CHARITIES AND THEIR ASSETS

One of the vehicles through which charities may choose to operate is a trust governed by a Trust Deed. These trusts are not incorporated and so the individual trustees carry personal liability for breach of contract, trust, duty of care, for failing to safeguard the charity’s property and so on. For this and other reasons…

Dementia Friends

All Tassells staff have now received Dementia Awareness training from Peter Marsh, an expert working for Kent County Council, and have become ‘Dementia Friends’. The training was enlightening and highly relevant to everyone, given the aging population and the increasing incidence of the condition. The emphasis is on a constructive and positive approach to dealing…

‘Commoditisation’ of Legal Services

Solicitors are under pressure to ‘commoditise’, supposedly because it is efficient and what clients want. A primary definition of ‘commodity’ is ‘an article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service’. This tells us all we really need to know. If you want to buy a refrigerator or a pineapple you…

Our Yulia Barnes Becomes Associate Member of ACTAPS

We would like to congratulate Yulia Barnes on qualifying as an associate member of The Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists. This body is open to specialists in contentious probate and trusts work and Yulia has been admitted after a testing programme of training and assessment. Please contact Yulia if you have any concerns…

The Hop Festival

Congratulations to the organisers of the Festival and to all the performers and other contributors. We were pleased to have the Folk Stage right outside our premises, which encouraged over 200 people to visit our Art Exhibition over the course of the weekend, with several pieces being sold. This is a platform for local artists…

Registering Lasting Powers of Attorney

A Lasting Power of Attorney (Property and Affairs or Health & Welfare) cannot be used by the Attorney until registered at the Court of Protection. In cases where the Power is not to be used for the time being, and perhaps is being viewed as ‘insurance against the worst case’, some people decide not to…

Employment: Restrictive Covenants

Mr Huggett left his employment with Prophet Plc to work for a competitor. His contract had a restrictive covenant intended to protect Prophet against the consequences of such a move. Such terms are legal and can be effective if correctly drafted. Unfortunately for Prophet, theirs said that Mr Huggett could not be involved in selling…

Extending a Residential Lease

A lease is a diminishing asset. Long leases of flats and sometimes houses, for which a premium is paid, are usually granted for 99 or 125 years. When the remaining term falls below about 70 years concerns creep in about whether the property will provide adequate mortgage security in the medium term. The tenant has…

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