Litigating about the suitability and funding of a litigation friend
A Litigation Friend per CPR r.21 is often relevant to inheritance litigation and I have acted for a few over the years in addition to occasionally personally acting in the...
Infringement insurance – if your IP rights, or those of your client, were infringed how would enforcement be funded?
A recently published report by the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights concluded that many IP rights holders were unaware of the existence of IP litigation insurance. Of...
Hughes-Holland applied to accountant’s negligence claim
In last year’s Supreme Court decision in Hughes-Holland v BPE Solicitors [2017] 2WLR 1029, Lord Sumption postulated two extreme cases to illustrate whether losses were within the scope of a...
Debenhams Ottaway celebrates latest associate solicitor promotion
Debenhams Ottaway, the leading law firm in St Albans and Radlett is pleased to announce the promotion of one of their solicitors, Barry Griffin to associate solicitor. Barry, joined the...
Statutory residential lease extensions – part II – weight on the shoulders of leaseholders
It is often said that the use of leases is outdated and rarely used outside of England and Wales. The acquisition of a leasehold property will invariably cost several hundreds...
A (digital) matter of life and death
It’s a fact these days that a person’s digital life is as important as their “physical” life. When a person or a couple are sorting out their affairs and contemplating...
FIRE event
Our recent FIRE event was held in June 2018 at Kingston Smith, St Albans. Interest surrounding cryptocurrencies is huge at the moment, so we were thrilled to have leading legal...
Insolvency Update: Proposed new powers for the Secretary of State
On 20 March 2018, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published a consultation paper on Corporate Governance and Insolvency. The purpose of the consultation is to seek...
Basement disputes
In times of high property prices and increased Stamp Duty Land Tax, more and more property owners (both occupiers and investors alike) are considering basement extensions. Whilst these can be...
Lender Litigation
We act for banks, building societies, bridging lenders, other secured lenders and third party servicers in bringing and defending claims. Often lenders incur considerable losses following the repossession and sale...
Professional Negligence Claims
Professional advice is part and parcel of business life. It is also increasingly important in our personal lives. Whether you are providing that advice or taking it, there will inevitably...
When should future inheritance prospects affect a financial settlement upon divorce?
Before negotiations can start about how finances should be shared between a divorcing couple, disclosure needs to be provided by both parties to establish what the finances are. This is...
Purchaser demand for pharmacy businesses remains high despite government funding cuts
Purchaser demand for pharmacy businesses appears to remain high despite recent government funding cuts in the sector. We have received a number of enquiries in the first quarter of 2018 from...
Cookie Policy
This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain...
Private Equity Disputes
Our private equity litigation team has extensive experience of working with private investment funds (including private equity, venture capital and real estate funds) to resolve their disputes quickly and discreetly....
Debenhams Ottaway successfully defend Fairgate in £1.5m Technology and Construction Court trial
In Redbourn Group Limited v Fairgate Developments Ltd [2018] EWHC 658 (TCC), Mr Andrew Bartlett QC has held that a claim for loss of a chance, amounting to up to £1.5m, failed in...
Stamp Duty Calculator
Stephanie Mercer
Stephanie joined Debenhams Ottaway in 2016 and is a legal assistant in the private client team. Stephanie works closely with Susan Glenholme, assisting Susan with looking after her clients. The sensitive...
Deed of variation to vary a Will for inheritance tax planning
A client inherited £2million from her mother’s estate. In order to save inheritance tax, we prepared a deed of variation of her mother’s Will. This varied her mother’s Will to...
Gifting money to outright and in trust to save Inheritance tax
We advised a married couple who had a second property that was being rented out. We explained the ways of gifting to them so that they were able to gift...