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Joined March 2010
Judgment from the High Court in the Bhusate appeal (concerning late 1975 Act claims), dismissing the appeal. Toby Bishop and Penelope Reed QC acted for the Appellants and Respondent respectively. More about the decision and link to the judgment here: 5sblaw.com/news/judgment-in-…
Trouble With the Neighbours? See a Lawyer Before It Gets Out of Hand! One secret of a happy life is to get on well with your neighbours and taking legal advice is often the best way of defusing rows before they get out of hand ... ow.ly/pPmp50xY0y7
Cryptoassets Are Property - Judicial Authority The legal position of 'cryptoassets' – those which exist in electronic form and are held on distributed ledgers, bitcoins being the best-known example – has not been certain ow.ly/aM1c50xVZGm
Judge upholds Will in dementia dispute For a Will to be valid, the person making the Will must be capable of understanding and approving of the contents and effects of the Will. With health conditions such as dementia becoming an increasing issue ... ow.ly/x6ge50xQXVj
If a Loved One's Will Does Not Meet Your Needs, Don't Delay in Seeking Advice If a loved one upon whom you depend financially fails to make reasonable provision for you in his/her will, judges have power to put that right. However, there are time limits... ow.ly/9VPD50xQ5rD
Is Your Will Out of Date? Execute a New One Before It's Too Late! Allowing your will to become out of date stores up trouble for your loved ones. That was strikingly so in one case in which a successful businessman suffered a stroke before ... ow.ly/L5qa50xOinK
Administering Estates - Procedures and Pitfalls A recent survey has shown that more than one in ten people who are thought to have died intestate (i.e. without leaving a will) may actually have made a will and that ... ow.ly/RFKH50xOi9v
Shut up . Talk cheap .You have no clue how the negotiations went and certainly you would have been a disaster if you were left to negotiate – at East, England
Tonight's vote changes nothing. Theresa May has lost her majority in Parliament, her Government is in chaos and she's unable to deliver a Brexit deal that works for the country and puts jobs and the economy first. She must now bring her botched deal back to Parliament next week
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Girls from Prep 3 and 4 performed brilliantly in competitive 4 a-side hockey matches against St.Johns last week. For more about the match please visit st-christophers.devon.sch.uk… @isaschools @St_Johns_School #hockey
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Oh dear! ow.ly/MU4x30mWofC @sarahwollaston - tired argument for 2nd referendum! Surely, the people have spoken? Deliver #Brexit
Breach of Contract Claim Defeated Quickly Some breach of contract claims are stronger than others, but even groundless cases come to court sometimes. However, with skilled legal representation, these can be identified and defeated at an early stage ow.ly/nFXi30jWR4e
Failure to Take Advice Stops Legal Action Cold Litigating without using a qualified solicitor to assist you is strictly for the foolhardy. The point could hardly have been more clearly made than by a recent case ... ow.ly/T8Hh30jWQZk
Government to Review Law to Wipe Out Trolling The finding that more than a third of users of the Internet in the UK have been 'trolled' or been the subject of harassment or 'cyber-bullying', has led the Government to commission an independent review ow.ly/HBe330jG4cR
Words, Not Intention, Determine Meaning of Contract When disputes arise over the meaning of a contract, it is usual for the court to look first at what the wording of the contract means and then at the commercial logic of that wording. In a recent case ... ow.ly/LQ2L30jG3X3
Read #HouseofLords Library briefing ahead of 18 Apr #EUWithdrawal report stage & catch up with issues govt may bring changes to in response to members’ concerns ow.ly/SID330jto0G
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