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Attention to detail is everything in my world. There are so many things that can go wrong. Missed deadlines. Missing documents. On more than one occasion, a missing witness (or two). But still the most important detail is in the words used (or omitted) and so the importance of checking, and double checking everything is […]

Read the instructions, even if you don’t follow them!   It’s one of my favourite lines, but only applies in my personal life. In my professional life, I will tell you that following the instructions is just as important as reading them! Or, if you’re not going to follow them, at least take legal advice first […]

Being a solicitor can involve wearing more than one hat. If we’re doing family law, then not only are we giving legal advice, but we’re often giving financial guidance as well as a degree of emotional support to the point where you can sometimes feel like a counsellor. In construction disputes, we need to have […]

I’m a great believer that age is a state of mind. Most days I have to remind myself that there is a significant age gap between myself and some of my staff, which means that there are things that I will talk about, such as old practices, old cases and old laws that not only […]

I’m a big fan of giving clients all the options (even the bad ones), setting out the pros and cons, and then leaving them to make up their own minds. It’s my job to give you as many routes as possible, but it’s not my role to tell you what to do. Sometimes clients ask […]

I love to talk. I can often be found on my feet (with a drink in my hand) talking about football (or possibly not, at the moment!), Guinness, law, politics, travel, alcohol, food, sport, champagne and why my glass is empty. In fact, getting me to talk is easy.  Getting me to sit down and […]

And no, I don’t mean when I’m sitting at the bar with a bottle of bubbles and I’m not willing to share! Although that is definitely I time when I might not be pleased to see you! Unless, of course, you bought your own bottle. What I was actually thinking about, was a risk of […]

You’re probably thinking it’s me, seeing as how the sun is shining and the tv is full of adverts for BBQ and picnic food. But I wasn’t talking about the weather. I was actually talking about Intellectual Property. If you’re a football fan, you will no doubt know who Cole Palmer is. If you’re not […]

No, this isn’t about family law – in fact, if it was, this statement would be wrong. In family financial proceedings, what’s yours is ours, and what’s mine is ours – and either side’s ability to argue that an asset falls outside of the family pot can be quite difficult.  Which is a good reason […]

I’ve always known that having a will is a good idea, although not really essential until you have kids and/or assets. I know that if someone doesn’t have a valid will, there is a prescribed formula for deciding who gets what. And I know that certain things will automatically render a will invalid, such as […]