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Yogi Amin
E-scooter trial to begin next month
Written by David Withers, Personal Injury Partner& Kelly Lingard, Personal Injury Solicitor In London, electric scooter trials will begin...
28/05/21
Yogi Amin
Compulsory Insurance Law to change
Written by David Withers, Personal Injury Partner The Government recently announced its intention to seek to change the law governing...
28/05/21
Irwin Mitchell
Dementia Action Week – Capacity and Private Wealth
By Nicola Bushby, Partner, and Katherine Reed, Solicitor in our Will, Trust & Estate Disputes team at Irwin Mitchell Dementia Action Week...
20/05/21
Irwin Mitchell
Dementia and Care Fees - Pitfalls of not planning properly with property
By Stewart Stretton-Hill, Tax, Trust & Estate Senior Associate at Irwin Mitchell Dementia is not a natural part of ageing but 1 in 14...
20/05/21
Emma Hopton
'Common law marriage’ myth: It’s time for cohabiting couples to protect themselves financially
By Emily-Jo Moore, trainee solicitor at Irwin Mitchell As a result of changes in society and greater freedom of choice as to how we...
19/05/21
Irwin Mitchell
Divorce and dementia: A spotlight on the issue for Dementia Action Week
By Sarah Balfour, Family Law partner at Irwin Mitchell The latest figures suggest that there are around about 850,000 people living with...
19/05/21
Emma Hopton
Akhmedova v Akhmedov: Concealing assets in family proceedings will not be tolerated
By Emily-Jo Moore, trainee solicitor in the Family Law team Following landmark Supreme Court rulings in Sharland v Sharland and Gohil v...
13/05/21
Yogi Amin
The High Court considers expert duties and conflicts of interest
Written by Katy Clarke, Solicitor, Public Law & Human Rights The duties of experts, and the topic of conflicts of interest, have recently...
12/05/21
Irwin Mitchell
Retirement planning tips for the employed and self-employed
When it comes to retirement planning generally the earlier you start the easier it is to get into good savings habits, little and often...
10/05/21
Yogi Amin
The risk of stroke after brain injury
Written by David Withers, Personal Injury Partner The University of Birmingham have recently published their review into the likelihood...
07/05/21
Irwin Mitchell
Our story – Financial planning and wealth management team at Irwin Mitchell
By Richard Potts, Chief Executive, IM Asset Management Ltd A look back on 21 years It all began in 2000, 21 years ago, following two...
22/04/21
Irwin Mitchell
Here’s why there’s no Investment Super League
Past performance is no guarantee of future performance. This is a familiar line used by Financial Advisors to make it clear that just...
22/04/21
Irwin Mitchell
The ins and outs of preparing for care
By Stewart Stretton-Hill, Tax, Trusts and Estates senior associate at Irwin Mitchell We all have different visions of our ‘golden years’,...
19/04/21
Michelle Chapman
Trustees and social media: a guide on how to act
Written by Polly Coram, associate solicitor and Danni Brannon, paralegal in the Will, Trust and Estate Disputes team Charitable trustees...
19/04/21
Irwin Mitchell
Wills and LPAs: why you need one
By Emma McCann, Tax, Trusts and Estates partner at Irwin Mitchell 54% 1% of UK adult population have a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA)....
15/04/21
Yousafa Hazara
Gifting as an Attorney or Deputy
By Camilla Greenwood, solicitor and later life expert at Irwin Mitchell Gifting as an Attorney or Deputy When you've been entrusted to...
07/04/21
Irwin Mitchell
How much money do I need for my life?
As a financial planner, this is (often literally) the million pound question. For many of us, the idea is that in order to be able to...
07/04/21
Yogi Amin
Will proposed changes to mental health legislation improve protection for people with a learning disability or autism?
Written by Kirsty Stuart, Solicitor at the Irwin Mitchell Public Law and Human Rights Team The appropriateness of continued detention for...
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Irwin Mitchell
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...
25/03/21
Irwin Mitchell
Still 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...
25/03/21
Irwin Mitchell
The 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...
24/03/21
Jodie Buck
Incorrectly 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...
19/03/21
Spencer Bailey
Inspirational 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...
05/03/21
Spencer Bailey
Family 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...
05/03/21
Spencer Bailey
Expert 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...
04/03/21
Hannah Braisted
Office 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...
04/03/21
Emma Hopton
ONS 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...
04/03/21
Nicola Hawkins
Legacies 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...
04/03/21
Irwin Mitchell
2021 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...
03/03/21
Irwin Mitchell
Spring 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...
03/03/21