Insights
9th September 2025
The importance of honesty when providing financial disclosure in pre- and post-nuptial agreements
The recent Court of Appeal case of Helliwell v Entwistle [2025] EWCA Civ 1055 serves as a reminder of the importance of full and frank financial disclosure when…
Insights
8th September 2025
Remember A Charity Week
During this Remember a Charity Week, it is vital that the importance of leaving a charitable gift in a Will is highlighted. In 2024, we saw a record…
Case Study
2nd September 2025
£16,000 secured for a client who slipped in a supermarket and suffered a fractured knee
Thomas Randall in Ellisons’ injury services team recently represented an elderly client, who was left with a fractured patella following a slip in a supermarket in Essex, helping…
Insights
1st September 2025
Leaving your Legacy: How to give to charity in your Will
For those of us in the UK who have written a Will, an impressive one in five have included a charitable bequest. This represents a 43% increase in…
Insights
27th August 2025
“Security for costs” A fair tool for a Defendant or a lawful way to unfairly halt a legitimate claim?
With financial pressure rising as a result of the state of the UK economy, parties involved within legal disputes are looking, more than ever, at utilising whatever tools…
Insights
26th August 2025
Selling Jointly Owned Property
In England and Wales, a trust of land is imposed when property is jointly owned by two or more parties, which separates the legal ownership from the beneficial…
Insights
24th August 2025
Making tough decisions, and doing the right thing
We all hear stories in the news about companies cutting back on staff and making redundancies, it’s becoming a regular occurrence. And it is easy to understand the…
Insights
21st August 2025
Companies House Identity Verification Process confirmed for Directors PSCs
Identity verification is currently voluntary however, Companies House has now confirmed that this will be compulsory for existing directors and people with significant control (PSCs) from Tuesday 18…
Insights
20th August 2025
Lowe v Governors of Sutton’s Hospital in Charterhouse: An update on deposit legislation
The case of Lowe v Governors of Sutton’s Hospital in Charterhouse was recently heard in the Court of Appeal. It was concerned with some of the formalities that…
Insights
18th August 2025
Selling Solely Owned Property
There are a few circumstances in which an application must be made to the Court of Protection to sell a property owned solely by a person who lacks…