Grainger Appleyard News

It has been announced that the Criminal Courts charge for convicted Defendants is to be scrapped from the 24th December 2015. The controversial charge was introduced in April 2015 by Lord Chancellor Michael Gove. The Court would impose the charge on any person convicted of an offence...

There are many ways that you can deliberately and voluntarily revoke a Will for example by making another Will in which it states that your earlier Will is to be revoked or by you (the testator) destroying the Will with the intention of revoking it i.e. burning or tearing it. However,...

At times divorce law can appear counter intuitive.  At Grainger Appleyard Solicitors we truly believe that it is important for individuals to have access to legal advice at every stage through the divorce process, including when the division of the matrimonial assets is being agreed. At...

At present there are ten firms providing duty solicitor services in police stations and magistrates courts in Sheffield.  There are nine firms providing such services in Doncaster, seven in Rotherham and six in Barnsley. Last year it was announced that from 2016 duty solicitor services...

At Grainger Appleyard we are often asked to advise employers and employees on potential settlement agreements.  Formerly known as ‘compromise agreements’, they are documents which set out the terms and conditions agreed by an employer and employee when they agree to end an...

Do we have a choice? In what has been described as a “landmark” case (Ilot v Mitson) in relation to testamentary freedom, a daughter was awarded the sum of £164,000.00 from her late mothers’ estate despite the fact that the Will made no provisions for her to receive...