Resolving a Dispute with Solicitors
We are meeting with two other solicitors this afternoon in an attempt to negotiate the settlement of a long-running and acrimonious dispute over a deceased estate. One of the solicitors belongs to the third law firm that has been engaged by the opposition, which has not helped the situation. The other represents the other defendant, […]
Debt Collection Good Result
We had a good result for a client just before Christmas last year. Their company had provided over one million dollars in services between 1 July and 30 November, but had not been paid. The company’s former solicitor had concentrated on the disputes and not the common ground. We went for the low hanging fruit […]
Incomplete Sale of Land
We had a new matter this week involving a contract for the sale of land. Our client is a company that owns a villa. The directors are a husband and wife. The husband thought the wife wished to sell, so he put the house on the market, an offer was made, and he signed the […]
Sale and Purchase of a Business
I am working on a sale and purchase of a business. The buyer and seller are business partners. The seller wishes to slow down and act as consultant only for a few years and then retire altogether. They wanted me to act for both parties, but the conflict of interest is too much of a […]
Life Support with no Will
Here’s a sad story. We learnt of a young chap last week who is on life support, but more than likely brain dead, so his step-father and partner were going to have to consult with the doctors about turning off the machine. The Guardianship and Administration Act sets out the priority of person who need […]
Property Development
Michael saw an old client this week. He’s had his builder’s ticket for 4 years and is about to start his own building company. He owns a property with his 2 brothers. They are not interested in funding a development, so he is going to finance the demolition of the old house and the construction […]
Facebook and Copyright Issues
This week we saw a new client regarding some Facebook and Copyright issues. She had obtained permission to use images from the US manufacturer’s website, but there was nothing very formal. It raises the issues of what can and cannot be copied. We have another client who took his own photos of various spare parts […]
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 […]