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Disputes between neighbours can blight the lives of all concerned and it is always wise to seek legal advice before matters get out of hand. In one case, an elderly couple face losing their home under the weight of legal bills following a long-running row with their neighbour over her access to a utility meter. The meter was attached to an exterior wall and the neighbour could only access it by going onto the pensioners' land. They denied her access by erecting a gate that they kept locked. After she...

With an increasingly peripatetic workforce, more and more people are finding that the issue of their fiscal residence has a significant effect on their tax position. The response to this in the UK has been that tax legislation surrounding residence has been tightened up considerably over the years in order to bring more people into the UK tax net. It would also be fair to say that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have become more argumentative regarding tax matters than used to be the case, even vigorously pursuing several cases...

It has been revealed that the widely reported case last March in which a wife was not granted a divorce from her husband because she could not demonstrate that his behaviour had been unreasonable will be decided by the Supreme Court. Under English law, there are only five grounds under which divorce can be sought. These are: adultery; desertion; separation for two years where the spouse consents; separation for five years without the spouse's consent; or ...

Although a worryingly high proportion of the population never make a will, a fairly large number of those who do make more than one. It is sensible to make a new will or add codicils to an existing will if your circumstances change significantly. However, some people do take the process to extremes, as is evidenced by a case involving the estate of a woman who made 13 different wills between 2004 and 2014. Her final will was admitted to probate in 2016 and its validity was challenged by her...