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Consumer Rights Law - Guidance

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Package Tour Problems and Travel Delay - Your Rights

We often hear of problems associated with package tour holidays and customers' attempts to gain...

Divorce and Money

When it comes to dealing with money and divorce, it is important to know what has to be taken into...

Helping Your Executors

Being an executor is a demanding job at the best of times and a task that is made all the more...

Keeping Your Identity Safe

With the practice of fraud by impersonation becoming ever more frequent, clients are advised to...

Relationship Break Up and Tax

Getting divorced is never a pleasant experience and couples going through the process have a lot...

Pensions and Divorce

Divorces among the over-60s are by no means infrequent and, whilst the potential for acrimony...

Divorce and the Family Home

Family break-up is always complicated and when there is a property involved, things can get very...

Post-Nuptial Agreements - the Basics

Although divorce rates are in decline, more than 40 per cent of marriages end in divorce (in...

Divorce and Foreign Nationality

Approximately one in six marriages in the European Union is between persons of different...

Uninsured Drivers and Compensation Claims

When accidents cause damage or injury and the responsible driver is uninsured, a claim can...

Business Assets and Divorce

Divorce is seldom an easy business, but the problems are compounded when there is a family...

Child Custody Explained

Arrangements over the custody of children (called residence arrangements by lawyers) after...

Cohabitees and Death - Who Can Claim?

When one member of a cohabiting couple dies, it can come as an unpleasant surprise to the bereaved...

Civil Partnerships And Same-Sex Marriage Explained

The first civil partnerships were formed on 21 December 2005, after the Civil Partnerships Act...

How do I Leave Money to Charity in My Will?

It's easy to include a charity in your will, but you should always consult your solicitor before...

Cohabitation Agreements - Protection for Unmarried Couples

One of the most common myths in English law is that there is such a thing as a ‘common law...

Divorce and the Company Director

Divorce is almost never easy and the financial negotiations can be protracted and difficult,...

Charity Trustees - Guidance

The regime governing charities has been progressively tightened up over the years, making the sort...

Divorce and Foreign Residence: Children

When a marriage breaks up, it is usual for the couple to separate physically as well as legally...

Pre-Nuptial Agreements: Wise Planning for the Wealthy

Following a decision in the Supreme Court , in which a pre-nuptial agreement entered into by a...

Faulty Goods: Know Your Rights

In the UK, customers have various rights in respect of faulty goods. The Sale & Supply of...

Administering Estates - Procedures and Pitfalls

A recent survey has shown that more than one in ten people who are thought to have died intestate...

Asset Valuation Problems - Chattels

When dealing with an estate, an increasing problem for executors is the valuation of assets in the...

Heir Hunters - Take Advice!

Until the recent publicity afforded by television shows on the subject, many people might not have...

Estates - What Happens if Values Fall?

One of the biggest problems now facing executors is that assets can fall in value as well as...

Making Your Will - Guidance

It is easy to keep putting off making a will. However, having a valid will is the only way to...

The Process of Divorce

Although divorce is a commonplace occurrence these days, few people going into their first divorce...

Unfair Contract Terms - Your Rights as a Consumer

UK consumer protection legislation is robust, giving them substantial rights and imposing...

Neighbours From Hell: Local Authority Powers

The Housing Act 2004 contains a variety of measures designed to protect householders from the...

Child Maintenance Explained

The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) – a statutory non-departmental...

A Guide to the Adoption Process

The most important requirements for adoption are that the adopter must be over 21 years of age,...

Taking Children into Care - The Legal Process

We often hear of children being taken into care, but the process by which this occurs is not well...

What Happens on Intestacy?

The Inheritance and Trustees’ Powers Act came into force in late 2014. It changes...

What is a Trust?

A trust comes into effect when a ‘settlor’ places money, land or other assets in the...

Treasure Trove - The Law

There are countless stories of buried treasure, for example, the recent a huge find of...

CGT and Shares in Estates Valuation Trap

In the UK, there are quite generous exemptions from Inheritance Tax (IHT) which apply to business...

What is a Lasting Power of Attorney?

In October 2007 there was a fundamental change on the way in the way powers of attorney are...

Correcting Your Credit Rating

Most people require credit at some time, whether it is in the form of a credit card, a loan or an...

Changing Wills For Benefit

A will expresses the final wishes of the deceased person and it is commonly thought that a will is...

Credit Card Purchases: Know Your Rights

When you order something and pay using a credit card, you are protected against loss...or are you?...

Who is Under the Influence?

The law recognises that some people (such as solicitors or accountants) have a high degree of...

Dealing With an Insolvent Estate

One of the rules that applies to the administration of estates is that whilst a person appointed...

Compensation for Loss of a Chance

Most claims for damages are claims for damages or losses which have actually happened. For...

Guide to Parental Responsibility

The 1989 Children Act aimed to clarify the law regarding who could look after children. One of...