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Before deciding where a child’s best interests lie, family judges often have to conduct detailed inquiries into the character and conduct of their parents. In a unique case on point,...
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If a neighbour has been granted planning permission for a development to which you object, you would be forgiven for thinking that there is nothing more you can do about...
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Where a company becomes involved in the fraudulent evasion of tax, the corporate veil will rarely protect its directors from personal liability. An elderly businessman found that out to his...
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Brexit has for years been a constant topic of conversation, but some of its potentially serious consequences remain largely unknown outside specialist legal circles. That was certainly so in the...
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The question of who is to blame for the breakdown of a marriage is often uppermost in divorcees’ minds, but it is hardly ever relevant when it comes to fairly...
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Family relationships can become increasingly complex over time, particularly where marital breakdown intervenes, and that is why it is so important to keep your will up to date. As one...
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When a relationship between partners who jointly own their home breaks down, one of them may move out leaving the other in sole occupation. That is a commonplace scenario but,...
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There is nothing unlawful about tax avoidance schemes but, however intricate and apparently foolproof they may be, their effectiveness can never be guaranteed. A businessman found that out to his...
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If someone on whom you depend financially dies without reasonably providing for you in their will, you should contact a solicitor straight away. In a High Court case on point,...
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Many families have one foot in the UK and another abroad and that can give rise to parental disagreement as to where their children should live. Wherever in the world...
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