Plan, Talk, Live is the theme of the Dying Matters Week organised by the charity Dying Matters to take place between the 18 and 24 May 2015. The aim of the week is to have the population talk about death and planning for later life both of which are such taboo subjects. Local events are […]

If you were shopping online and saw your face on a t-shirt, how would you react? Would it be a moment of surprise, shock, horror, delight…..? Melanie Armsdon is one individual who encountered this situation and her reaction was one of shock. Ms Armsdon had published a selfie on Instagram featuring her hair in a […]

The government has announced the Help to Buy: ISA. First-time buyers who choose to save through a Help to Buy: ISA will receive a government bonus, which will be calculated and paid when they buy their first home. The government bonus: will only be made available for home purchase; can only be put toward homes […]

The law relating to people who are missing and presumed dead has been improved but now the Ministry of Justice have announced assistance for the relatives of missing people to take charge of the financial affairs of the missing person. The aim of the new law is to ensure that once found, a missing person […]

Following the box office sensation “The Theory of Everything”, which was released in cinemas at the end of last year depicting the life of Professor Stephen Hawking, the famous scientist has sought to trade mark his own name. Hawking, along with fellow scientist Brian Cox, have both applied to the Intellectual Property Office to have […]

In one of the first cases to be heard under the Defamation Act 2013, the High Court has awarded £444,000 in damages to the online marketing and advertising company, ReachLocal UK Ltd (ReachLocal) who fell victim to a defamatory campaign led by rivals on the “dark side”, Your Online Digital Agency Ltd (Yoda). With a […]

Blacks Solicitors LLP are proud to be one of the latest businesses to join the Leeds Dementia Action Alliance. There are an estimated 800,000 people living with dementia in the UK with over 8400 living in Leeds. This figure is set to increase to 12,000 within the next few years. People often mistake dementia as […]

On Christmas Day during the Queen’s speech new legislation was announced (although you could have been forgiven for missing it); the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill (SBEE). Overview The SBEE has been enacted in response to the recession of 2008 to not only try and provide some transparency into the ownership of UK companies […]

The Supreme Court unanimously upheld a wife’s right to lodge a claim for financial provision despite her divorce being finalised over 20 years ago. Ms Kathleen Wyatt has been successful in her bid to lodge a financial settlement application in pursuit of her now millionaire ex-husband Mr David Vince. The pair had lived a ‘new-age […]

In a recent piece in the BH&HPA journal we explained the importance of succession planning to include making a Will and considering the need to obtain a Power of Attorney. As part of planning for the future it is also important to consider how, if you or your partner needed to live in a care […]

Fracking is a live issue and isn’t going away any time soon. Fracking is essentially a way for companies to get shale gas out of the ground by using high pressure water and chemicals. There are many environmental, political and economic arguments surrounding what some may see as a controversial method of extracting a natural […]

Few will have failed to notice that a large, annual awards event took place this Sunday. Ball gowns were chosen, dinner suits pressed, and gushing acceptance speeches prepared by all of the nominees. That’s right, this weekend the great and the good from the equestrian world descended upon Birmingham’s National Motorcycle Museum for the British […]