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The High Court has struck down controversial plans to bar non-UK residents from receiving legal aid, branding the proposals a discriminatory cost-cutting measure based on little more than prejudice against...

A couple who were heartbroken when their £4 million ‘eco-home’ burnt to the ground when it was close to completion have won the right to full compensation for their loss...

Thinking of converting your civil partnership to a marriage and worried about how it will affect your will? Don’t worry, you are in the right place. Why should you make...

When the holder of a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) does not act in the best interests of the person who created the power, an application may be made to...

All too often, the wrangling over the financial arrangements on divorce turns out to be lengthy, expensive and a cause of anxiety and anger. In order to reduce these...

Any application for property development has to be considered against the local development plan. In addition to the plan, the planning officer must also take account of the local development...

The Assisted Dying Bill was recently debated in the House of Lords and appears to have a better chance of becoming law than three similar Bills introduced into Parliament in...

When an elderly woman died and left her entire estate to her window cleaner, rather than the nephew who had looked after her for a very long period of time,...

The High Court has lamented the expenditure of almost £1 million in legal costs by a warring ex-couple whose acrimonious divorce had descended into a murky world of lies, private...

Many court battles arise because of a lack of clarity in documentation which leaves an agreement capable of being interpreted in more than one way. A recent case, which...