News archive: June 2023

  • Posted on June 16, 2023
    QualitySolicitors Parkinson Wright are delighted to announce that their Head of Domestic Abuse, Suzanne Oldnall has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2023.
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  • Posted on June 9, 2023
    If you are an attorney for health and welfare decisions (as opposed to financial decisions), it is important to make sure that you are clear about exactly what decision making powers have been granted to you. This will ensure you can work with medical staff in the continuing best interests of your loved one if they become unwell.
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  • Posted on June 9, 2023
    Losing a mum or dad is never easy, and things can become even more distressing if quarrels arise between siblings about who should get what from their parent’s estate.
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  • Posted on June 8, 2023
    Turnover rents are increasingly common in retail lettings. In challenging times, they appeal to tenants because both the landlord and tenant share the risk of trade being adversely affected by the state of the wider economy. Landlords would prefer a guaranteed fixed rent but may have to agree to a turnover arrangement in order to secure a retail tenant. Both landlord and tenant should get expert legal advice because turnover rents are more complex than traditional rent terms.
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  • Posted on June 7, 2023
    If your son or daughter is heading off to university, you may be thinking about their accommodation. With student rents averaging nearly £7,000 a year, you may also want to help financially. For some parents, the solution is to buy a property for their child to live in while studying and possibly to rent spare rooms to fellow students. But is this a good idea?
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  • Posted on June 6, 2023
    There are many reasons why shareholders fall out. Most companies in the UK are small owner-managed businesses, which are family businesses or have been started out by friends with a common aim. Over the years people and priorities can change and no longer align. For example, not all shareholders will agree on the direction the business is moving in, or one shareholder may believe they work harder than the others, or one may disagree with the size of another shareholder’s director’s loan account, or think someone is incompetent, or taking too much pay.
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  • Posted on June 1, 2023
    According to a report by Forbes Magazine in September 2022 there are now more than 20,000 crypto currencies worth a collective $982 billion, and NFT artworks (non-fungible tokens) are changing hands for huge sums. One of the ways in which these assets differ from the other assets which are considered for sharing in a divorce settlement, is that they are much easier to hide.
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  • Posted on June 1, 2023
    Divorce can often stir up feelings of mistrust between spouses, especially when it comes to considering the financial division of assets. Sadly, it is all too common that one spouse will try and dissipate matrimonial assets, either prior to a separation or during divorce proceedings, in the hope of minimising the amount of money that has to be provided to the other spouse.
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