NewsPosted on 21st November, 2019By Historic rent charges are yearly payments made by homeowners to whoever owns the rent charge (rent charge owner), and date mainly from the end of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The rent charge...

NewsPosted on 12th November, 2019By There is often a misconception that wills are made by the older generations to set their affairs in order as they enter later life. In reality, a will is something that every person should have. You never know when your...

NewsPosted on 7th November, 2019By Christmas will quickly be upon us and whilst many of us will be thinking of buying and wrapping gifts, many people will also be thinking of giving cash, too. Giving away cash is the easiest way to avoid paying...

NewsPosted on 6th November, 2019By More and more people are looking to carry out their own probate without wanting to instruct a solicitor - generally to keep costs down but also as a result of the digital age we live in and the availability of tips and...

NewsPosted on 23rd October, 2019By Digital assets: What are they? Digital assets are increasingly part of everyday life. Most simplistically, they can be defined as anything that you may own or have rights to that exist online or on a hard storage device....

NewsPosted on 20th September, 2019By Everys Solicitors is thrilled to announce that we have been re-accredited by Lexcel. As the Law Society’s legal practice quality mark, Lexcel assesses seven areas of legal practice: Structure and strategy Financial...

NewsPosted on 19th September, 2019By Emma Gray and Joan Pullin, both Associate Solicitors in our Private Client department based at Honiton, have been working towards making Everys Solicitors a Dementia Friendly firm. After consultation with Gina Awad and...

NewsPosted on 13th September, 2019By It is suggested in this morning’s newspapers that marriage for women is at a record low. What then happens in a relationship breakdown? It is widely recognised that upon relationship breakdown unmarried couples do not...

NewsPosted on 2nd September, 2019By In our latest podcast , Richard Vines of Wild Beef, Hillhead Farm (near Chagford) talks about how he built his business selling his beef into Borough Market, in London. He has found that his customers want to know how...

NewsPosted on 4th July, 2019On 16th June, Julie Chapman, a solicitor in our Sidmouth office, took up the challenge of eating the same food rations as a Syrian refugee in support of Ration Challenge Week. The aim of the challenge is to raise money for food, medicine...

NewsPosted on 13th June, 2019One of the most interesting shifts in our attitude to food over the past 20 years or so has been the demand by consumers to know the provenance of the meat they buy. They want to know where it comes from and how the animals are reared....

NewsPosted on Jun 13, 2019By On 4th September last year, Anna Hill, on Farming Today (Radio 4), began with this question: “If British shoppers are spending £204 billion a year on food, why are farmers only seeing 4.5% of that?”[1] She put the question to...

Our pets give us unconditional love and are often one of our best friends.  They never judge or answer back, and they are normally pleased to see us.  However, our pets are never just pets.  They are friends, companions, working...

Memorials and mementos are important links from the past to the present: they enable the living to remember those who have died.  This is usually at the deceased’s resting place, but with cremation on the increase many people no longer have a conventional grave to...