In any civil litigation case, the claimant and the defendant has the choice to make an offer to the other side to settle the dispute without going to court. This offer can either be accepted or rejected. In November 2019, the High Court made a judgement in the case of Hochtief (UK) Construction Ltd & Anor v Atkins Ltd concerning offers of settlement called “Part 36 offers.” Part 36 offers are formal legal offers to the other side, intended to settle your case without going to

It can come as a shock to find that the plans of someone you know who recently passed were not followed through. It could be where a close relative thought that they were going to be a beneficiary, only to have been excluded. There may be circumstances where you may suspect that a Will was not executed correctly. Recently there has been a criminal case where the Crown Court convicted an executor of a Will for fraud. The executor stole £110,000 instead of distributing it to t