by alternative resolution to conflict | Apr 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
When most people get around to writing a Will, they think that’s that – their Will remains in place until they die. Not quite. As a general rule, if you marry (or form a civil partnership) your Will is automatically cancelled. Presumably this was put into place to...
by alternative resolution to conflict | Jun 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
This post follows on from my earlier post ‘Four Characteristics of Mediation’, which is availabale at: https://wp.me/p4doqK-2jT Mediation is a process that people enter into voluntarily. The people involved in a dispute decide to consider mediation as a...
by alternative resolution to conflict | Jun 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
In March 2023, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) published a recent consultation paper on taking the compulsory element of private family law mediation a stage further . At present, people involved in a family dispute must attend an individual Mediation Information and...
by alternative resolution to conflict | Mar 21, 2016 | business inheritance, executors, human resources, Uncategorized, Wills and Probate
Following the death of a business owner, an executor will be nominated (in the will) to manage the administration of their estate (probate). People will often ask friends or relatives to act as executors for their will, but for business owners the implications of...
by alternative resolution to conflict | Feb 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Businesses spend a great deal of time analysing risk, but when it comes to the potential for people who lead companies to unexpected die, business owners will often prefer to avoid a discussion about their own mortality. This is a particular issue for small...
by alternative resolution to conflict | Feb 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
Continuing from our last blog, which identified why giving your home to your children (in order to avoid the cost of care and tax) may not be such a good idea, we’ll spend a little more time on two solutions to the problem – writing a will and setting up a trust....
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