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    Advising a mother with young children whose husband passed away without a Will

    We dealt with the administration of an estate for a young mother with children under 18. The husband did not make a Will and as his estate was over £250,000,...

    Working with a care home to claim money owed from a resident who died without a Will

    The deceased died intestate (without a Will, leaving her two children as the only persons entitled to her estate. She was living in a care home and died owing the...

    Advising the executors of a complex estate avoid outstanding capital gains tax

    We acted on behalf of the executors in the estate that comprised of a complex arrangement of assets including share portfolios, eight pensions and a substantial holding in unlisted stocks...

    Helping children appointed as executors to their mother’s Will when their sibling refused

    We helped two siblings who were appointed executors in their mother’s Will. Following a family dispute another sibling refused to act as executor. She moved into the mother’s property, refused to...

    Helping three children after their father passed away leaving a large estate

    We advised three children whose father had passed away, leaving a £6million estate. The father was an accountant who ran his own business. We liaised with an accountant to obtain...

    Professional trustee to multiple trusts providing investment and planning advice

    We are working with wealthy clients who have complex estate planning needs and multiple trusts structure, including a large charitable trust and significant SIPPs (self-invested personal pensions). We provide ongoing...

    A discretionary trust for a couple to protect both children equally

    We helped a married couple who have a son and an autistic daughter. The daughter is under 18 but they were unsure what her needs would be as she grew...

    A discretionary trust for a couple to provide for their disabled child

    We guided a married couple with three children, one of whom was disabled. We set up a discretionary trust in the Wills to protect the assets for the disabled child...

    Life interest trusts for a couple to provide income for the surviving partner

    We helped a married couple who both had children from a previous marriage in relation to life interest trusts in their Wills to provide income to the survivor of them...

    Wills for a married couple with young children

    We drafted Wills for a married couple who had young children under 18. The couple wanted to ensure that their children were looked after by the right people if they...

    Wills for a separating unmarried couple with children

    We helped a separating unmarried couple draft their Wills to look after each other but ultimately to ensure their three children are looked after. They both owned a business which...

    An ex-employee poaching clients from a recruitment agency whilst still in their employment

    We helped a recruitment consultancy after they found evidence that an ex-employee had established a competing business whilst still being employed by them. The employee had approached their clients and was...

    Drafting recruitment agreement documents for national agency

    We worked with a national recruitment agency in drafting two substantial recruitment supply agreement documents to govern the arrangement with their client. We drafted a complicated exclusive master vendor agreement...

    A dispute over the identity of the correct beneficiary

    We worked with a woman to successfully claim over £450,000 as the correct beneficiary to her late father’s estate. Her father’s sister and nephews had denied he ever had any...

    Late payment legislation in practice

    Our client had 22 overdue invoices totalling the sum of £5,764.34, some of which had been outstanding for 5 months. Their credit controller had spent considerable time chasing payment on...

    A landlord in a rent claim and recovery of possession claim for an assured shorthold tenancy

    We advised high net worth landlords of a residential property in a wealthy suburb of London in two claims against their tenant under an assured shorthold tenancy (AST). The AST...

    Helping a landlord oppose a new lease application made by their tenant

    An application was made by a business tenant for new lease of their commercial premises under part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.  The landlord opposed the application...

    Debtor and asset tracing investigation

    Judgment was obtained against an individual who had previously traded in a high street store and had failed to make payment for stock received. The shop had subsequently ceased trading...

    Post bankruptcy and winding up

    We helped an estate agent in the winding up of a company that had been a vehicle to buy and sell a property. The company did not pay the estate...

    Winding up petition

    Following extensive efforts by the creditor to collect a debt owed to them, the company in question ignored all correspondence from them which resulted in serious cash flow problems for...
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