amongst other things… Winter used to be a time when I would sit by the fire and spend time making up photo albums from the year gone by. A cosy heart-warming thing to do on a cold evening, looking though memories of summer…
More and more couples are choosing to live together before getting married or are choosing not to get married at all. More than half of children born in the UK in 2017 were born to unmarried parents. The increase in the divorce rate as a result of the pandemic has been much publicised, but what…
