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Articles
August 2010
Including:
- Divorcing couples can no longer use secretly obtained documents
- Government moves to scrap forced retirement at 65
- Britain opts out of European proposals on wills – for the time being
- Scrapping HIPs gives mini-boost to housing market
- Motorcyclist injured in collision receives £250,000 compensation
July 2010
Including:
- Housing market experts want to reform home buying process
- Homesick mother allowed to take her daughter to live abroad
- Woman leaves £250,000 to taxi driver in her will
- Most workers not aware of employment and redundancy rights
- Car crash victim awarded £500,000 for burns and injuries
June 2010
Including:
- Mother-of-three awarded £55,000 for road accident injuries
- HIPs ‘are history’ but EPCs still needed when selling a home
- Overworked manager receives £110,000 after suffering from stress
- Woman wins right to be paid as her granddaughter’s carer
- Many people still confused about unqualified will writers
May 2010
Including:
- Man must pay ex-wife more than £200,000 - 25 years after divorce
- Hospital workers win discrimination claim over bonus payments
- Wife keeps her home because husband failed to reveal affair
- Man’s will invalid because he lacked capacity following wife’s death
- Family compensated after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning at hotel
April 2010
Including:
- Chancellor helps first-time buyers with change to stamp duty
- Women win equal pay claim against local authority
- LPAs help you prepare for the future while you are still in good health
- Grandparents may find it easier to have contact with grandchildren
- Security guard awarded £289,000 for hand injury
March 2010
Including:
- Man injured by friend’s careless ‘horseplay’ awarded £1.8m
- High Court rules that woman has no claim on her partner’s home
- Family succeeds in reinstating a man’s original will
- Don’t trip up when helping children on to the property ladder
- New regulations on trusts coming into effect
February 2010
Including:
- Badly drafted wills causing hardship to families
- Big increase in unfair dismissal claims
- Inheritance tax threshold held at £325,000
- Judge ‘denied man’s rights in contact proceedings’
- How victims of uninsured drivers can still claim compensation