United Kingdom: Wills/ Intestacy/ Estate Planning

Custody battles, divorce drama, allegations, accusations — family law cases often read like a script for reality TV. But while the stories inside family courts are emotional and explosive, reporting on them...

Paul Wild and Holly Cullen consider options as to what happens when your family is going through any form of relationship breakdown, such as a separation or divorce, and where there may be a breakdown...

Humans are innately social beings. Making gifts and supporting friends, families and charities are important parts of many people's lives, and there is often an assumption that this can simply carry on following a loss of capacity.

Paul Wild and Holly Cullen consider options as to what happens when your family is going through any form of relationship breakdown, such as a separation or divorce, and where there may be a breakdown...

As of April 2025, the family court fees have increased. Having only just increased last year already, the justification behind the increased fees provided by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) is to produce a significant level of additional funding that will go towards improving service delivery, subsidising the cost of related court and tribunal services for which they do not charge a fee, and reducing the overall cost to the taxpayer.

This is a common misconception. Mediation is not about getting back together with your ex-partner, and it is also not therapy.

The Renters' Rights Bill will abolish ‘section 21 notices', the ‘no-fault eviction' notice served by landlords on residential tenants in England.

When approaching estate planning, many fail to consider that a Will alone may not be enough to ensure that their wishes are honoured in the long term.

On 16 May 2025, the Law Commission published their long awaited report on Modernising Wills Law. It has been nearly 10 years in the making, and is accompanied by a Draft Wills Bill...