News & Insights

In an update to our article of 25 March 2020 in relation to the amendment to notice periods on residential tenancies,...

Heirs could end up paying IHT on near-peak values

DIY probates most at risk of forgetting to claim back overpaid tax

The Coronavirus Bill will be enacted imminently. It is a comprehensive and far-reaching piece of emergency legislation...

At Wilsons we wanted to keep you up to date with our plans due to COVID-19 and recent advice from the Government.

The...

The Spring/Summer 2020 edition of the Wilsons magazine is out now. This edition features the usual mixture of legal and...

The Spring Budget, delivered by the Chancellor on Wednesday 11 March, was comparatively restrained.  However, as ever...

The bank of Mum and Dad is becoming increasingly popular and we are seeing this on a regular basis. It can be as simple...

There are a number of events throughout the Academic Year when parents will no doubt be vying for the best seats to...

Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) has recently issued guidance to schools and colleges on how to cater for transgender...

In these challenging circumstances, is your parent/school contract still fit for purpose?

Are parents challenging...

In the case of Casamitjana v League Against Cruel Sports, the Employment Tribunal has ruled that ethical veganism is a...

The Property Boundaries (Resolution of Disputes) Bill was introduced onto the House of Lords in July 2017. It had some...

Jacqueline Fitzgerald has recently been featured in The Sunday Telegraph commenting on family court data showing that...

Alison Morris (Partner) and Emma Litchfield (Solicitor) comment on recent news that there will be no increase in...

Rupert Wilkinson has been featured in The Times commenting on HMRC's on inheritance tax property dodges.

Rupert said,...

Jacqueline Fitzgerald has commented on the increasingly important role same-sex couples are playing when adopting...

The Consultation Survey

The consultation on the abolition of section 21 allows for an online survey to be completed. ...

The European Court of Human Rights ("ECHR") considered a complaint by an employee that the decision of his employer to...

Peter Bourke and Alexandra Sollohub take a brief look at the current provisions that have to be complied with by...

Welcome to the latest edition of our Employment newsletter.

In this edition, the newest member of the team Margaret...

The covert recording of HR meetings by employees is often a vexed question. In particular, issues can arise when an...

With the trend for prenuptial agreements growing, particularly amongst millennials, it is more important than ever to...

As of 22 July 2019, the fee for making an application to the Court of Protection has been reduced from £385 to £365. ...

These measures have been announced previously, but the key points of interest are:

Principal private residence relief:...

Rupert Wilkinson has been featured in the Financial Times commenting on the proposed reforms to Inheritance tax.

In...

In this article, Alexandra Sollohub and Mike Ellis review a recent decision of the First-tier Tribunal (Property...

Summary of Recommendations:

Key area 1: Lifetime gifts

Gift exemptions package

The government should, as a package:...

Peter Bourke and Alexandra Sollohub look at section 4 of the DPA.

In essence section 4 imposes on a landlord a duty to...

Fraud relating to property, where a property is sold or mortgaged without the registered owner's consent, is on the...

The Government announced yesterday (11 June 2019) that the Competition and Marketing Authority (CMA) is launching an...

As technology continues to evolve and social media becomes an ever growing presence in our daily lives, deputies and...

The taxation of UK property has changed significantly over the last few years.  The government's objective has been to...

Freehold Properties (Management Charges) Bill 2019 (HC Bill 396)

This private members' bill had its first reading on 5...

Following on from our recent article on the new Form 6A (which must be used from 1 June 2019) please also be aware that...

Sarah Wood-Heath has been featured in The Telegraph commenting on new figures revealing single parent adoptions...

Welcome

In this Spring edition of our e-alert we take a look at 'Constructive Dismissal', how it arises, what legal...

The Spring/Summer edition of our biannual magazine is out now and is a mixture of the usual thought-provoking legal...

Following on from the recent successful residential property seminar on 14 May 2019, Peter Bourke, Mike Ellis and...

Alison Morris has been featured in The Telegraph commenting on the confusion over complex power of attorney agreements....

Many buyers, and sellers, believe that the stressful and lengthy part of a property transaction is the lead up to...

Alison Morris has been featured in the Financial Times commenting on the increase in the number of people handing over...

Jacqueline Fitzgerald has been featured in The Telegraph commenting on the increase in waiting time for divorce.
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In this article, Michael Ellis and Alexandra Sollohub discuss and give comment, on The Homes (Fitness for Human...

In this article Benjamin Pitman, a trainee solicitor, discusses the challenges of relocation and the court's emphasis...

What's on the horizon?

Summarised below are some of the key upcoming changes to employment law, and the date they come...

In this article, Mike Ellis and Alexandra Sollohub discuss the High Court's recent decision in R (on the application of...

Alison Morris of Wilsons Solicitors LLP in Salisbury is urging people to check their eligibility for a lasting power of...

Alison Morris of Wilsons Solicitors LLP in Salisbury is urging people to check their eligibility for a lasting power of...

When the Supreme Court ruled in favour of UNISON and declared the implementation of Employment Tribunal fees unlawful...

The Tenant Fees Act received Royal Assent on 12 February 2019. In this article, Alexandra Sollohub from the Property...