Posts from March 2021
Cladding crisis: Potential difficulties when resolving finances on divorce
By Emily-Jo Moore, trainee solicitor and Antonia Birchall, solicitor at Irwin Mitchell Following the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, the...
25/03/21Still waiting for the tax increases...
By Ed Tomlinson, head of Financial Planning at Irwin Mitchell We have now had time to digest the Spring Budget and other than the...
25/03/21The Land Registry’s new ‘Safe Harbour’ standard for digital identity
By Hayley Bruce, associate and practice development lawyer at Irwin Mitchell This month the Land Registry has published a new practice...
24/03/21Incorrectly drafted Will amended by the Court to accord with the Deceased's intentions
By James Wright, Solicitor in the Will, Trust and Estate Disputes team In the recent case of Mundil-Williams v Williams [2021] EWHC 586...
19/03/21Inspirational Woman Who Lost Husband To Asbestos Cancer Honouring His Memory By Providing A Helping Hand To Charity
A woman from West Yorkshire who lost her husband to asbestos cancer is honouring his memory and inspiring others by getting involved in...
05/03/21Family Calls For Lessons To Be Learned Following Man’s Death After Bowel Cut During Gallbladder Surgery At Kent Hospital
Relatives of a man who died after his bowel was cut during surgery are calling for lessons to be learned following an inquest into his...
05/03/21Expert Aviation Lawyers Concerned About Most Recent Boeing 777 Grounding
By Vincent Nichol It’s not every day that you wake up to find aircraft debris in your garden, but that is exactly what happened to some...
04/03/21Office for National Statistics publish latest family figures
By Vicki Rawlins, Associate Solicitor in the Family Team The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published the results of a sample...
04/03/21ONS Figures reveal surge in cohabiting couples
Official figures released yesterday by the Office of National Statistics confirm that the number of families and households in the UK has...
04/03/21Legacies in wills
It was reported earlier this week that Stirling Moss, who died last April, had left a 16 page will. Though the bulk of his reported...
04/03/212021 Budget: The investment view
Richard Potts is the CEO of Irwin Mitchell Asset Management It was always going to be a balancing act between the near term need to boost...
03/03/21Spring Budget 2021: private client live reaction
The much-awaited Budget from Chancellor Rishi Sunak is here. With the pandemic's hold on the country steadily waning and the UK three...
03/03/21Fresh Hope For Life-Changing Drug For Cheshire Girl After Court Of Appeal Rules Decision Not To Grant Access To Spinraza Must Be Reconsidered
The family of a Cheshire girl living with a rare debilitating condition have fresh hope that she will now receive the treatment she needs...
02/03/21Treasury Committee publishes recommendations for tax reform ahead of 2021 Budget
By Kat Wainman, Tax, Trusts and Estates senior associate at Irwin Mitchell The House of Commons Treasury Committee today (1st March)...
01/03/21New Associate For Top Law Firm’s Reading Tax, Trusts and Estates Team
Alistair Robertson-Gopffarth Joins From Moore Barlow A new associate has joined leading national law firm Irwin Mitchell’s Reading Tax,...
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