by johnireland | Articles
The Question Most Homeowners Never Ask If you own a property with someone else — a spouse, partner, family member, or business associate — there is a legal question sitting underneath your ownership that most people never think about. It is not whether you own the...
by johnireland | Estate Planning Essentials
The Problem Most wills are written when children are young. But children grow up — they marry, divorce, start businesses, accumulate debts, and have children of their own. An estate plan that was right ten years ago may no longer protect them today. Key Risks to...
by johnireland | Articles
The Plan You Wrote Then May Not Protect Them Now When most parents write their first will, their children are young. The provisions are straightforward: everything goes to the surviving spouse, and if both parents die, the children inherit equally. Guardians are...
by johnireland | Legal Spotlight
What Is Happening? On 5 June 2026, the Ministry of Justice published a consultation proposing that qualifying cohabitants should receive automatic inheritance rights under the intestacy rules in England and Wales. Currently, unmarried partners have no right to inherit...
by johnireland | Articles
The Consultation That Could Change Everything for Unmarried Couples On 5 June 2026, the Ministry of Justice published a consultation paper titled “A Fairer End to Relationships.” Buried within its pages is a proposal that could fundamentally change...
