Docklands Solicitor
Latest legal news from Docklands Solicitors, Kaslers Solicitors LLP.
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Agency Workers Regulations
Labels: Agency Workers Regulations, annual leave, equal treatment, hirer, night work, overtime, rest periods., terms, working conditions
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Advertising – stationary vehicles on farmland
Labels: Advertising, agricultural purpose, planning regulations, stationary vehicle
Thursday, 19 May 2011
First two Trade Mark Judgments delivered by Patents County Court
Labels: businesses, effective action, intellectual property, litigation
Monday, 16 May 2011
Freezing Injunctions
Labels: application without notice, freezing injunctions, restriction on land
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Court of Protection
1. to protect vulnerable people
2. to make sure they are cared for
3. to protect them from third parties
The powers of the Court may be used to protect an elderly person from losing their assets when they do not have the capacity to make their own decisions.
Labels: capacity, Court of Protection, protect, vulnerable
Monday, 9 May 2011
Terms of Will
In a recent case a daughter challenged the validity of her Mother’s Will when she found that her mother had left everything to her four sons and had completely disinherited her three daughters. The challenge was based on the fact that her mother could not speak English and the Will writer could not speak Gujurati. The mother’s instructions were relayed to the Will writer by a family friend who spoke both languages. The daughter alleged that her mother did not fully understand the nature of the Will.
The Court found that the mother had given the Will writer full reasons for her decision to disinherit her daughters and it was therefore clear the she fully understood the implications of her Will.
Labels: children, disinherit, reasons, Will
Saturday, 7 May 2011
Foreign Property Anti-Avoidance Rules
The treatment of the property for taxation purposes depends on whether you are domiciled outside the UK.
Domicile in relation to IHT may be established differently to domicile for other purposes. There are two anti-avoidance rules that are relevant:
1. If you have been resident in the UK for 17 of the last 20 years you are deemed to be domiciled in the UK for IHT purposes
2. If you were previously domiciled in the UK but die within three years of obtaining domicile in another country, you will still be considered to be domiciled in the UK for IHT purposes.
You should therefore seek the advice of an experienced Will Writer/Solicitor when drawing up your Will and considering Inheritance Tax provisions.
Labels: abroad, country, domicile, inheritance tax, property
Monday, 2 May 2011
Repairing and Demolishing of Party Walls
The building owner must comply with the Act by serving the requisite notice of intention on the adjoining owner provided the adjoining owner has an interest greater than a yearly tenancy (e.g., freeholder, long leaseholder) of land.
The notice is known as a “party structure notice” must be served on the adjoining owner(s) at least 2 months before the proposed start date and it must give: (a) The name and address of the building owner; and (b) details of the nature and particulars of the proposed works and the proposed start date.
If the proper notice is not given by the building owner, the adjoining owner may be able to seek injunctive relief to stop the work and may also be able to influence how and at what times the work is done.
Labels: adjoining owners, demolish, notice, Party Walls, repair
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