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Welcome to the Edwin Ross website. We are a small practice concentrating on the needs of accountants, dentists, SME business owners as well as commercial property and trust work. You may find one of the articles below of interest, or click on the "Our Services" link above to get more details of the specific services we offer.
With a background in larger law firms in and around the north west we offer over 30 years of legal experience upon which to draw.
Articles
Intestacy - Changes
- 12/02/2009What happens when you die without a will? The current law of intestacy was established in 1925 and sets out which of your relatives will receive how much of your estate and what will happen if there are none... read more
Who Decides the Location of the Funeral?
- 12/02/2009The general rule regarding a person’s funeral is that the executor of the estate has the right to make any necessary arrangements. Where there is no will, the person granted the letters of administration of the estate has the right... read more
Covenant Rights Need Not Continue
- 12/02/2009A bungalow owner who wished to replace a flat roof with a pitched roof found himself in court recently when his neighbour sought to rely on a fifty-year-old covenant 'not to make any addition or enlargement or alteration' to the bungalow without the consent of the vendor... read more
Expat Pensioners Not Entitled to Inflationary Increases
- 12/02/2009Excluding expatriate pensioners from index-linked pension increases that are available to UK residents does not amount to discrimination, according to a recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights... read more
Animals and Divorce
- 12/02/2009Financial settlements on divorce normally involve making financial provision for any children but, in a recent case, the ex-wife of a wealthy man successfully argued that her love of horses was sufficiently important to her that substantial maintenance should be payable for their upkeep... read more
Forced Marriage – The Current Position
- 12/02/2009The Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act came into force on 25 November 2008, with specialist courts being created to deal with the cases arising... read more
Speeding Drivers to Face Double Penalty Points
- 12/02/2009New guidelines on penalties for speeding have been set out in a Road Safety consultation paper. The proposed changes will mean that motorists caught driving at a speed significantly over the limit could face a penalty of six points on their licence, rather than the current three points... read more