Insights

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Revoking a will is a common and entirely legal process, but it must be done properly to avoid confusion, will disputes, or unintended consequences.

One area that commonly leads to contention is the gifting of assets near the end of someone’s life. These gifts, known as deathbed gifts, can be subject to legal challenges.

If you are considering contesting the validity of a will, you will need evidence to support your claim. The most common forms of evidence used are medical records, the will file from the solicitor who drafted the will, and the testimony of those who witnessed the will signature.

Larke v Nugus requests are typically made when you are looking to contest the validity of a will and need evidence to support your claim.

Those setting up a business may be aware that it is important to make sure they understand and have tailored their company’s foundational documents such as Articles of Association to work for their business (a prompt to an AI assistant will give you this reply!).

As an employer, are you faced with making redundancies? In the recent case of Hendy Group Ltd v Daniel Kennedy [2024] EAT 106, you must be sure you have made a reasonable effort to identify or support alternative employment.

Our Corporate team is on the awards trail once again as they celebrate winning two awards at last night’s West Midlands Rainmaker Awards. The team won Regional Legal Team of the Year and Large Deal of the Year (Over £50m).

Practical overview of adverse possession law affecting tenants who encroach beyond lease boundaries onto neighbouring or landlord land

The much awaited Employment Rights Bill inches closer towards implementation with the government releasing a Road Map to Implementation.

Award winning regional law firm, Higgs LLP has launched its Legal Career Insights Scheme this week. The scheme is a two-week work experience programme aimed at Year 12 students, taking place on 2–3 July and 8–9 July.

We’re celebrating Latoyah Thompson today, 1 July, as she qualifies as a Solicitor into the firm’s Property team. Latoyah is the firm’s first Graduate Solicitor Apprentice to qualify via the SQE route, having passed SQE1 in July 2024, and subsequently sat the SQE2 in January 2025.