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UPDATE: The Domestic Abuse Bill The Domestic Abuse Bill started in the House of Commons in 2019. It was introduced to further support and protect victims of Domestic abuse by improving the effectiveness of the justice system in bringing perpetrators to justice. The Bill will create a statutory definition of domestic abuse, including physical, emotional and financial abuse; it will prohibit perpetrators of abuse from cross-examining their victims in person in the family courts in England and Wales; and as confirmed by the Justice Minister yesterday, it will make provisions...

Further Insecurity for Renters following Court of Appeal Decision PRESS RELEASE: Trecarrell House Limited v Patricia Rouncefield EWCA CIV 760 Today, 18 June 2020, the Court of Appeal handed down judgement in Trecarrell House Limited v Patricia Rouncefield. The case was heard on 29 January 2020 in front of Lord Justice Patten, Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Moylan. A copy of the judgement is available to download here. The key question in the matter was whether or not a landlord could evict a tenant using the no-faults eviction process...

If you die without making a will, there is a real risk that your loved ones may be left high and dry. In one case, a man who said that he was grieving over his partner's death found himself bereft of legal rights and locked out of the flat they once shared. The deceased was the leaseholder of the flat and, when he died, the man's licence to occupy the premises came to an end automatically. Because the deceased died without making a will, his elderly father, as his next...

HMRC are scrapping cheques for the payment and repayment of Inheritance Tax (IHT) and temporarily accepting printed signatures on IHT returns, as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The introduction of new ways of processing IHT and returns is to reduce delays to its service at this time. The normal process for signing the IHT account requires all legal personal representatives or trustees physically to sign the form IHT400 and IHT100, but in response to self-isolation and social distancing measures now in place to tackle the spread of COVID-19, HMRC are...