Please be aware that our Stourbridge Office is currently closed for remedial repair works following flood damage. Your nearest alternative office can be found at the Waterfront Business Park in Brierley Hill.

Family Inheritance Disputes Are Increasing

Family Inheritance Disputes Are Increasing

Disputes over family inheritance are on the rise, with applications to challenge wills reaching record levels in the final quarter of 2024. New data shows that 3,061 applications were lodged to enter a ‘caveat’ with the Probate Registry during Q4 2024 — the first time...

Don’t be scared to make a Will this Halloween!

There are lots of reasons to make a Will, yet despite this more than half of adults living in the UK do not have a valid Will. Without a Will, the Rules of Intestacy will say who will inherit your estate and who can apply to administer your estate and this may not be...
New year, no Will?

New year, no Will?

Happy New Year! At this time we welcome in the New Year, by raising a glass and singing the traditional “Auld Lang Syne”. But how many of us understand what this old Scottish poem by Robert Burns is about? “Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?...
What is Proprietary Estoppel?

What is Proprietary Estoppel?

What is proprietary estoppel?  Proprietary estoppel is a legal claim that can be brought when a landowner has made a promise to transfer its land to someone else and later retracts that promise.   Example of proprietary estoppel  This can occur...
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