Wiseman Lee

From the humble beginnings of a one room office in East Ham and a boss/staff ratio of 1:1 Wiseman Lee is this month celebrating 60 years in East London. To mark the occasion a day out in Brighton for everyone was arranged and a lot of fun was had by all.  Now back to work [...]

“Looking after number one” doesn’t sound a very friendly approach when you are buying a house or flat together particularly when you are starting out making a commitment to each other. It’s fine if you are jointly buying a property as a married couple as there is detailed matrimonial law which enables the court to [...]

You may have come to the conclusion that your relationship is at an end, and you now want to obtain the best possible advice on how legally to end the relationship. Wiseman Lee LLP is here to help you and we have designed a service to lower the costs you pay whilst providing you with [...]

Don’t be like Richard III and get buried in a car park – make a Will.  Although funeral provisions in a Will are not legally binding, they give a better indication to your executors as to how you wish your earthly remains to be dealt with than leaving it all to chance. Don’t be like [...]

Extending your lease – what does it mean to you? Do you own a flat? If you do, it is a major investment whether you live in the flat or rent it out. Changes in the market may send prices up or down, particularly in the present economic climate, but that is true of any [...]

Rent Deposits – Important Changes for Landlords and Tenants For people letting out their property and to tenants renting on assured shorthold tenancies (ASTs) there have been some important changes to the rules about protecting rent deposits, and both landlords and tenants need to be aware of how those changes affect them. A few years [...]

On 30 September 2012 and after 45 years in the profession our senior partner, Paul Wershof, retired as a partner of Wiseman Lee LLP.  We are pleased to confirm that Paul will remain as a consultant of the firm. Paul joined the firm (formerly Wiseman Greenman and Lee) in 1974 and qualified as a solicitor [...]

When a relationship ends, be it a marriage, civil partnership or people living together in what is sometimes called “a common law marriage” the client needs good advice and appropriate support and not just from those they know and trust but from skilled professionals who are best placed to offer them guidance. The Law Society [...]

Equity release schemes In these recent hard times, many registered property owners facing repossession by their lenders have resorted to selling their properties to a purchaser who pays off the mortgage and agrees to let the former owners have a tenancy agreement, sometimes promising them that they can stay for as long as they like. [...]

Legal aid reforms: government promises to listen On 20 December 2011 the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offender’s Bill will be scrutinised in committee. The bill was already subject to considerable criticism when debated during its second reading in the House of Lords on 21 November 2011. Criticism was widespread throughout the Lords and [...]