Planning rules have become more relaxed in recent years for outdoor structures such as sheds and summerhouses. However, before putting up any structure it is essential that homeowners ascertain what is permitted and how such a structure might impact on their neighbours. If they don’t, they risk getting into a costly dispute that could affect the value and future sale of their property.

I had been with my partner fourteen years. .. In January my partner was killed in a motorcycle accident. He didn’t leave a Will and now his family have told me that my children and I will have to move out of the house.... Can his family really kick me and the children out?

An Oswestry breast cancer survivor who became well known in the town for her ‘pink day’ fundraisers is hanging up her receptionist’s phone and retiring after 38 years of working for a local law firm.

My widowed father has never updated his Will and now it is too late because he has Alzheimer’s. My concern is that he has left nothing to his grandchildren who could really do with a leg up financially. I know it used to be possible to amend a Will after someone died, is this still the case?

My mum prepared a will prior to her death, appointing me and both my brothers as her executors. One of my brothers was recently diagnosed with cancer and my other lives in Canada. It is therefore not possible for us all to get together to sign any paperwork. Could I alone apply for probate?