Lockdown resolutions! With a New Year upon us and another lockdown in place, what will you resolve for 2021? Will you roll out those tired old resolutions that we all find it so hard to stick to? Healthy eating, losing weight, getting fit, more time
It is always advisable to have a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) in place to ensure that a trusted friend or family member can deal with your affairs on your behalf, should you become unable to manage them. We take a look at the decisions
We’re delighted to welcome you to the new legalmatters website! If you’ve visited our website in the past, you may have noticed that it’s different to how it looked pre-Covid. But it’s not just how it looks that’s changed. Over the past few years, we
At legalmatters we all work hard to ensure an excellent service is provided to our clients, so we are particularly pleased to receive real, positive, independent, feedback. This mainly comes via “Review Solicitors” and can be found either from the link on our website or
If you jointly own a property at the time of your death, your share will not necessarily pass to the other owner. We take a look at the two different types of joint ownership and what happens when one owner dies. When you buy a
Financial services firm Canada Life says that 59 per cent of adults in the UK have not made a Will. This means that some 31 million people have not chosen who to leave their estate to. Who doesn’t have a Will? The study found that
On July 8th 2020 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced an eight-month stamp duty holiday. This extra home buyer incentive will end on the 31st March 2021 and has been created in order to help boost Britain’s housing market and battle the fallen house prices
Many people like to leave a gift to charity in their Will by way of a legacy which not only benefits the charity but also has tax benefits for the donor. Often, when an estate is valued at greater at £325,000 or more it becomes
Cryptocurrency is an increasingly popular method of online payment. It is best understood as a form of currency that exists as a digital asset, with no paper or coins. One of the main benefits is that it is secured in such a way that it
The announcement by Chancellor Rishi Sunak to increase the threshold at which Stamp Duty Land Tax is paid has opened the door to thousands of pounds worth of savings for home buyers. What is Stamp Duty Land Tax? Stamp Duty Land Tax, or SDLT, is