When making their Wills and undertaking estate planning, many of our clients say they are thinking of making a lifetime gift of their home to their children.
You move into your new home and find that the former owner has left a load of their stuff in the garage.
There is a strong argument being put forward which states that the currently divorce legislation in this country is outdated.
Japanese Knotweed was probably first introduced in to the UK to the Horticultural Society garden at Chiswick, in 1825 but this plant was misidentified.
After someone has died there is a legal process that needs to be undertaken to ensure all their assets pass to the appropriate parties.
I was born and brought up in Cambridge and for us one of the “rites of passage” for a Cantabridgian was to join your first “Punting Party”.
New government regulations mean you must prove who you are if you are a new client to the firm or if the firm have not acted for you for some time.
The Government has been saying that businesses should account for the differential in pay which is received by women when compared with men. The Regulations were brought into force on 6 April 2017
Most people have heard of Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs), the document by which you can appoint someone else to make decisions on your behalf
The term ‘common law’ couple has often been used to describe cohabiting couples.
NOTICE RE MICROSOFT 365 GLOBAL OUTAGE
Please note that there is a global outage of Microsoft 365 systems that is causing disruptions to business worldwide.
What this means for us is that not all of our systems are operational, the most noticeable of which is we have no access to our email or electronic diary systems.
Our case management system that houses all our information and documentation is also partially affected and in some cases, we are unable to open or produce new documents.
This is entirely outside of our control whilst we wait for Microsoft to fix the issue.
Please bear with us in this time and we apologise for any delays that this might cause.
If you need to contact us urgently please call our switchboard on 01787 880440
Thank you
The Directors of Bates Wells & Braithwaite