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Wills, Life Planning & Probate

The day a scientific genius got his geography wrong in his Will

Michael Crowley-Milling was a nuclear physicist and played an important part in developing technology which enables us to have touch screen ...

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Business

IP Summit - Tenth Anniversary

Today marks day 2 of the 10th instalment of the annual Pan-European Intellectual Property Summit or ‘IP’ summit as it is more colloquia...

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Business

Star Wars - The Fans Awaken

Nearly 40 years after originally appearing on screen and 10 years after the latest instalment, Star Wars is set to make its triumphant retur...

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Family Law

Thanksgiving.. a time for family reflection

Happy Thanksgiving to our friends across the pond... a time for family reflection In September 1620, a small ship called the Mayflower lef...

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Family Law

Highlighting Family Dispute Resolution

This week, 23rd to the 27th November is Family Dispute Resolution Week. Organised by Resolution, It is designed to raise awareness of altern...

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Family Law

Major change for surrogacy in India

The Indian government has announced a ban on foreigners travelling to India and using surrogate mothers. The ban has arisen amid claims abou...

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Business

Social Media a 'Wheely' Good Idea in Intellectual Property

The growing power and influence of social media has again been demonstrated, this time, in the intellectual property sector of the legal pro...

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Family Law

Cohabitation on the rise

Figures that were released last Thursday (5th November) show that the cohabiting couple family continues to be the fastest growing family ty...

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Business

Are you in the darkroom on Copyright Law?

Despite being a right that is inherently not registerable, copyright is becoming an increasingly powerful and prevalent form of intellectual...

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Business

Is Uber unlawful?

In a recent court case, the High Court has ruled that the ‘Uber’ app which has recently taken the country by storm is not unlawful. Ube...

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Wills, Life Planning & Probate

Inheritance Tax - do you want the good news or the bad news?

At present everyone has an inheritance tax allowance of £325,000. This means that someone can have up to that sum in their estate when they...

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Family Law

Dishonesty and Divorce don't mix

The Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the appeals of two women duped into accepting 'unfair' divorce settlements from their former husba...