We helped three of five sellers of significant shareholdings in five private limited companies, which together own and operate three care homes across the West Midlands. The purchase price comprised:...
InspireAll is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee that provides community sport, recreational and arts services. After a successful bid to run two multi-million-pound leisure centres in Hertsmere and Milton Keynes, they...
We helped a property developer with a particularly complex lease and its assignment in central London. The developer owned a freehold property in Fleet Street, which unusually did not include...
We acted for an educational foundation on the lease renewal of its head office. The charity had occupied the property (two adjoining buildings) for around five years under an excluded...
A million pound plus valued estate included some major UK charities as beneficiaries. A family member who was unhappy with the legacy left to them threatened a legal challenge on...
The members of a famous band engaged well-known accountants to provide tax planning advice between 2013 and 2016. The advice received was to use an Employee Shareholder Scheme (ESS) to...
We helped a group of companies defend claims against them for a) undervalued transactions, and b) preference payments totalling £2.4 million. These claims had been brought by a company in...
The Office of Public Guardian (OPG) encourages any person with concerns about a deputy or attorney to report concerns to the OPG investigations unit. These concerns may include, misuse of...
When a couple separate, often the focus turns to dealing with the finances, property, and the parenting of any children, but what happens to the pets? With the rise in...
Our client was the secret lovechild of the deceased, a married man who had an affair in the 1970s with a married woman. We helped her in bringing an Inheritance...
Our client was the main beneficiary of her late good friend’s estate worth £570,000. The deceased’s daughter from a failed relationship brought a claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family...
In the wake of proposed compulsory vaccination policies for care home workers and consultation on extending this to NHS staff, we explore the legal ramifications of ‘no jab, no job’...
Wills can be disputed for many reasons, the most common include instances where the Will was not signed or witnessed correctly made by someone not of sound mind made under...
The Debenhams Ottaway family team is sponsoring the latest series of The Divorce Social podcast, an interview podcast all about divorce hosted by comedian and author Samantha Baines. Going through...
With lockdowns linked to a rise in domestic violence, the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 is a very welcomed piece of new legislation. Among other positive changes, it has introduced domestic...
Divorce or separation can be one of the most difficult events in a person’s life. If you have children and are splitting from your partner, it can be even harder...
Our client is a company that operates several pharmacies in North London. One of these pharmacies was operated through a corporate joint venture, with 50% of the shares owned by...
Our client was a large independent licensed insolvency firm, specialising in business rescue and recovery. We helped the firm with the appointment of two of its members as joint administrators,...
We helped our client with an asset disposal of a hotel situated in historic windmill. The matter was complicated by a property solicitor acting for the buyer dabbling at a...
We acted as executors of an estate left to over 20 charities. The estate included multiple shareholdings not held in a portfolio, requiring us to check the validity of vast...
