Legal Blog

1 MONTH LEFT 1 month left to avoid stamp duty hike and recent interest rate changes In our most recent blog, we highlighted that the Stamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) Act 2023 is due to revert back to previous levels on 1st April 2025. The...

Protecting your assets Do you own a property together? Is it your main asset? Do care fees, bankruptcy and/or the re-marriage of your surviving spouse concern you in terms of how this could affect your assets? Property Protection Trusts can help. These...

Considering a Recruitment Freeze? Wage bills are likely to rise significantly from April 2025 due to the increases in employers’ National Insurance Contributions and the minimum wage rates. This may result in employers considering a recruitment...

Checking that your vehicle is safe to drive At this time of year, for most drivers it’s dark when you drive to work and it’s dark when you drive back home. Dark and Inclement weather, at any time of the year, (but especially during the...

UK housing market ‘starts new year with a bang’, says Rightmove Rightmove have reported that a record number of new Sellers have come on to the housing market since Boxing Day. The number of new properties coming to market was 11% higher than...

Safeguard your assets There are around 6 million Lasting Powers of Attorney registered with the Office of the Public Guardian in England and Wales. Despite this, the benefits of these important planning measures are not that well known. There will be an...

Statutory Payment Rates for 2025/26 The Government has set out increases to the statutory payment rates for 2025/26 as follows:- the standard weekly rates of Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Shared...

What MUST you do if you collide with an ‘animal’ (as defined) whilst driving? First of all you may be surprised to learn that you won’t find the answer to this question within The Highway Code.! Rather surprisingly the Highway Code is...

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“Without Prejudice”? You have probably heard this phrase quite often but what does it mean?  In broad terms “off the record“  More accurately if a person makes admissions or statements in a genuine attempt to settle a...