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Many grieving families have sadly been torn apart by a loved one’s failure to make a professionally drafted will. Exactly that happened in a High Court case concerning two brothers...
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Loving parents often allow their adult children to remain living in the family home for as long as they wish, in the expectation that they will, in due course, fly...
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Parents have a right to name their children and, in modern Britain, the options open to them are almost limitless. However, as a High Court ruling showed, there are rare...
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Where one person unlawfully kills another, the killer usually forfeits their right to inherit any part of the victim’s property. As a High Court ruling in an exceptionally sad case...
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If you have been mis-sold a financial product, any delay in seeking legal advice may jeopardise your right to compensation – but what if facts on which you might found...
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Having your will drafted by a professional involves only modest expense and has the great advantage of reducing the risk of your bequests being successfully challenged after you are gone....
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In the realm of social housing, there are few more controversial issues than a child’s entitlement to succeed to the secure tenancy of a parent on the latter’s death. As...
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The end of a relationship will often have important tax implications which might only be apparent to a trained professional. That was certainly so in the case of a woman...
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Making a will when your death is imminent is almost never a good idea and is often a positive invitation to dispute between your loved ones after you are gone....
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For every headline-grabbing ‘big money’ divorce case there are hundreds of others where a former couple’s assets are simply insufficient to meet their reasonable needs. As a High Court ruling...
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