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A terminally ill man recently visited Dignitas to die, accompanied by his wife. However, the Forfeiture Act 1982 lays down a simple rule that an individual cannot benefit from someone’s death if they unlawfully aided, abetted…

What are a Company’s Articles of Association? This document, along with the typically smaller and more specific Memorandum of Association, is the Company’s constitutional document. It is the rule book for the Company and governs…

The Law Commission has been holding consultations with professionals on the proposed changes to the commonhold conversion process and the commonhold structure. We look at the key proposed changes and what it will mean going forward.For…

The High Court has ruled that a £1 million family home should be divided 50/50 between an unmarried, separated couple despite one party providing the majority of the purchase funds. ​Claire Chipperfield and Andrew Horn were an unmarried couple who purchased…

We are hosting two more of our popular free Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney talks on Friday 12th or Saturday 13th of April. Over half of people in the UK currently do not have a Will…

For a Will to be valid there are a number of criteria which the Testator must meet, the Testator being the maker of the Will. This includes age, knowledge of all the facts and approval….

As developments in Westminster dominate the news, stories about the property market can be lost in the noise or often allude to one of the various paths the country takes as we approach a decision on…

Our Property Litigation team recently attended a Property Seminar hosted by ALEP which provided a valuable insight into the opportunities and threats within the current UK housing market. One of the key note speakers was…

This week marks the fifth anniversary of Pinney Talfourd’s appointment as solicitors for Sisu Advisors; a commercial real estate investment company with an impressive portfolio of Grade A office buildings across the UK. ​With a further completion…

Airbnb hit the headlines back in 2017 when a tenant was taken to Court after advertising her property for short term let in breach of her lease. Further cases since this time have confirmed this as…