We are frequently told of the importance of reading the small print and of being fully aware of the terms to which we are agreeing when we enter into a contract. Yet so many of us simply presume we know what we are getting ourselves into and don’t b...

Mr.Marshallsea made a unfairly dismissal claim against his employer after he was dismissed for “a breakdown of the trustees’ confidence and trust” on return of stress leave from work.

Last November we took part in the Clatterbridge Cancer Charity Campaign Write a Will Month. We take part in campaigns like this because it highlights the importance of making a will whilst raising money for charity at the same time.

For many years the UK’s adoption process has been criticised for its lengthy and complicated nature. As part of a new initiative to encourage prospective adoptive parents, the Government is seeking to make the process quicker, more transparent and m...

Wirral Borough Council Payment demands wildly inaccurate.

When an offer of a £9 Will nearly cost £995. A friend of a colleague of mine bought a voucher from a well known discount website to have her will made by a will writing company for £9.00.

Seeking to respond to the ever growing problem of an ageing population, the Government has last month introduced the “automatic enrolment” pension scheme.  Beginning in October 2012, initially for large employers, but set to be rolle...

Four years ago Barack Obama made history as the first black President of the United States, on a tidal wave of hope and the promise of change. After last week being re-elected to serve a second term in the Whitehouse, it is interesting to consider w...

My colleague Wendy Randall from our Wills trusts and Probate department has produced an excellent guide to what to do if you need to sell a house of someone for whom you hold a Power of Attorney

Mr Obama may also be happy in the knowledge that he will never die of old age.