You really should make a Will …

Far too many people don’t make a Will, assuming that their next of kin will inherit their estate automatically. That is not necessarily the case- if, for instance a man dies leaving a wife and two children, his widow will be serverly restricted in her entitlement in order to protect the interests of the children, sometimes with near-disastrous results. Also, if husband and wife with no...
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A lovely lunch – and a race to the finish!

The Tenterden Pudding Club – a monthly lunch meeting for lawyers, estate agents, accountants, etc, in Tenterden – had its pre-Christmas lunch today. We were well-hosted by Juliet Porter at the Swan Village Inn in Sandhurst – absolutely top quality “pub grub”, making a good change from “turkey with all the trimmings” that is so ubiquitous this time of...
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When lawyers and clients agree

It is particularly rewarding when a client “gets it”: when he or she so understands and appreciates my work philosophy that it almost a case of two minds with but a single view. However, it is very rare: I can probably count on the fingers of one hand the number of clients who are so in line with my attitudes and processes that there is never a glitch in the process of acting for...
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More on boundaries

Property boundaries are probably the single biggest cause of disputes with neighbours, each fighting fiercely to protect “their” land.  However, the position is rarely clear cut, and it is never worth falling out with your neighbour if it can be avoided The Physical Boundary: A registered title almost never shows ownership of individual boundary structures such as walls, fences and...
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Solicitors just don’t get it, do they?

On the whole, people (that includes solicitors’ clients) like to be treated as individuals, don’t they? They don’t usually want to be treated as “just another file”, yet all too often that is exactly how solicitors treat them: they expect clients to fit into the lawyers’ procedures, not the other way around. OK, procedures are often in place for very good...
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