Samantha Kennedy recently completed her training contract with Sinclair Law, qualifying into their Private Client department where she specialises in estate planning, Will drafting, Lasting Powers of Attorney, asset protection and estate administration. Samantha is passionate about providing a high quality and tailored service to her clients. With 4 years prior experience within this sector, she understands the importance and care which must be taken when dealing with each client’s … [Read more...]
Recent Supreme Court Case Could Bring About a Big Change in Divorce Law
The Case: Owens v Owens On 17 May the case of Owens v Owens took place in the Supreme Court. Mrs Owens had been denied a divorce on the grounds that her husband’s behaviour was not deemed ‘unreasonable’ enough for the purposes of the divorce petition. She appealed this decision and the outcome is eagerly awaited. Mr and Mrs Owens separated in February 2015 and Mrs Owens tried to divorce her husband on the basis of his behaviour. He defended the divorce, which is unusual in itself, and the … [Read more...]
Problems with the Bank of Mum and Dad: Couple lose £90,000 they say was loaned to their daughter, but she says was a gift.
Parents and grandparents are increasingly being called on to step in to help younger family members buy their first home due to todays house prices and the ability of the younger generation to get on to the property ladder. It was predicted that parents would lend £6.5 billion to help children purchase a property in 2017. This has increased from the £5 billion lent in 2016. Meaning parents will be involved in more than 25% of UK property transactions. In a recent case a couple who lent … [Read more...]
Cheshire Divorcee Loses Divorce Deal Which Gave Her £175k A Year For Life
The ex wife of the multi-millionaire finance director of travel company TUI applied to the court to increase her maintenance of £175,000 a year by a further £23,000 in addition to her £9.76 million settlement at the time of the divorce in 2012. However, her bid to increase her maintenance backfired, with the court ruling that rather than increasing the payments which the Cheshire divorcee was due to receive for the rest of her life, the payments should stop altogether after 3 years. Meal … [Read more...]
Meet The Team in 2018
Free Initial Meeting with Specialist Family Law and Wills and Probate Solicitors Sinclair Law Sinclair Law are going from strength to strength with two new appointments. Lucy Hart is an accredited specialist in family law with over ten years of experience in top tier city centre law firms. Laura Stansfield joins the team after being a partner in Laura Stansfield and Co for 9 years and specialises in Wills, Trusts, Lasting Powers of Attorney, administering estates and Court of Protection … [Read more...]