Rob McKellar has joined our Private Client team. Rob qualified as a Solicitor in 2009 having completed his Legal Practice Course at Exeter University and subsequent training in Somerset. He has since worked for a national legal service provider and also a legal 500 London based firm. Rob specialises in Wills, Probate, Lasting Powers of Attorney and […]
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The Section 21 minefield
The tenancy deposit scheme has been in force since 6 April 2007. As a result landlords are now well versed in ensuring that deposits in respect of assured shorthold tenancies are paid into deposit protection schemes. However, further amendments to legislation effective from April 2012 and from October 2015 have caught some landlords out and […]
Inheritance act claims for cohabitees
As this is Cohabitation Awareness Week, our Rob Synnott has been considering the rights of cohabitees if their partner dies. It is often thought that cohabitants, simply by the nature of their relationship, have a right to claim against the estate of their partner in the event that their partner dies, even if their partner […]
Not what you bargained for?
So you’ve instructed solicitors or conveyancers to buy a property either for residential or commercial purposes and the purchase completes without difficulty. But what if, a few weeks after moving in, your neighbour approaches you to explain that they have a right in relation to your property that you had not been aware of? What […]
Get off my land!
You’ve been in possession or occupation of land for a period of more than 10 years despite not being the registered owner? Well maybe it is time to consider whether you can apply to register as proprietor by claiming adverse possession. Under the Land Registration Act 2002 a party who has been in adverse possession […]
THIS MONTH – changes to GDPR – are you ready?
Privacy law is changing from 25th May 2018 onwards. The aim is to harmonise rules across the European Union relating to the protection of personal data and to make them fit for purpose in the digital era. There has been significant fanfare but what does GDPR really require a business to do? Data protection law […]
St Ives office relocation
We have now relocated from Fernlea Terrace to our newly renovated premises at Unit 5D St Ives Business Park, Penbeagle Industrial Estate, St Ives, TR26 2JH. John Dunstan will remain as Managing Director in the office and will continue to offer all of the services he has done previously. Mykal O’Toole will also be based […]
“But I’m too young to make a Will!”
Are these words you hear yourself saying? Making a Will is often considered to be something that you do when you get older but the reality is that it is never too early to get your affairs in order – and given that you can make a new Will at any time, there is certainly […]
St Ives Office is on the Move!!
It is with great excitement that we can now announce that our St Ives office is moving! Having spent many, many years at our current location of Fernlea Terrace we have decided to move away slightly from the town centre and we are opening our St Ives office at St Ives Business Park, Penbeagle Estate […]
Certainty in business – security of tenure
If you are a commercial leaseholder operating a business you may have spent many years building up a client base or you may have spent significant amounts of money altering your premises. The last thing that you want or can afford is for your landlord to ask you to leave your premises at the end […]
