What can you expect as a first time buyer?
The legal process in ten easy steps 1. Sort your finances. You’ll see plenty of articles in First Time Buyer Magasine on sorting your finances in advance; get your credit
Your First Home Is Now Within Your Reach With A Help-To-Buy: Isa
Most individuals would prefer to own a property and pay their own mortgage as opposed to renting their home and paying someone else’s mortgage. If you are saving to buy
Making a Will and Lasting Powers of Attorney
“When a person is fully prepared, and has their affairs organised, he or she can be said to have his or her ducks in a row. Ensuring that you have
Retired senior judge at the Court of Protection lambasts Lasting Powers of Attorney – Is he right?
The BBC has recently published an article on a retired Court of Protection judge’s comments on the lack of safeguards in the power of attorney system in England and Wales.
Lasting Powers of Attorney
In 2007 Lasting Powers of Attorney (“LPAs”) came into force replacing the old regime of Enduring Powers of Attorney (“EPAs) then in place. The reason EPAs were replaced with LPAs
Make hay while the sun shines : Write a Will today
“We all work hard to build up our assets during our lifetime, not only to provide for a more comfortable life in our later years, but also to provide our
PHOTOS: POST ELECTION Result: Essential Property Market Update
Go View London and guest speakers, Prince Evans Solicitors present a key event focusing on the property market after the result of the general election, and directed to Landlords and
Implications of Brexit in the Housing market
As the election draws to a close with uncertainty as to what is to come via a minority Government, Brexit negotiations which were to begin on the 19th June may
Not such a welcome relief!
This may well be the feeling of many commercial landlords when faced with an application for relief from forfeiture by their commercial tenant. Particularly since the landlord may have already
Save it for later – the curious case of the deposit
Don’t you just love having those £40,000 savings burn a hole in your bank account? The money you’re keeping to one side as a deposit and stamp duty so you
Probate fees: Planned increase scrapped ahead of election
The coming rise in probate fees has been scrapped, at least for now, as a consequence of Theresa May calling a snap general election. The change proposed would have significantly
To Defend or Not to Defend…?
In a recent divorce case, which surprised many family law practitioners, Judge Tolson refused to grant Mrs Tini Owens a divorce from her husband of nearly 40 years. Mrs Owens