…Repair Liability Unfair Terms in Residential Leasehold We also note that our 12th Programme project on Wills, which we agreed with Government to pause in order to prioritise work…
…charity law, marriage, family financial orders, wills and land registration. Currently Professor of Law at the University of Reading, Professor Hopkins has been researching and teaching property law for over…
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In this project we focus on the financial hardship suffered by cohabitants or their children on the termination of their relationship by separation or death. We concentrated in particular on…
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Download the report Download the summary The problem It’s thought that around 40% of adults do not have a will. When a person dies without one, the distribution of their…
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There is a rule of law, known as the forfeiture rule, which states that a person may not inherit from someone whom he or she has unlawfully killed. In 2000…