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Buying a Live-work unit A live-work unit is a space that combines your workspace with your living quarters. It is designed from the outset for dual residential and business use where one or more persons can carry out business. Typically, the business is on ground level and faces the street. The most traditional arrangement places… Continue reading Buying a Live-Work Unit

Buying or  Selling a business Buying or selling a business can be a complicated and difficult transition for all. We have specialist lawyers who can help you in making the right decisions. Business sales can be business to business or to the general consumer. Business to business sales involves selling products or services to businesses… Continue reading Buying or selling a business

Easement In the law relating to property, easements are a common reason for dispute. Easements are a right of one property over another property. An easement is a right that someone may have to use land that they do not own in a certain way, or to prevent the owner of that land from using… Continue reading Easement

Claim against an estate under the inheritance tax (provision for family and dependants) act  Under the  Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975 it is possible for certain persons to make a claim against your estate if you have failed to make reasonable financial provision for them. The persons who can make such a… Continue reading Claim against an estate under the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975

Option Agreements An option agreement is an agreement entered with the owner of a property if you want to buy a property conditional upon the happening of a certain event or if you want to be guaranteed the opportunity to buy a property during a specified period of time or at some future date, then… Continue reading Option Agreements

Lease Assignments An assignment of lease is the answer to challenges like: A tenant who is willing to move to another apartment but is not certain of what to do because he has a contract with his Landlord which is preventing him from moving, a tenant who is willing to take over as tenant of… Continue reading Lease Assignments

Grant of a new lease Ola Leslie Solicitors is a United Kingdom based Law firm equipped with commercial property solicitors who are experienced and skilled in acting for both landlord and tenants in all aspects of commercial property leases. We can assist the landlord with the granting of a new lease. Commercial leases can be… Continue reading Grant of a new lease

When do I end my obligation as an Executor? The duties of the executor vary depending on the specifications of the deceased person’s will.  An executor who declines this duty can  can remove yourself by filing the proper paperwork in probate or surrogate court. A new executor or will administrator may be appointed by the… Continue reading When do I end my obligation as an Executor?

An intestate person is a person who dies without making a will. When a person dies without leaving a valid will, their property (the estate) must be shared out according to certain rules. These are called the rules of intestacy. Intestacy Rules (set out in the Administration of Estates Act 1925) determine who gets what… Continue reading What are the rules of intestacy?