Lost your Deposit due to Covid-19?
As a business and as individuals we have all felt the disruption because of COVID-19. Cancelled plans can be disappointingContinue Reading
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Escape Domestic Abuse
Have you been trapped in an abusive relationship and need help getting out? For advice regarding a Non-Molestation Order, pleaseContinue Reading
The danger of homemade Wills
Recent media coverage has highlighted a case where four out of five adult children were not in their father’s originalContinue Reading
Boost for home buyers as Stamp Duty is extended!
In his Budget on 3 March 2021 the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced and extension to the current stamp duty holidayContinue Reading
Haroon Qayum, (pictured) partner and Head of Private Client at Blackhams Solicitors in Birmingham and Solihull, has been awarded the ...
STEP is the leading worldwide professional association for practitioners dealing with family inheritance and succession planning. The qualification adds toContinue Reading
The ending of the only holiday that some of us had in 2020 – the Stamp Duty holiday ends on ...
In July, the Chancellor announced the suspension of stamp duty land tax (SDLT) on the first £500,000 in England andContinue Reading
Covid is changing the law like we should have done before!
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, new legislation allowing the signing of Wills in England and Wales to be witnessedContinue Reading
Wedding Venues Post Covid-19
You may have read in the recent press that the Law Commission is going to recommend modernisation of the lawContinue Reading
Adverse possession and registered land – limiting squatters’ rights
In the recent case of Dowse and Another v City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council [2020] UKUT 202 (LC) theContinue Reading
Meet our new Head of Family Law
Blackhams Solicitors are extremely pleased to announce the appointment of their new Head of Family Law, James Rogers (affectionately knownContinue Reading