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Buying your first home

Your first home is an exciting purchase but also one with lots of considerations and documents. This checklist should help you get organised: Budget: Firstly, it’s important to determine how much you can afford to spend.  Gather: Collect salary information, bank statements[…]
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  • Residential Property

Welcome Sola Makinde

Sola recently joined the Cranbrook office in March 2024 and is a brilliant addition to both our Residential and Commercial Property departments. Sola attended the university of Hertfordshire in 2013 and obtained a First Class Law BA Degree. She then[…]
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Charity Bake Sale for Mental Health Resource

On the 28th of March, Buss Murton employees held a brilliant bake sale. The baked goods were sold to fundraise for Tunbridge Wells Mental Health Resource (TWMHR). Our Tunbridge Wells office was lucky enough to have Jen from TWMHR come[…]
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Will Beneficiaries, Claimants and Disputes

This article is NOT intended as information/ a guide as to how to bring nor and defend an action under the Inheritance Provision for Family & Dependants Act 1975 (‘IPFDA’75). What it is, however, is some thoughts on how to[…]

Written by Edward Walter

Published March 11, 2024

  • Legal
  • Wills

Inheritance Tax Planning: Is Inheritance Tax in the near future likely to remain a threat to the goal of passing your estate on as intact as possible to your heirs?

Francis Fukuyama in his 1992 book “The end of history…” postulated that Western liberal democracy as a statement for government, underpinned by capitalism, represented the final perfection of government and social economic systems. This is the afterglow of their seeming[…]

Written by Edward Walter

Published February 15, 2024

  • Legal
  • Wills

What Fees are Landlords Allowed to Charge a Tenant?

The Tenant Fees Act 2019 was implemented to protect tenants from unfair fees charged by landlords and letting agents. As of June 2020, many fees and charges have been prohibited.  Please note: the following guidance applies to England only. Welsh[…]

Written by Richard McCulloch

Published February 12, 2024

  • Legal
  • Dispute Resolution

Residential Property FAQs – First-Time Buyer

How long does the process of buying a house usually take? In most cases, the average conveyancing for the purchase of a home will take anywhere between 8 and 12 weeks. It can take less time than this or a[…]

Written by Helen Batt

Published February 6, 2024

  • Legal
  • Residential Property

Selecting an Executor in your Will

An Executor is a person you appoint in your Will who is tasked with the responsibility of administrating your estate. It is by no means an easy role and imposes a personal liability on the Executor should they fail to[…]
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  • Private Client

Is Mediation the right approach for me?

Relationship breakdown can be very difficult for all parties concerned, not just the partners, but for children and wider family. These days people are looking to resolve things quickly with as little acrimony as possible in these difficult times, inexpensively.[…]

Written by Margaret Sculpher

Published January 30, 2024

  • Legal
  • Family and Divorce

Wills and Business Property Relief – Inheritance Tax danger for owner managers of SMEs

Many owner managers of small to medium sized businesses are aware that on death, their shareholding or partnership interest or sole trader business’ value will qualify for the specialist Inheritance Tax treatment in the form of 100% Business Property relief,[…]

Written by Edward Walter

Published January 12, 2024

  • Legal
  • Company and Commercial
  • Wills

The Renters (Reform) Bill Controversy: Should Landlords be Concerned?

What the Government has called a “once-in-a-generation” transformation of housing laws, The Renters (Reform) Bill is intended to usher in a more equitable letting system for both tenants and landlords. Since its introduction to Parliament in May 2023, the legislative[…]

Written by Richard McCulloch

Published January 2, 2024

  • Legal
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Residential Property

The Building Safety Act

Introduced in light of the catastrophic events of the Grenfell Tower tragedy in June 2017, the Building Safety Act 2022 (the Act) contains a vast range of provisions designed to improve the safety of buildings. The Act is particularly significant[…]
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  • Dispute Resolution