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Life Interest Trusts

Life Interest Trusts – what are they and why they are useful? Not many people have heard of a Life Interest Trust, let alone know what one is or why they are useful tools to secure assets and funds for future generations, whilst ensuring they can still be enjoyed or used to care for others during their lifetime. Life Interest Trusts can be set up in a Will, allowing for a loved one to have the benefit, or enjoyment, of the…

23 November 2021

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The Section 25 Notice and What This Means for Commercial Landlords and Tenants

Here we look at Landlord’s section 25 notice to terminate a commercial lease. Before reading on, it is worth checking to make sure that your lease is not excluded from this applying, and that your lease is a tenancy as defined by the 1954 Act (the “Act”). Landlords often exclude leases from these provisions so that tenants don’t have as much protection. We’ll look at tenancies a little later. The Section 25 notice If a landlord wishes to end a commercial lease…

11 November 2021

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Top 7 Legal Writing Tips for Paralegals

Top 7 Legal Writing Tips for Paralegals Writing is an important tool for all paralegals. The power of words can be used to advocate, inform, persuade, and instruct. Though legal writing/drafting is a task exclusively done by qualified lawyers in general but in the present scenario, we can see that most of the lawyers pass their work on to their paralegals. Therefore, it becomes necessary for a paralegal to have excellent writing skills. Though legal writing or drafting takes time and practise…

1 November 2021

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Personal Injury Trusts

With thousands of personal injury claims made a year, we look at the importance of Personal Injury Trusts for those not only on means-tested benefits, but when planning for future care costs and benefit claims. When a person has suffered from an injury for which compensation is payable, one question is how it will affect any benefits they have been claiming either prior to or following the injury. However, regardless of the amount awarded following a claim, this is not something…

18 October 2021

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Legally Speaking Podcast – How to Grow an Innovative and Inclusive Law Firm

Founder and Principal of Tiger Law, Vanessa Challess, joins Robert Hanna for an episode of the Legally Speaking Podcast. Tiger Law was founded on the principles of prioritising clients’ interests, championing diversity and inclusion, and forcing the legal profession to embrace the future. Based in Kent but serving clients nationwide, the firm covers a range of practice areas; including company law, property law, family law and IP work. She set up the innovative firm after being made redundant from…

12 October 2021

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“It’s not ‘He Said She Said’ if I’ve got proof!”: Recording conversations at work and its legality

“It’s not ‘He Said She Said’ if I’ve got proof!”: Recording conversations at work and its legality. In employment law issues, it can be said that employees, especially those who end up as litigants-in-person before the Employment Appeals Tribunals (EAT) are often found to be the weaker party in the case. This is due to the fact of the lack of legal knowledge in terms of procedure and black letter law when filing a claim. The challenge in a hearing becomes…

11 October 2021

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Guardianship – ensuring your children are placed with those you trust through your Will

Whilst watching the BBC’s latest underwater thriller ‘Vigil’ an important point raised its head, which would have been missed by many, or at most a tear would have been shed for the main character’s heartbreak. In case you missed it (and this is not a spoiler alert), the main character lost her partner of many years, which was sad in itself, however, at that point she also lost the daughter she had raised and called her own. The…

5 October 2021

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The Role of Grandparents During Divorce

A relationship breakdown can be a really difficult time with lots to think about and deal with. Grandparents can sometimes be forgotten about during this time. The relationship breakdown can affect grandparents, and the wider family, in a number of ways and this blog aims to deal with some of the key points. Parents Grandparents can be a tricky issue for parents on divorce, dissolution or separation. Maybe your ex’s parents were very helpful when you were together, looking after…

1 October 2021

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The Section 25 Notice and what this means for commercial landlords and tenants

Termination of a commercial lease under section 25 Introduction Tiger takes a look at the landlord’s section 25 notice under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. Here we look at Landlord’s section 25 notice to terminate a commercial lease. Before reading on, it is worth checking to make sure that your lease is not excluded from this applying, and that your lease is a tenancy as defined by the 1954 Act (the “Act”). Landlords often exclude leases from these provisions so that tenants…

2 September 2021

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Working capital considerations in merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions

What is working capital and why is it important for M&A transactions? Working capital considerations in merger and acquisition (“M&A”) transactions - the bane of many a solicitor's life when drafting agreements in this space. A lot of solicitors choose to avoid accounting principles for a reason: for fear of liability issues and the overwhelming realisation that by even venturing into this space, a solicitor may be out of his/her depth. Solicitors often seem to turn a blind eye to what is…

2 September 2021

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