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Millions could be heading into retirement crisis

More than 90 percent of private sector workers with defined contribution pensions will not be able to afford a comfortable retirement,...

10/06/21
Nicola Hawkins

Carers Week: Legal authority to act for others

This week is Carers Week, which is an annual campaign dedicated to raise awareness of the role carers provide.  It’s important that a...

09/06/21
Yogi Amin

A whistle-stop tour of carers' rights

The Care Act 2014 created a shift in relation to carers’ rights and for the first time placed carers’ rights on a similar footing to...

08/06/21
Irwin Mitchell

Access to Work: How can I get support to stay or return to work if I have a disability?

By Michelle Morris, financial planner at Irwin Mitchell Asset Management As a financial planner, I understand the challenges and barriers...

02/06/21
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...

06/04/21
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