Frances Woods

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• News
  • Acquiring a property title by adverse possession
    Posted on October 2, 2020
    While the Government consults on its ideas for speeding up and simplifying the planning system, now could be a good time to sort out any problems with land in your commercial property portfolio, so that you are ready to go if a great opportunity comes along.
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  • When a promise of land or property is not honoured in a Will
    Posted on November 29, 2019
    If you have put your life plans on hold to help out a family member who has promised to leave you land or property in their will by way of reward, you will understandably feel aggrieved where they fail to make good on this.
    
    Whether there is anything you can do about it depends on the circumstances and in particular whether the facts of your case entitle you to ask the court to enforce the terms of the promise.
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  • Challenging a Will your Relative was pressured into making
    Posted on November 15, 2019
    Everyone has the right to make a Will leaving their money and property to whomsoever they choose. But what happens where decisions about who gets what have been unfairly influenced by another person? Does the Will stand or can it be challenged by relatives who are convinced that it was made under duress?
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  • Keeping control of your rental property
    Posted on March 29, 2018
    There are good and bad in both tenants and landlords. Tenants may pay their rent on time and look after the place they call home, or they may not. Landlords may observe their obligations to their tenants, including the requirement to keep the rented property in good repair, or they may not. However, failure of landlords to observe their duties to their tenants carries a far greater potential penalty than that for tenants and the law is very much weighted in a tenant’s favour to ensure that tenants are not taken advantage of by unscrupulous landlords
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  • Who will benefit from your death?
    The issues of Inheritance are not always straightforward.
    Posted on January 23, 2018
    There are a number of common misunderstandings about Wills and the rules surrounding them. Many adults have not yet made a Will either through fear it means that they will die or that it doesn’t really matter as you trust your loved ones to “do the right thing”. However, if you have not made a Will, it may be the case that your loved ones, even if honourable enough to “do the right thing”, will not be the ones who are able to make those decisions.
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• Blog
  • Beating Bowel Cancer
    Posted on October 13, 2017
    I'm wearing the vest at the Birmingham half marathon to help raise awareness of bowel cancer.
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