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Jargon busting - Wills

Tarisai Gonyora
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You have decided to make your will. You’ve met with your solicitor, discussed your needs and received advice. You then receive your will to review, but find it contains words you may not fully understand. Let’s look at some of those terms and...

A history of Martin Tolhurst - The first 100 years 1886-1986

Barbara Stewart
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Martin Tolhurst is an amalgamation of several firms, which, in 1986, nearly 40 years ago, celebrated its centenary. The Founder Frederick William Martin was admitted as a solicitor in 1881.  He was the son of Thomas Martin, a local pilot and a...

Right to Manage and why it could work for you

Roger Matharoo
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Right to Manage (RTM) is a process that enables leaseholders of flats/apartments to take over the management of their building. The right applies to leaseholders of a building or part of a building containing at least two flats. At least two-thirds of the...

The law and taking children out of school for holidays in term time

Richard Salvidge
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Every child in the UK must get an education. This starts from the school term after their fifth birthday and lasts until the last Friday in June of the school year in which they reach the age of sixteen. Education is compulsory in the UK and children can...

Open your mind and secure the future

Nathan Hidson
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There are few certainties in life, but as American statesman Benjamin Franklin famously wrote, two things we can be sure about are “death and taxes”. Yet planning for our ultimate demise, or our decline along the way, is something that we...