What Is Conveyancing and Why Is It So Important?
Whether you’re buying your first home, selling a property, or remortgaging, conveyancing is a key part of the process. It can feel overwhelming, especially if…
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Repercussions of Coronavirus Lockdown now being felt by Charities across the Country Repercussions of Coronavirus Lockdown now being felt by Charities across the CountryThe news that Age UK Suffolk is to close from 24th July 2020 is stunning and yet sadly predictable. It is not the first and…
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Covid-19 Repercussions as a Ground for Varying Divorce Settlements Covid-19 Repercussions as a Ground for Varying Divorce SettlementsMedia reports suggest that the actor Robert De Niro is looking to reduce the maintenance payments he makes for his ex-wife on the basis that…
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Emergency Stamp Duty Holiday to Revive Property Market Emergency Stamp Duty Holiday to Revive Property MarketOn Wednesday 8th July the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced various measures to help protect jobs, pledging up to £30bn to avoid mass unemployment and kick-start…
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First Do No Harm First Do No HarmA review ordered by the government in 2018 into pelvic mesh implants, hormonal pregnancy tests and an anti-epilepsy drug that harmed unborn babies has criticised…
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No Fault Divorce Bill Receives Royal Assent! No Fault Divorce Bill Receives Royal Assent!The biggest change in divorce law in our lifetime is now set to become a reality as the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill receives Royal…
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Good Fences Make Good Neighbours Good Fences Make Good Neighbours“Elderly couple to lose home over strip of land” – The Guardian “£140,000.00 squandered over land the size of a stroke of a Mont Blanc…
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Landlord and Tenant Update: Stay on Possession Proceedings Extended Landlord and Tenant Update: Stay on Possession Proceedings ExtendedDespite lockdown restrictions easing and a small sense of normality returning to our lives (with the long-awaited re-opening of drive thru McDonalds and Primark causing…
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Tiger King and Forged Wills Tiger King and Forged WillsThe Netflix documentary “Tiger King” has reportedly been one of the most popular shows during “lockdown” as viewing figures surge. If you haven’t seen the…
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Rise in divorce enquiries during coronavirus lockdown Rise in divorce enquiries during coronavirus lockdownRecent reports show that there has been a rise in enquiries for divorce lawyers and relationship counsellors during the coronavirus “lockdown”. The “lockdown” has affected…
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Sally Challen wins High Court case to inherit her coercive and controlling husband’s estate Sally Challen wins High Court case to inherit her coercive and controlling husband’s estateSally Challen was jailed in 2011 after being found guilty of murdering her husband, Richard Challen. Mrs Challen married her husband when she was 25…
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Covid-19 has ruined my business. What happens to my lease? Covid-19 has ruined my business. What happens to my lease?To begin with some words that you won’t have read before: in some ways legally these are not unprecedented times. Over the last century courts…
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Easing out of Lockdown – How do Charities Cope? Easing out of Lockdown – How do Charities Cope?With the “baby steps” being made towards easing lockdown restrictions and returning to a “new normal” all charities and businesses alike will need to be…