Archive for July 2019

A judge has ruled that a son was entitled to a share of the family farm, despite having fallen out with his parents, because he had worked for more than 30 years on the understanding that the land would pass to him The High Court heard that in 1981, the parents made wills under which…

The number of affordable homes has increased according to the latest figures published by the government’s housing accelerator, Homes England. The numbers of house builds started and completed in the past 12 months are both up on the previous year. Between April 2018 and March 2019 there were 45,692 new house builds started under programmes…

A woman has been granted £1.2m despite being written out of her father’s will after they had disputes in the later years of his life. The judge found that the woman was eligible for the monies as she had worked on the family farm for 30 years to enable her in inherit it. Lucy Ann…