Leigh on Sea News - legal-eagle

Back to the School Gates!

September 4, 2017 by Melinda @ Giles Wilson Solicitors

The café culture in Leigh Broadway changes this week...

Legal Eagle: Rights of the homeless

August 27, 2017 by Melinda @ Giles Wilson Solicitors

I know that we are supposed to be neighbourly and kind to everyone, but I am unhappy about some people that seemed to have moved their tents permanently onto some wasteland next door to my house. What can I do about it?

Legal Eagle: Dog Fouling along the Broadway

August 20, 2017 by Melinda @ Giles Wilson Solicitors

Is there anything I can do about it? Surely it is against the law?

Legal Eagle Q&A: I live above a hairdressers and they play very loud music – can I do anything about it?

August 10, 2017 by Melinda @ Giles Wilson Solicitors

Legal Eagle Q&A: Should I get a pre-nup?

August 6, 2017 by Melinda at Giles Wilson Solicitors

My friends are telling me that I should get a pre-nup. Whats your advice? It seems very unromantic.

Legal Eagle: Next of Kin and Power of Attorney

July 29, 2017 by Melinda @ Giles Wilson Solicitors

Q: My partner and I have lived together for 20 years (we are now both 46). He recently had a terrible accident and was basically out of it for a few weeks and the hospital would not even talk to me about his care...

20 Years in Leigh on sea!

July 16, 2017 by Melinda at Giles Wilson Solicitors

This month Giles Wilson is proud to celebrate 20 years in Leigh on sea and what a 20 years it has been both in the law and in Leigh itself!

Legal Eagle Q&A: Should my ex have more than half of our house now we are splitting up?

July 3, 2017 by Melinda @ Giles Wilson Solicitors

My boyfriend and I bought a house together years ago...

Legal Eagle: What if I'm Hit by a Bus?

June 14, 2017 by Melinda @ Giles Wilson Solicitors

Q: My girlfriend and I have just bought a house together and someone has said to us that if I got knocked down by a bus and died, she may not be able to continue living there? Is that true?

June 2017 - General Election comes to Leigh-on-Sea

June 4, 2017 by Melinda at Giles Wilson Solicitors

Legal Eagle Q&A: Do I Pay Tax on Inheritance?

May 21, 2017 by Melinda @ Giles Wilson Solicitors

I have been left £25,000 by someone in their will. Do I have to pay tax on it?

Legal Eagle: Can I Replace a Fence that My Neighbour Claims is His?

May 7, 2017 by Melinda at Giles Wilson Solicitors

Q: When I bought my house the garden fence was very tatty. I was told that it belonged to the neighbour and I have asked them to replace it but they have not. Can I just replace it myself?

Should You Be Paying for Long Term Care Fees?

May 7, 2017 by Melinda at Giles Wilson Solicitors

One of the lovely things about Leigh on sea is the sense of community and that generations of the same family continue to live in the same area.

Q&A: Does double mean trouble?

April 10, 2017 by Melinda at Giles Wilson Solicitors

Q & A: A locket of love

April 2, 2017 by Leigh-on-sea.com

Is Easter your weekend with the children?

April 2, 2017 by Melinda at Giles Wilson Solicitors

Leigh-on-sea is a lively town at Easter where there are events arranged by Leigh Community Centre, and our local schools and churches hold Easter Egg hunts and bonnet parades. Children are seen gazing into the sweet shops in along Leigh Broadway, and Leigh Road at the displays of chocolate surrounded by little yellow chicks and bunnies. It is all picture perfect family time.

Q & A: Katie Hopkins sued by Jack Monroe

March 21, 2017 by Melinda @ Giles Wilson Solicitors

Can ANYONE be sued?

Legal Eagle Q&A: Underage tanning

March 13, 2017 by Melinda Giles @ Giles Wilson Solicitors

Q: My daughter is 14 and came home on Saturday burnt from using a sunbed in a salon. I thought that under 18s could not use sunbeds?

Legal Eagle Q&A

March 7, 2017 by Melinda @ Giles Wilson Solicitors

Q: I pick my son up from school each Friday for my overnight contact. This week when I picked him up I was shocked that his mother had dressed him up as...

How To Make A Will

March 6, 2017 by Melinda at Giles Wilson Solicitors

There are various triggers that cause a person to decide they should make a Will; these include the death of someone close who may or may not have left a Will. Sometimes a change in personal fortune or the birth of a child.