Top 10 Tips on Buying and Selling a Home

A selection of our top tips to make buying or selling a home as easy as possible: Tip 1: Find and instruct a solicitor before you have found a buyer for your property. Most people often only decide to instruct a solicitor once they have found a buyer and agreed a price. However, instructing a solicitor from […]

Paying for the Cost of Care

Paying for the Cost of Care and the Deliberate Deprivation of Assets Generally speaking, any person that has capital assets over £23,250.00 will be expected to meet the costs of their own care. The exact cost of care is dependent upon the care home and its facilities but it is not uncommon to see costs […]

Why your Will is so important

The Law Society of England and Wales issued a warning today: If you fail to make a Will, your death could create significant problems for your grieving family and friends. Marking Dying Matters Awareness Week, Law Society president Jonathan Smithers urged everyone to ensure they have a professionally written will. He said: ‘Everyone knows making a […]

New National Living Wage

In the July 2015 Budget, it was announced that a new mandatory National Living Wage (NLW) will be introduced for those aged 25 and above. The new NLW will come into effect on 1st April 2016 and has a starting rate of £7.20. Based on earnings for a full-time worker on the current NLW, the […]

Important Changes for Landlords from 1st October 2015

With the new Deregulation Act 2015 some important changes are coming into force on 1st October 2015 regarding section 21 notices, and landlords’ further responsibility to tenants. The rules really affect ASTs (‘assured short hold tenancies’) that begin on or after 1st October 2015. For ASTs starting before 1st October 2015 In relation to serving […]