Kent Solicitors

We offer fixed fee meetings to discuss your unique situation. Local appointments in Kings Hill, near Maidstone, Kent. Early morning or evening appointments are available.

For further details call Luke English direct on 01732 897 971 or by email: lde@kaslers.co.uk

Alternatively please ring the office number 0845 270 2511 (local rate) and ask for Luke.

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A client executed an Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA) prior to 1st October 2007 and a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) in respect of personal welfare on 3rd October 2007. The client’s business has failed and he faces bankruptcy. The EPA will be affected and made invalid. However, the LPA is not invalidated. The reason for this is because the LPA relates to personal welfare.

If you are concerned about your situation in relation to EPAs and LPAs please contact Vanessa Adamson direct on 01622 844607

Labels: Lasting enduring power of attorney bankruptcy

Kaslers Solicitors LLP require a Scanning operative for our Kings Hill office

We need a responsible and reliable person to scan paperwork into our computers systems and email it to the appropriate member of staff.

Hours: Weekdays, before 10.00 and after 1700 hours. Weekend hours can be more flexible.

From September 2009 there will be more flexibility over hours. To discuss this opportunity further, please telephone Zal Virjee on 0845 270 2511

Labels: kings hill, scanning, vacancy

Executors may need to consider naming a particular type of relief (under Section 178-198 Inheritance Tax Act 1984) if the value of a property comprises if an estate falls well below the value declared for probate purposes.

If the property is genuinely un-saleable, there may be a way round the anti-avoidance provision to the effect that such relief is not available if the property is sold to a beneficiary.

Call Vanessa Adamson 01622 844 607 on to discuss further

Labels: property, Wills Probate Inheritance

Many a divorcing spouse likes to get their Decree Absolute through as soon as possible. This can be dangerous if you have not yet sorted out your finances and incorporated them in a Court Order. If your former spouse dies after the date of the Decree Absolute, you will not be regarded as a spouse for the purposes of their pension and you could lose out on the widows or widowers benefits thereunder.

Call Michelle Brennan on on 07795 821 793 to discuss further

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Most contracts to buy a house/flat contain no provision allowing the buyer to pull out, if the lender withdraws the mortgage offer. You might want to instruct your solicitor to insert such a condition, especially where you are buying a new build and the builder may take his time completing the development.

Labels: legal contracts, mortgage offers, new build properties

Paul Marsh, president of the Law Society, has warned sellers to check that they are not being overcharged by their estate agent for their HIP. The simple way to avoid this is to arrange the HIP yourself, via an independent party, which you are fully entitled to do and it will save you money. We can arrange HIPs for any property in England and Wales, which will be 100% commission free.

Call Simon Scott, Kaslers Solicitors LLP, on 0797 991 661 for further details

Labels: HIPS, Property, Selling your Home

How do you get a mother (or father) to obey a child contact order? Until recently the Court had very blunt powers. Sending a parent to jail for contempt of court was not good for the child!

Now the Court can require the parent to carry out unpaid work and can order them to pay compensation for financial losses to the other parent, eg wasted travelling expenses or loss of earnings.

Call Michelle Brennan on 07795 821 793 to discuss further.

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