People often think about houses, savings and heirlooms but don’t have a plan for the photos that hold a thousand moments, the messages they want to keep, and the accounts that pay for daily life.
A recent article in the Daily Telegraph highlighted the importance of an often overlooked, document, the Lasting Power of Attorney, or LPA. LPAs are invaluable in situations where someone becomes unable to look after their own affairs.
The eagerly awaited business rates judgment from the Supreme Court has clarified that two non-adjacent floors occupied in a single office block by the same company should be treated as two separate rateable properties, leading to increases in the amount payable by the ratepayer (Woolway (Valuation Officer) v Mazars LLP [2015] UKSC 53).
One year has passed since permitted development rights were extended to allow the change of the use of a building and any land within it from agricultural use to use as a residential dwelling.
