Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Brethertons LLP is delighted to announce that it has achieved accreditation with the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS), the quality mark for residential property lawyers introduced earlier this year.
Michael Dibben, Partner and Head of Conveyancing at Brethertons said: “This is an exceptional achievement for our conveyancing team. This ...
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Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Mistakes do happen and, when they do, rectifying them can prove more difficult than one might think.
In a recent case, a buyer and seller exchanged contracts on a flat, which was being sold by way of a long lease. This seems straightforward enough, but when the plans were sent to ...
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Thursday, September 29th, 2011
A driver who was seriously injured in a road accident caused by a suicide on a six-lane dual carriageway has won the right to have his claim for criminal compensation reconsidered.
In January 2005, Gareth Jones was driving a gritter lorry along the carriageway of the A282 north of the ...
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Thursday, September 29th, 2011
A woman whose mother left her entire estate to charity has won her appeal for a payment from the estate, sufficient to meet her need for reasonable maintenance.
Melita Jackson died in July 2004 at the age of 70. She left a net estate of some £480,000, most of which was ...
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Thursday, September 29th, 2011
A recent divorce case has confirmed the general position that when wealth is inherited, it is not normally subject to the ‘equal shares’ rule that applies to assets built up during a marriage.
The case involved a couple who married in the UK in 1991 after an earlier marriage ceremony in ...
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