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Sale of Charity land

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The end of generous pay-outs to ex spouses? Judge tells ex wife of equine surgeon to get a job

In a decision in February 2015 that was widely reported by the media as being a 'game-changer' in terms of the English court's attitude to financial provision on divorce (particularly amongst the wealthy), an Appeal Court judge upheld a judgment that there should be a staged cut-off of ex-spousal maintenance that a millionaire equine surgeon had previously been paying his former wife.

Overview of partnership and marriage for same sex couples in England and Wales

First delivered at NYSBA/STEP 10th Annual International Estate Planning Institute, March 2014. Updated to April 2015.

All change in health and safety: The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced that the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 will, subject to parlimentary approval, be replaced on 6 April 2015 by the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.

View the article to read about key amendments.

Beware the ghost in the machine

Ben Brayford and Hannah Kramer consider a recent case involving Gordon Ramsay's personal liability under a guarantee executed by a 'signature machine'.

First published in Solicitors Journal, 10 March 2015.

The Sunday Times, The Law of the Property Jungle

New housing delivery by local authorities - a return to future past?

In January 2015 the findings of an independent review (click to view) commissioned by the Treasury on the construction of new housing by local authorities were published.

Getting in the mix: Ensuring success with a mixed use development scheme

Here at Forsters, our experienced team of lawyers has compiled a three part guide to assist property developers with the effective planning and management of a mixed use development scheme.

Family office property investment in 2015

Beware the new EU regulatory environment.

Sunday Times, Ask the Experts