The basis of the current divorce law: Currently, in order to get a divorce in England and Wales, you need to show that your marriage has irretrievably broken down. This is the only ground for divorce and is demonstrated by using one of the following 5 facts: That one party to the marriage has committed…
Barrett and Co are pleased to welcome our new Paralegals, Charlotte Butcher and Kanchana Kumari to the Team. Less than a month before moving to Reading, Charlotte started her new role as a Paralegal in the Company and Commercial department. Prior to her move, Charlotte lived in various cities around the UK, including Cambridge and…
‘How long will my property transaction take to complete?’ – is one of the most frequent questions that our Residential Property Team encounter. On most occasions our response is either ‘we don’t exactly know until we investigate the Title’ or ‘standard conveyancing transactions can take up to 8 to 12 weeks’ – the latter response…
The owner of the documents in the client file depends on the role in which the solicitor is acting, either as an agent of the client or as a professional adviser. In the instance that the solicitor is acting as an agent to the client, the nature of the documents is primarily correspondence between the…
We are delighted to announce that Richard Ince has recently been promoted to Senior Associate Solicitor in the Residential Property Department. Richard joined Barrett & Co Solicitors in early 2017. Since joining the firm’s Residential Property Team, Richard has acquired significant experience in residential sale and purchase transactions (including both registered and unregistered land). Richard’s…
As our children are heading back to school and university, and home-working with a full house becomes a distant memory, now is as good a time as any to take the opportunity to review our financial and personal affairs. September is often a time for families to get organised for the future; with children progressing…
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought us many challenges over the last 15 months, and unfortunately one of those is families having to come to terms with the loss of a loved one much earlier than would ever have been anticipated. One outcome of these unexpected deaths, is that many people unfortunately did not have the…
The government has passed legislation that requires all workers in CQC registered care homes to be vaccinated against Covid-19. The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 comes into force on 11 November 2021. Workers will have a grace period of 16 weeks in which to receive both doses of…
HM Revenue & Customs has reported that total inheritance tax receipts were £5.35 bn for the 2020/2021 financial year. This is a 3.68% rise from the previous year. In the tax year 2018 to 2019, London and the South East accounted for 53% of the total inheritance tax charged across England. The average tax paying…
We are pleased to welcome Zoe Bowers as our new Private Client Paralegal. Zoe started her new role just one week after her big move to Reading from Stoke-on-Trent. She is definitely not a stranger to relocating, having lived in 4 different Asian countries growing up. Zoe says she has adapted quite quickly and is…
