With high profile and "celebrity" inheritance claims making their way into the headlines, there will be little surprise to hear that inheritance claims are on the rise. With more »

An 88-year-old political campaigner has won a landmark Court of Appeal ruling that the retention on a police database of details concerning his attendance at various protests more »

The fictional protagonists in Charles Dickens' Bleak House took generations to waste their inheritance on interminable court proceedings but it took a real family just four years more »

WBW has bolstered its ranks with the appointment of two new members to our Private Client Department - Amy Kernohan and Sharon Lamerton. Amy moved to the firm, from more »

In a ruling which is bound to cause consternation in the construction and associated industries, the Court of Appeal has ruled that falls in property values that coincide with more »

Europe’s largest cemetery has been awarded to the partner of a deceased businessman after the Court of Appeal ruled that she and the child they had together are entitled to more »

The general rule that the loser pays the winner's legal costs does not always apply, as a successful claimant found recently. The claim was made in the wake of defamatory more »

A property owner (the appellant) whose Victorian townhouse was severely affected by subsidence has failed to convince the Court of Appeal that a local authority and a housing more »

Increasing numbers of people are spending substantial periods of time away from their homes on account of working away, having a second home or for any of a number of other more »

When a business sues for damages because of breach of contract, the damages are based on the loss of profits for the claimant that have resulted from the breach. However, what is more »

Sometimes, people tell you things you don’t want to hear. When the person doing the telling is an expert witness you have instructed, problems can result. In court proceedings more »

A couple who had large-scale alterations to their house done, including the creation of a substantial basement room, found that the basement suffered from substantial water more »

A scam which traded on the greed of the gullible has been closed down by the the Financial Services Authority (FSA) after nearly £4 million was ‘invested’ by people seeking more »

Under UK law, anyone who is allowed unopposed occupation of a piece of land for more than twelve years (10 years for registered land if appropriate procedures are followed) can more »

Following a major review carried out last year by Lord Justice Jackson, the Government has unveiled its plans for a radical overhaul of the civil justice system.  Firstly, more »

The Government is to take action to make the process of evicting anti-social tenants quicker. Anti-social behaviour is a serious problem where it occurs and harassment by more »

When the terms of a house building contract exclude a liability for losses which might be incurred by the client for defective works, the client has no redress under a general more »