Question: Three years ago my husband and I lent our son and his wife £50,000 to buy a house for their family. Now my son is getting divorced can we get our money back? Answer: With house prices making it really difficult for the first time buyer to get on the housing ladder more and […]

Only the very simplest of Wills should be drawn up without the aid of a solicitor or other professional adviser. One of the problems with homemade Wills is not only recognising whether your situation is really as straightforward as you think but also making sure that the Will fulfils all of the legal requirements. There […]

The personal injury market has suffered a big image crisis over the last few years with claims companies springing up all over the place and men in tents accosting you on street corners to ask whether your limp is accident related! As a result, people can often be reticent in approaching a solicitor as they […]

It is currently possible on divorce for a wife to substitute her National Insurance records for that of her former husband’s. Such a substitution would not affect her former husband’s entitlement to state pension but it would generally ensure that both parties would have the same basic state pension following divorce. In order to take […]

The answer to this frequently asked question is that there may be no answer. The only certain way of knowing who owns a hedge or fence standing on the boundary of a property is if its ownership is stated in the Land Registry register entries for the property or in the title deeds if the […]

A Settlement Agreement is a document which records an agreement between you and your employer. It is a legal requirement that you seek independent advice on the Agreement and you must consult with a solicitor in this regard. You cannot use the same solicitor as your employer and so you will need to check first […]

Family lawyers across the country are bracing themselves for a large influx of divorce instructions. September is notoriously known as a busy time for family lawyers. Family Lawyer Louise Sheasby comments, “The increase can be attributed to a number of factors. Couples have pinned their hopes on rekindling their relationship during their summer holiday. But […]

I have one natural child and one adopted child. If I die, will my estate automatically be shared equally between the two of them? If you die without having made a Will, the laws of intestacy will apply. This means that there is a statutory order of who will inherit and how much. It isn’t […]

Abuse experts at Blythe Liggins call for immediate action to be taken over reports that more than 1,400 children in Rotherham have been sexually exploited from 1997 to 2013. In an independent investigation carried out by reviewer Alexis Jay OBE, the report suggests that children as young as 11 were subjected to ‘horrific’ acts of […]

Patients who were given faulty hip replacements at Warwick Hospital could be eligible for up to £20,000 in compensation, according to a leading personal injury lawyer. Claire Kirwan, head of personal injury at Leamington law firm Blythe Liggins, who has appeared on BBC TV’s Watchdog programme as an expert on personal injury law, represents patients […]