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Our senior consultant Rodney Hylton-Potts is a top international lawyer and was a leading London solicitor for over 25 years.

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Do you have rent arrears?

Monday, March 15th, 2010

We can help beat off, or at least delay your landlord

If you have fallen into arrears with your rent, the landlord serve a notice and then take you to Court to get you out.

There is often a way you can stay rent free, and even profitably.

If it is your home, the landlord is obliged to place the deposit for rent and dilapidations you have paid into a government scheme. Many egged on by dodgy estate agents do not do so.

This is your way out.

If you have received a notice, eviction or possession proceedings, contact the experts. We may be able to turn things around, and we will certainly fight your corner.

Consult the expert property lawyers in London. For more information or a free legal opinion telephone 020-7381-8111 (24 hour service) or email law@rhplaw.co.uk

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Funny Legal Cartoons

Friday, March 12th, 2010

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Class Actions

Friday, February 26th, 2010

The nearest we have had in the UK to as a US class actions have related to the tobacco industry, are not really accepted in English law.

We are pioneers in this area, however, and have joined clients together in what is, effect an a class action to put pressure on for example Local Authorities, Government departments and stubborn big business.

We fight for the little man, woman and their children.

Rodney did not get his nickname Rottweiler by being ‘touchy-feely’.

David and Goliath is for us a challenge and not remotely intimidating.

If you feel bullied telephone the expert

Rodney Hylton-Potts – law@rhplaw.com or call 020 7831 8111 today

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Ashley and Cheryl Cole’s Chihuahuas

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Hylton Potts says….

‘I decline to give detailed comment on speculation that I am advising either Ashley Cole or Cheryl Cole, or indeed not both of them, which would not be proper.

What I can say is pet custody battles can be bloody.

Their Chihuahuas Buster and Coco could be subject to a battle, as bitter as for those of the £22,000,000 of assets.

Couples must understand that a pet may seem like a family member. To a court it is just another possession to be divided at divorce.

Be aware that if the animal was yours before the marriage or if you have been the primary carer of the animal during the marriage, you are more likely to be awarded possession.

Tell your lawyer how important your pet is to you, and make sure he or she treats this as a priority.

If you have children, it makes the most sense for the pet to live where the children will live, since they have probably formed an attachment.

Talk to your spouse about the pet and see if you can work something out. You might be able to make a mutually acceptable visitation arrangement.

Avoid separating pets if you have two or more of the same species, as in the Cole case. This could cause depression or anxiety for the dogs.

Show that you are the person best able to care for the animal – you have the time to play with it, exercise it and groom it. If necessary, have your vet testify about your ability to care for the animal.’

Further information Rodney Hylton-Potts 020 7381 8111 or law@hylton-Potts.com

Hylton-Potts Legal Consultants  – Divorce Lawyers in London

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Teachers disciplined for sexual misconduct

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Win the right to a lawyer

Teachers facing disciplinary action because of sexual misconduct allegations involving pupils have the right to a lawyer.

The teacher (a man) kissed the boy (15) in a local church. He was dismissed after the boy’s parents read about the kiss in their son’s diary.

The school reported the teacher to the Secretary of State for Schools, who, has the power to ban teachers for life from working with children.

Delivering judgment, Lord Justice Laws said that a lawyer might make a “great deal” of difference to the “flavour and emphasis” of the governors’ conclusions, as well as to any contest over the main facts.

“And if an advocate might have effected such a difference before the governors, then the influence of their conclusions on the final decision making might also have been different.”

Rodney Hylton-Potts said “This is a major breakthrough for all in the caring professions. Hearings are not meant to be overly formal or adversarial but we need to bear in mind what is at stake.”

In these days of safeguarding, the implications on a teacher of malpractice allegations can be profound. They are as a bad as being convicted of a criminal offence in other spheres of work.’

Telephone or email, Rodney Hylton-Potts, the expert who can be with you every step of the way on our 24-hour legal helpline service.

Phone 020 7381 8111 or email law@rhplaw.co.uk

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Can we remove an executor?

Monday, February 8th, 2010

How many beneficiaries of wills complain about an executor, who is too slow and expensive?

Nearly all, and often the criticism to justified.

A professional executor’s client is dead so it can easily go to the bottom of the pile.

Here at Hylton-Potts Legal Consultants, we help you replace the Executor with you the beneficiary, to take over the winding up on an estate for a fraction of the price of a professional executor and much more quickly.

The costs are usually less than £1000.

A Mr David Khan is applying to the High Court. Keep an eye on the case. It could have important implications for beneficiaries.

In the meantime if you want any advice about a will, probate or executors call the expert Rodney Hylton Potts on 24 hour free legal helpline.

020 7381 8111

Or e-mail

law@rhplaw.co.uk

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The World’s Favourite Airline?

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Imagine the scene. You and your wife board a BA flight, and you find yourself sitting next to a 12 year old boy travelling alone.

The steward asks you to move. You ask why, and are told that this is a policy, which in effect treats all men as perverts.

A fairy story? Not at all. This is a case before the Slough County Court where a humiliated and furious businessman, with a wife and children of his own has had enough of it.

All of us should boycott BA flights until this outrageous discriminatory unlawful practice is stopped.

What do you think?

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The Detective Spouse

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Where a wife (usually) suspects that her husband is concealing assets, she turns detective.

Copying documents, steaming open post, listening to phone calls and rummaging through his papers, to find secret bank accounts, credit cards and assets held in a third party names. often a mistress.

In the case of Hildebrand the Judge ruled that a document left lying around can be copied, and used in a divorce financial claim.

The celebrity chef Pierre Marco White is hitting back and is taking his ex-wife and her solicitors to court for dirty tricks.

Shivers have gone down the spine of family solicitors, who are running scared.

We are not like that. Nor would we be so intimidated. If the procedure is correctly followed the right of a wife not to be cheated and lied to, will outweigh rules governing commercial espionage.

If you think your spouse is hiding assets from you come to us. Solicitors are no use to you any more. We can help.

Consult the expert with over 25 years experience of dealing with difficult situations like this. There is no substitute for experience, coupled with speed, efficiency and cost effectiveness.

24 hours a day.

Rodney Hylton-Potts 020-7381 8111 or email law@rhplaw.co.uk

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The Eleventh Commandment

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

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Stamp Duty on Goodwill – the season of goodwill by the tax man?

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Goodwill arises from the business and personal relationship between the person who runs the business, and its clients or customers and the reputation of the business.

It has a value. It can often have a higher value, than a lease or fixtures and equipment.

Judges have talked about cat goodwill, dog goodwill, rat goodwill and even rabbit goodwill, and when you hear what they all mean, they mean, you will laugh but your head will spin.

The tax man attempts to tax goodwill but this can and should be resisted, with expert advice.

Also the split of the price between goodwill, a lease and fixtures and equipment when one is acquiring a business such as a dry cleaners or a restaurant, can have important tax implications.

Consult the experts.

Rodney Hylton-Potts
24 hours a day legal help and e-mail advice line.

020 7381 8111
law@rhplaw.co.uk

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