Old Will After Divorce
We saw 2 clients two weeks ago to prepare some wills. Both were divorced some 20 years ago. Both were unaware that the wills that they executed early in their marriages and which left everything to their ex-husbands were still valid! The Wills Act 1970 was only amended such that the end of a marriage […]
Pragmatic Business
A client of mine sent me an e-mail yesterday worried about a contract for the purchase of a property. She and her husband have faced delays obtaining finance approval and the seller had sent her an e-mail with a veiled threat that the seller would terminate the contract. I sent a note back – DO […]
Rouge Partner – Partnership Disputes
This week I met a new client who had been in partnership with a bit of a rogue. It seems the ex-partner was planning to exit, had misled various clients into thinking that he was the sole owner of the business and took a few of them when he left. He altered a cheque and […]
Lending Money
I got some instructions from an old client that I had to sue a couple of years ago to recover some fees. Her father wishes to lend money for 6 months to a heavily geared individual at a rather high interest rate due to the risk involved. We are being instructed to prepare: A loan […]