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Tag: Family and Matrimonial, Residential Property, Private Client Tax and Trusts

High Court Exercises Wisdom of Solomon in Ordering Sale of Family Home

High Court Exercises Wisdom of Solomon in Ordering Sale of Family Home

Amidst ever-rising property prices, it can make good sense for friends or relatives to club together to buy a home where they can all live together. As a High Court ruling showed, however, the continuing harmony in human relationships upon which such arrangements rely can

Woman Fends off Ex’s Claim to Sole Ownership of Matrimonial Home

Woman Fends off Ex’s Claim to Sole Ownership of Matrimonial Home

If a property is registered in the names of joint tenants, there is a legal presumption that they own it equally and proving otherwise is always an uphill struggle. The point was made by a case in which a woman successfully fought off her ex-partner’s