Our solicitors can provide expert advice on the legal rights of unmarried couples planning to live together or separate.
At Giles Wilson, we can provide you with advice on the financial and other legal implications of living together as an unmarried couple – such as tax, wills and inheritance advice. We can also draft cohabitation agreements, providing advice on how to tie these in with future wills and deeds of trust for jointly owned property.
And if you are planning to separate, we can give you advice on your rights, with particular regard to how it affects your children, finances and property. These include cases under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996, as well as claims regarding property for resulting constructive trusts and proprietary estoppel.
Our family solicitors are prepared to provide the necessary legal guidance if you and your partner are not married.
Trusts can be a mystery to many people, often with a notion that they promise unlimited benefits for estate planning and asset protection purposes.
In Series 2, Episode 1 of the #TVLawyer Podcast, Melinda Giles speaks to fellow Giles Wilson Partner and Private Client specialist Caroline Woodham about the changes to Inheritance Tax law after the Autumn Budget 2024 was announced in November.
With Powers of Attorney you are giving power to someone to make decisions about everything about you if you don’t want to or can’t make those decisions yourself.
The expertise of our solicitors is regularly recognised by some of the profession’s most distinguished organisations. As well as being a member of a number of Law Society schemes, we have won awards at the Law Society Excellence Awards, the Halsbury Legal Awards and the Modern Law Awards.
We have also received recognition in the form of the Lexcel mark of quality, a Legal 500 listing and a place on the shortlist of The Lawyer’s Boutique Firm of the Year.
Our accolades
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We hope that you do not have cause to complain about us but we do take any complaints very seriously and urge you to speak to a partner initially and if you are not satisfied then to follow our Complaints Procedure.
When to report a solicitor to the SRA
If you have complained to your solicitor about breaching the SRA Code of Conduct and are not satisfied with their response, you can report them to the SRA. Examples of a breach include:
When to contact the Legal Ombudsman
If you have complained to your solicitor about poor service and you are not satisfied with their response, you can contact the Legal Ombudsman who deal with poor service, such as:
