Grainger Appleyard News

From 1 July 2015, there will be new lasting power of attorney (LPA) forms. The Office of Public Guardian has confirmed that the new forms for both property and financial affairs LPAs and health and welfare LPAs will be simpler and clearer. It is anticipated that the new forms will be easier...

With effect from the 6th April 2015, the Government has introduced radical changes in pensions which could have a significant impact upon couples going through the divorce process. Now, in addition to the existing provision for a 25% tax free cash from a pension fund it may be possible to...

One incident of domestic violence is reported to the police every minute. On average, two women a week are killed by a current or former male partner. Domestic violence also affects one in six men. In Doncaster alone there were 9200 reported incidents to police in 2013/...

The Inheritance and Trustees Powers Act 2014, which came into effect on 1st October this year, simplifies the laws of intestacy (the rules that determine who inherits from a person who hasn’t made a will). Under the changes, where a person dies without a will leaving a spouse/civil...

One or two people have asked us recently if Legal Aid is still available for criminal proceedings the answer is “yes it certainly is, depending on certain criteria”. There have been changes over the last few years to financial eligibility but the situation is fairly...

The criminal behaviour order is being introduced to deal with, what the Government labels, the hard-core of persistently anti-social individuals who are also engaged in criminal activity. The court can make a criminal behaviour order against the offender if two conditions are met: the...