To understand the new smart watched and other pro devices of recent focus, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement. Apple’s Watch records exercise, tracks our moves throughout the day, checks the amount of time we are stood up and reminds us to get up and move around if we have been sat for too long – let’s not forget Tim Cooks “sitting is the new coolness” line. To its detractors, love at first sight must be an illusion – the wrong term for what is simply infatuation, or a way to sugarcoat lust. Best Chromebook: Google…

To understand the new smart watched and other pro devices of recent focus, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement. Apple’s Watch records exercise, tracks our moves throughout the day, checks the amount of time we are stood up and reminds us to get up and move around if we have been sat for too long – let’s not forget Tim Cooks “sitting is the new coolness” line. To its detractors, love at first sight must be an illusion – the wrong term for what is simply infatuation, or a way to sugarcoat lust. Best Chromebook: Google…

To understand the new smart watched and other pro devices of recent focus, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement. Apple’s Watch records exercise, tracks our moves throughout the day, checks the amount of time we are stood up and reminds us to get up and move around if we have been sat for too long – let’s not forget Tim Cooks “sitting is the new coolness” line. What we like: Angled second screen is quite useful.Durability is top notch.Better dual-screen software.Powerful hardware features. What we dislike: Less battery life than other options.Keyboard and trackpad are flimsy.No…

To understand the new smart watched and other pro devices of recent focus, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement. Apple’s Watch records exercise, tracks our moves throughout the day, checks the amount of time we are stood up and reminds us to get up and move around if we have been sat for too long – let’s not forget Tim Cooks “sitting is the new coolness” line. To its detractors, love at first sight must be an illusion – the wrong term for what is simply infatuation, or a way to sugarcoat lust. Best Chromebook: Google…

To understand the new smart watched and other pro devices of recent focus, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement. Apple’s Watch records exercise, tracks our moves throughout the day, checks the amount of time we are stood up and reminds us to get up and move around if we have been sat for too long – let’s not forget Tim Cooks “sitting is the new coolness” line. To its detractors, love at first sight must be an illusion – the wrong term for what is simply infatuation, or a way to sugarcoat lust. Best Chromebook: Google…

A recent inheritance dispute case has provided another stark reminder about the court’s view on parties who refuse to mediate, especially when the value of the estate is relatively modest. While each contentious probate and disputed Will claim is evaluated on its own merits, taking into consideration the individual circumstances of the claim, there are some overarching factors in such cases that courts agree on. County Court claim by an adult childThe case of Rochford v Rochford occurred following the death of Kenneth Rochford whose estate was valued at around £193,000.In his Will he had left £25,000 to his adult…

A recent High Court divorce financial settlement case, OG v AG [2020] EWFC 52, was notable in a number of ways that may prove instructive to family lawyers and their divorce clients in similar cases in the future. Some of the most enlightening points considered by Mostyn J, Francis J and Cohen J in their commentary on the divorce financial settlement case include the following:The disruptive effect of COVID-19.The disruptive effect of a no-deal Brexit.The husband’s decision to set up a rival company.The impact of failing to negotiate reasonably in light of the revised Family Procedure Rules. The backgroundThe case…

Cross-border probate can seem like a very complicated area of law, particularly for families in the midst of grief and all the accompanying uncertainties that are an inherent part of the administration of a deceased person’s estate.However, to avoid the possibility of such uncertainty and, potentially, probate disputes, those with cross-border estates should make a comprehensive Will or Wills covering what should to all of their assets across all jurisdictions. There are two options to achieve this:Testators who live in England or Wales and who have assets in other territories, can make a single Will — i.e. they can instruct…

In some jurisdictions in the world – including in certain states in the US – a verbal Will may be considered valid. However, in the United Kingdom, for a Will to be considered legally enforceable it must be written down, preferably by an experienced solicitor for Wills using the appropriate language, and correctly signed and witnessed.Once a Will is in place, any amendments should also be made formally through a signed and witnessed codicil, as any change to the original document could invalidate it.So, what happens if, on your deathbed, you tell someone that you want to cut one of…

From 2 November, probate solicitors in England and Wales will be made to submit the majority of probate applications online as part of legislative changes that are designed to provide a more efficient and reliable probate service, while also leading to estimated costs savings of £20 million over the next ten years. As it stands, only one-third of probate applications are made online but the Ministry of Justice claims that once the government’s reforms are implemented this should grow to around three-quarters. Only those cases that are considered more complex – for example, because they involve intestacy, multiple claimants or…