No such thing as ‘Common -Law’ marriage or partnership. If you are living with a partner and want to provide for their future security, then it is imperative that you make a Will. It is also very important to make a Will if you have children together – there is no such thing as a ‘common law’ marriage or partnership. … Read More
The Gazette, 10 January 2020
Why no Will? Every month Rebecca Weare & Beccy Bristow solicitors at Start Point Law hold free legal clinics in Kingsbridge, Dartmouth and Salcombe libraries. Over the course of 2019 our free legal clinics in the three local libraries added up to over 64 hours of free legal advice. We give our time to support our community because we think … Read More
Why worry about Digital Assets
The Gazette, 19 June 2019 Every month we hold free legal clinics in Kingsbridge and Dartmouth, and in April, May and June we held a clinic Salcombe Library. We recently met a couple concerned about newspaper articles reporting a story involving a widow who had to take court proceedings against Apple to get access to the photographs that her deceased … Read More
Severing a joint tenancy
Legal clinic round up – August 2018 Every month we hold free legal clinics in Kingsbridge and Dartmouth. Over the summer we helped lots of people with a variety of legal issues, including a couple who needed help with an issue with their landlord, several people with questions about wills, a man who was in dispute with his siblings over … Read More
Why make a Will?
Legal clinic round up – July 2018 Every month we hold free legal clinics in Kingsbridge, Totnes and Dartmouth. We had a busy month at all three clinics. We are always happy to try to tackle any issue and if we don’t immediately know the answer we usually know someone who does. Our specialist areas are wills, lasting powers of … Read More
Getting married cancels your Will
Legal clinic round up – February 2018 Every month we hold free legal clinics in Kingsbridge, Totnes and Dartmouth. The most popular topics that people want to discuss with us relate to Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney. A particular question that arose this month is what happens to my Will if I get married or divorced. When you marry, … Read More