I can assist you in the following areas: I can assist you with the sale and purchase of residential property in England and Wales. All the work involved is done by me personally and is not delegated. You will have the benefit of my 19 years experience in conveyancing and property law. I act as your independent advisor and attract many new clients through personal recommendations. I do not pay for the introduction of clients and will never do so. I advise you on all legal aspects of the house-buying process including: • The nature of joint tenancies and tenancies in common • The nature of property searches and their limitations • What particular concerns you may have such as the existence of a right of way • The enforceability of otherwise of restrictive covenants • The nature of a seller's duty of full and frank disclosure of past events when selling a property and the effect of concealing or misrepresenting material facts • The onerous duty on purchasers to pay Stamp Duty Land Tax • The dangers of underdeclaring the true property value • The advantages of making a will when purchasing property I advise you on all non-legal aspects of the house-buying process including • The merits of different types of survey and their likely costs • What type of surveyor to commission to carry out the report • Why some standard surveys are not worth their exorbitant cost and tell the buyer next to nothing • The importance of dealing directly with the person from whom you are buying or selling • Once you have agreed to purchase a property but problems arise the advantages of not conducting further negotiations through estate agents • Acting for tenants acquiring a new lease • Acting for tenants assigning an existing lease • Acting for landlords on the grant of a new lease • Acting for tenants acquiring an existing lease • Is it likely to take hold? • Are there any real advantages over the current leasehold system • Is it cheaper and more efficient to operate by leaseholders owning the freehold through their management company and each having 999 year leases • Shorthold tenancies prepared • The rights and obligations of landlords and tenants under shorthold tenancies explained • Deeds of trust • Advice on contracts and their termination and consequences of breach of contract • Debt collection • Consumer rights • Deeds of Easement • Deeds of Variation • Deeds of Change of Name • Taking declarations and oaths • Drafting declarations and affidavits • Advice on their merits • Advice on restrictions on the attorney's powers • Advice on their drawbacks and the scope for abuse by the attorney • Advice for attorneys on the duty to register an Enduring Power of Attorney when the donor becomes mentally incapacitated • Advice on the attorney's duties when an Enduring Power of Attorney is registered and the powers of the Court of Protection to supervise the attorneys actions • When can a receiver be appointed? • When must a receiver be appointed? • The role of the receiver • The role of the Court of Protection • The advantages of having a will • The necessity for a personal service • Internet wills are dangerous and likely to lead to litigation since the testator's mental capacity can only be judged by a professional during a personal interview. • Home or hospital visits arranged • Advice on the ability of the testator to make a valid will • The necessity of interviewing the testator on his or her own • How can wills be challenged • What is undue influence? • What are the limits to the freedom of testamentary capacity. What obligations must a testator have regard to when making a will. • Does the will deal with any foreign property? If not should it? Has a foreign will already been made in respect of a foreign property. The dangers of 2 wills in different jurisdictions. • An English will for Spain and France: the law explained • Advice on Inheritance Tax • How best to mitigate the effects of Inheritance Tax • Discretionary wills trusts explained • How a discretionary will trust for a married couple can save Inheritance Tax • Living Wills are also called Advanced Directives • Their nature and effect • Are they legally binding? • Can they be revoked? • Advice for personal representative clients • The rights and duties of an executor • The advantage (still) of a deed of variation to save Inheritance Tax • Administration and winding up of estates for executor and administrator clients • Help with property situated in France and Spain • Advice on the dangers inherent in extending to attorneys, deputies and parties claiming to know the wishes of the patient, the power to order dehydration and withdrawal of simple cures (such as insulin and antibiotics) and by placing in the hands of bureaucrats the power of non-voluntary abortion and sterilisation • How the Mental Incapacity Bill 2004 gravely endangers the mentally incapacitated

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