The GDPR will replace current data protection laws, including the Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) (DPD), and will lead to the repeal of the UK Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). GDPR provides increased privacy for individuals and gives increased powers to regulatory...

Recent analysis and research from Legal & General report that in 2016, homebuyers received £5 billion of help from friends and family. Therefore it’s not surprising that the Bank of Mum and Dad is one Britain’s best loved financial institutions. The Bank of Mum...

Do You Own Assets with Another Person? Do you know how the ownership of those assets would pass in the event of either death? Most people expect that even where they own title to assets jointly with another person, each person is able to leave their share of that...

Always a controversial subject, the Court of Protection examined whether to authorise refusal of life-sustaining treatment at a hearing held on 20 December 2016. The case was Briggs v Briggs and involved the treatment of Mr Briggs following his involvement in a...

A Lasting Power of Attorney is a powerful legal document, enabling someone to appoint trusted individuals to make decisions on their behalf in relation to finances or health and welfare. The Attorneys’ authority to make these decisions lasts after someone has lost...

Did you enter into an Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA) prior to 2007? An EPA is a document in which a person signed up to 2007 before the process of appointing an attorney changed to incorporate Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs). Properly executed EPAs are valid...

Many of us have made Wills, and that’s a good thing. But it is equally important to know and understand what’s in your Will. There are many instances where a Will is prepared by a relative, friend or even Will writer or solicitor with the contents of the Will not...