Our firm has always been immensely proud of our dedicated staff who regularly take part in fundraising events to support worthy causes.

However, our latest charity challenge is certainly scaling new heights!

Generous clients and hardworking lawyers in our private client team, together raised more than £2,000 for two very worthy local causes.

In May, Mander Hadley held a ‘Make a Will Week’ in support of The Myton Hospices, offering to prepare Wills free of charge, but asking clients who took up the offer to donate to The Myton Hospices. It has now been confirmed that £820 was raised for the charity as a result of these donations.

Planning ahead for all eventualities is becoming increasingly important, as life can be incredibly unpredictable and an injury or illness can have drastic consequences, particularly if you and your family are unprepared.

Recent research carried out by the Alzheimer’s Society suggests that the number of people living with dementia in the UK – which currently sits at around 850,000 – will hit one million by the year 2025.

One of the fundamental requirements of a Will has always been that the document is ‘signed’ in the presence of at least two witnesses who must in turn confirm this by signing the Will themselves.

But what does ‘sign’ actually mean? You might assume that this means a person’s signature but a recent appeal court decision suggests this is not always so.

A landmark Appeal Court ruling means that homeowners who are blighted by Japanese Knotweed growing on neighbouring land, will now have legal redress.

Network Rail was taken to court by two Welsh homeowners, Stephen Williams and Robin Waistell.

Ongoing issues relating to the fight by some so called ‘gig economy workers’ to be reclassified as ‘employees’ has raised new issues relating to gender discrimination, following legal action by a transgender courier.

Stanley Hayley, now known as Hayley, is believed to have brought the first LGBT+ discrimination claim in the gig economy.