Posted by the Dispute Resolution team on 3rd February 2020
When you buy a property jointly you don’t often contemplate what would happen if the relationship broke down and you wanted to sell the property, or you bought with a friend as an investment and now simply want to move on…. but the other party...
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Posted by the Private Client team on 20th August 2019
You probably have a Driving Licence but do you have an effective Power of Attorney? BLOG #2 Powers of Attorney – are they as simple to apply for and use as a driving licence? In our first Blog of this 10 part series on “Planning for Later...
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Posted by the Care Capacity Court of Protection team on 22nd July 2019
With each Blog in this series our Team and I will: 1. Highlight a hopefully interesting and significant STATISTIC 2. Provide a little COMMENT from our professional and personal experiences as later life specialist Solicitors 3. Suggest an...
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Posted by the Private Client team on 1st March 2019
Due to our longstanding professional relationship with Guild Care we were delighted to be invited to facilitate some complimentary bespoke training for their fantastic staff on the importance and potential complexities to look out for with Powers of...
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Posted by the Private Client team on 4th February 2019
“Probate” is an often mis-used term. It is often used to describe the process of administering an estate, from start to finish. In fact, a “Grant of Probate” is a document produced by the Court that proves the Executor has the legal...
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Posted by the Private Client team on 21st September 2018
The 21 September 2018 was World Alzheimer’s Day. Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common form of dementia and the numbers suffering from this devastating condition will continue to rise. Losing mental capacity, through disease, old age or an...
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Posted by the Private Client team on 25th May 2018
Thinking about the future and what may happen to us in later life is a difficult and sensitive subject. Planning for the “what ifs” is often avoided. Irrespective of age and health, putting in place a lasting power of attorney (LPA) is now...
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Posted by the Private Client team on 4th January 2018
STEP and TEP may sound like moves performed by the Royal Ballet, but they actually stand for a highly recognised, worldwide professional body representing trusts and estate practitioners from many professions, including law. Bennett Griffin...
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Posted by the Management team on 26th October 2017
Bennett Griffin are delighted to have been recognised amongst England and Wales' best at last week's Law Society Excellence Awards, receiving the Highly Commended certificate in the Customer Service category. Ian Macara, Elin Dukes and Rhys Price...
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Posted by the Private Client team on 15th September 2017
You cannot explain what it’s like to mourn someone who is still alive unless you have experienced it first-hand. - Jessica Seay Soto Dementia Friends is a special organisation founded for the purpose of increasing awareness of dementia within...
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