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How Commercial Landlords can Preserve the Right to Forfeit
A feature of the economic upturn is that, where Landlords have had unsatisfactory tenants over the past few years, they may now feel sufficiently confident that they can replace them with a better...
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2015 Top Spot for Cambridge Solicitors in Clinical Negligence & Personal Injury
Yasmin retains the number 1 spot in Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence (for Claimants) Yasmin Ameer and Barr Ellison Solicitors have retained their number one rankings in East Anglia in both the...
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Landlords’ Buy to Let Hazard: October 2015
The Deregulation Act contains some worrying aspects for buy to let property landlords. Sections 33 to 36 of the Act will come into force on 1st October 2015 and apply to Assured Shorthold Tenancies...
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Inheritance Tax Threshold Proposal is a Trap for the Unwary
The new ‘family home’ inheritance tax threshold is in need of intensive care. The government’s current proposal to increase the inheritance tax threshold is complex and messy. The existing rules...
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Agritopics winner of Agri-Tech GROW
Patrick Mitton (right) of Agritopics with Mark Satterly, Corporate Partner at Barr Ellison Barr Ellison is delighted to have sponsored a prize at the Agri-Tech East GROW Business Plan Competition. The...
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Collecting bad debts: new bankruptcy threshold
Funds cannot be recovered from those who have none. It is therefore important to find out as much as you can about your customer and identify who they are (an individual, limited company, firm) before...
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Lease, Licence or Tenancy at Will?
The three most common ways for an owner to formalise the occupation of a property by a third party are by lease, licence or tenancy at will. It is important that owners choose the most appropriate...
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Permitted Development for Office to Residential now Permanent
Contact Elizabeth on 01223 417267 or e.deyong@barrellison.co.uk The Government recently issued two press statements relating to the delivery of new housing and published the Housing and Planning Bill....
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HMRC Self Assessment: 31 January Deadline for Online Tax Returns
Your online self assessment tax return for 2014/15 must be with HM Revenue & Customs by midnight on 31 January 2016. (The paper deadline is 31 October 2015.) Remember that you will need time to...
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Pre-Contract Searches – Solicitors’ Duty to their Clients
Contact Elizabeth on DDI 01223 417267 or e.deyong@barrellison.co.uk The recent case of Orientfield Holdings Ltd v Bird & Bird LLP [2015] EWHC 1963 (Ch) (Orientfield v Bird & Bird) has made...
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Cheques sent in full and final settlement
Will a cheque for a lower amount than that claimed but sent in full and final settlement constitute a binding acceptance if cashed or retained? The answer is sometimes. In the United States once the...
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Marks & Spencer Break Clause Decision
Sheila Balchin is a Commercial Property Solicitor at Barr Ellison “This is not any court decision, it’s the M&S break clause decision” Following Marks & Spencer’s challenge to an Appeal Court...
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3-step Guide to Signing Your Will (Short Video)
We all know the importance of making a Will – it gives reassurance that everything will be in order for our loved ones when we pass on. Our spouse, our children, grandchildren and other family and...
View ArticleBarr Ellison Christmas Murder Mystery
Thank you to our guests for joining us at the Great Hall, Homerton College last Tuesday. This Christmas had a Murder Mystery theme and the gallery of photos shows the fun with which our guests embraced...
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Silver Divorce – Until Retirement Do Us Part
The number of over-50s who are divorcing is on the increase. It is believed that changes in life expectancy are prompting many couples to reconsider whether they wish to grow old together. Whatever...
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Property Valuation Negligence: Claims Against Valuers
Valuation underpins all property-based transactions including sale, purchase, capital gains tax calculation, loan security assessment, rental value assessment, stamp duty assessment and end of tenancy...
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Silver Divorce – Until Retirement Do Us Part
The number of over-50s who are divorcing is on the increase. It is believed that changes in life expectancy are prompting many couples to reconsider whether they wish to grow old together. Whatever...
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Cambridge Light Festival February 2016
The 2016 e-Luminate Cambridge Light Festival takes place from 12-17 February this year. Make a note in your diary! Light is a fundamental resource to life on our planet. Through adopting smarter ways...
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Landlord Migrant Check Scheme In Force on 1 Feb 2016
The Immigration Act 2014 introduces a Landlord migrant check scheme whereby residential landlords are required to carry out checks that new tenants have a right to rent in the UK. Failure to comply...
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Divorce Mediation: Resolving Conflict the Mediator’s Way
Can conflict ever be good? In the context of divorcing and separating couples, probably not. Most people strive for a harmonious, balanced life as free as possible from the stresses and complexities...
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