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5th January 2023

Who’s Your BFF?

Who is the best mate? That’s one of the issues in a dispute concerning a £400,000 Estate.

Love is blind

It is very easy to get caught up in the magic but there are important legal considerations before you both say “I do”. Love may be blind but don’t be blind to the law.

Read article by Nicola Starbuck

28th September 2022

The ‘common law marriage’ trap

It is a popular misconception that couples who live together are regarded as having the same rights as married couples. Unfortunately, this is not the case. The law does not recognise ‘common law marriage’. Simply, there is no such thing.

Read article by Nicola Starbuck

5th August 2022

Welcome to our new Head of Private Client, Vijay Singh.

Vijay Singh is appointed Head of Private Client at Thomas Flavell & Sons Solicitors.

Read article by Lindsey Connolly

1st June 2022

10 Reasons why you should make a Will

One of the most important decisions in life is generally the one that the majority of UK adults fail to make and that is to make a Will. Read on to understand why you should make a Will.

18th November 2021

Not Worth The Paper It’s Printed On?

Another Will challenge has recently hit the headlines, Clitheroe v Bond (2021). The judge in the case of Banks v Goodfellow (1870) perhaps didn’t anticipate how their words would be repeated in Courts and legal textbooks over the next 150 years.

Read article by Noel McNicholas

20th May 2021

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