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How To Attack the Validity Of A Will
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
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If you are engaged in a will dispute particularly over the validity of a will accumulation of evidence is critical. What are the key things to focus on?A non exhaustive list of things to do include: 1 Get Thewill – To attack the...
Five Questions To Ask Your Lawyer on Continuing Healhcare Cases
Monday, 15 May 2017
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As a result of the specialised nature of NHS continuing healthcare and if you are in need of having specific support, then you do what you can to find an organisation/lawyer with the right expertise and experience ...
Why Negotiators Love Their Enemies
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
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With respect Brexit and the recent hard-nosed statements of Thersa May, and Jean Claude Junker regarding the recent Downing Street dinner it is blindingly obvious that both the Conservative PM and the Commission EU President have ...
What Is The Legal Test of Mental Capacity For Doing A Will?
Monday, 8 May 2017
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The common law standard was laid down in Banks v Goodfellow whichis that the testator must do three things:i) Understand the nature of his act(sound mind)that is he is making a will and its effects?ii) Understand the extent of his prop...
How To Renounce As Executor
Friday, 5 May 2017
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If you do not want to act as executor, renunciation is a possibility.However, It is also only possible where an executor has not alreadyintermeddled with the estate.Anyone named as an executor in a will may abandon the roleby signing a...
What Are The Key Ways to Attack An Executor Post Grant?
Thursday, 4 May 2017
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Often, it is only once an executor has taken probate and theadministration of the estate has, or should have, commenced that problemsoccur, in particular where an executor is uncommunicative, slow and inefficientin the administration of the esta...
How To Deal With A Hardline Negotiator
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
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According to media reports, The EU’s chief negotiator hasadmitted to a clash with Theresa May during last week’s dinner in DowningStreet and warned that the size of the multibillion pound bill the Britishgovernment will be presented ...
What Is the Best Way To Remove An Executor?
Tuesday, 25 April 2017
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Removing an executor is a last resort and this can be dome under s. 50of the Administration of Justice Act 1985.A dated case but still relevant is Heyman v Dobson [2007] EWHC3503, where a residuary beneficiary broug...
What Are The Most Common Failings of Lawyers in Mediation?
Tuesday, 25 April 2017
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From my experience of mediation what are the most common failings of lawyers during mediation? Here are some examples. Lack ofConfidence in the Process – There are many lawyers who lack confidence,understanding of the process and...
How To Create A Newspaper Story
Monday, 17 April 2017
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According to the Mail on Sunday, Cecil Parkinson's disabledchild is suing her late father's estate as mother claims he is 'starving theminto submission' from beyond the grave Sara Keays wants the estate of former Conservative minister Ceci...
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