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"The Wills Act 1837 has obviously been good law for some time. It's worth noting it survived the Spanish Flu and two...

The government will shortly put in place legislation for signing wills by video link. This will be backdated to 31...

Kate Penn, Associate Solicitor in the Residential Property Team and Alistair Lockhart, Commercial Director, discuss the...

As part of a number of measures to alleviate the impact of coronavirus on the economy, the Chancellor has announced a...

This week, the government has announced measures to lift the current prohibition on wedding ceremonies in England. From...

The Supreme Court has just decided that a wife is able to claim maintenance in the English Courts notwithstanding that...

New legislation will make it easier for victims to give evidence in court such as separate waiting rooms

The number of...

Whilst cryptocurrencies have been in existence for over 10 years, beginning with the launch of Bitcoin, these are fast...

Why make a will?

This question is often asked and the same answers given, to name a few:

• Reduce Inheritance...

When the country went into lockdown due to the covid-19 pandemic in mid-March many businesses came to a complete...

Last week, the Chancellor announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will be extended until the end of...

The Coronavirus crisis and the lock-down measures have thrown up all sorts of problems, and one which we deal with...

Judges will always want to find a way in which financial proceedings between a divorcing couple come to an end....

Use of remote hearings by audio and video link must continue in UK courts after the coronavirus outbreak ends in order...

This is the second article in our brief series on the Coronavirus Bill. This piece of legislation received Royal Assent...

On Saturday 4 April the government issued updated guidance regarding the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, clarifying...

On 30 March 2020 ALEP, the Association of Leasehold Extension Practitioners, of which Wilsons Solicitors LLP is a...

Amid the COVID-19 outbreak Wilsons is working hard to provide the most up to date advice to our clients on all matters....

On Saturday, the government issued non-statutory guidance to landlords and tenants in relation to Covid-19. The...

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...