Sir Elton John and David Furnish, one of the first same sex couples to marry in December 2014 and who have two children born through surrogate IVF, have criticised comments made by those in the fashion industry that such children are… Read More

The recent case of Caroline and William Hopkins highlights that post-nuptial agreements, just like pre-nups, can be legally binding even though there is still no legislation that states this. A post-nuptial agreement (or post-nup or… Read More

The Chancellor George Osbourne today decided not to modify the thresholds for the payment of Inheritance Tax, which the Sunday Express had suggested he might. Instead, he gave a warning that avoidance through Deeds of Variation would be… Read More

This week, the Sunday Express reported that the Chancellor may consider cutting Inheritance Tax (IHT) in Wednesday's Budget… Read More

The Law Commission has published a consultation paper on the enforcement of family financial orders in England and Wales. It describes the current law as opelessly complex androcedurally tortuous The Law Commission will consider the… Read More

The recent case of Wyatt v Vince [2015] UKSC 15 has answered quite unequivocally: no. On 11th March 2015, the Supreme Court handed down judgement with regard to a wife's claim for financial reward from her husband, from whom she had been… Read More

Justice Minister Simon Hughes confirmed during the last financial year that 2,517 applications were made by grandparents wishing to see their grandchildren. These applications often followed the separation of the… Read More

The recent case in the Court of Appeal of Tracey Wright, the ex-wife of Newmarket race horse surgeon Ian Wright, is the latest in a line of authorities where Judges have made it clear that if a husband is ordered to pay money from income… Read More

It seems not a day goes by without a newspaper article on the financial disasters caused by a failure to plan for your death. Today, the Daily Mail features an article about a son who has lost out because a couple have not undertaken some… Read More

Crystal ball time… In settling your current claim is it possible for you to settle a future claim of which you have no knowledge? The answer is yes, in principle (with personal injury claims being a general exception).… Read More

With an estimated 1.4 million private residential landlords in the UK, the lettings sector continues to row. Whether you are a landlord with one property or a portfolio of properties, you can encounter problems from time to time through… Read More

Along with gym memberships, cases of separation and divorce surge in the early part of the New Year. The theory for this surge is simply that people think just get through Christmas and make a fresh start in the New Year But unlike… Read More