A Typical Accident Scene
Imagine you are walking in public place such as a footpath, a car park or a shopping centre and you suddenly slip and fall. You have been blissfully minding your own business and doing your thing and, all of a sudden, you are in a heap on the ground and you are so embarrassed that you only want to get away and hide your clumsiness. True you might have hurt your knee, fractured your wrist or broken your tooth but you will put up with [...]
Buying A Home: Your Simple Guide To Conveyancing
The process of buying a house can be extremely stressful, but choosing a solicitor who is experienced in property law will help to make it as straightforward as possible. Conveyancing, the process of transferring a property from one person to another, can present many problems and issues that can delay or even stop the purchase. Having an understanding of the conveyancing process can be very useful indeed, and we hope that our simple guide will help you to feel familiar with how it works. What [...]
Renting Out Commercial Property: The Landlord’s Rights
If you own and rent out a commercial property, you will have made a legally binding contract with your tenant, or lessee. This will clarify the obligations you have to maintain your property, and specify any charges you must pay in relation to it, as well as outlining the rights you hold over the property you own. Your tenant or lessee will be renting your commercial property in order to run their business, rather than for residential purposes. This type of lease is subject to [...]
Renting Out Commercial Property: The Tenant’s Rights
If you are a tenant renting a commercial property for your business, it is vital to understand how your contract works to protect you and your landlord. Most commercial property leases are full repairing and insuring leases, which means you, as the tenant, become liable to keep the property in good repair and to keep it insured. Your lease is the contract that will protect you and your business in any difficult situations, and you should ensure that you engage a solicitor who is experienced [...]
What Happens If I Don’t Have A Will?
Making a will is something many of us do not consider essential while we are busy enjoying our lives, but it is of vital importance if you have children or you own property, and you should ensure that you have taken proper legal advice to avoid causing problems for your family in the event of your death. If an individual dies without making a will, the rules of intestacy will apply. This means that you and your family will not be in control of how [...]
Contesting a Will: The Top Five Problems
The reading of a will is often a cause for contention, and in many cases it can be much more complicated than the deceased intended. There are several issues which can be raised to make the execution of a will problematic, and these serve to highlight how important it is to ensure that your will is drafted correctly and clearly by a reliable solicitor. Here at Irwin, Kilcullen & Co Solicitors, we know that a will needs to be well written in order to avoid [...]