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Articles
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
January 2010
Including:
- Grandmother wins legal battle over the care of her grandson
- Home loans at highest level for nearly two years
- Council workers win age discrimination appeal
- New Act will modernise rules relating to trusts
- Woman receives compensation after walking into glass panel
December 2009
Including:
- Law Society wants to improve the way we buy and sell homes
- Call to improve inheritance rights for cohabiting couples
- Covenant prevents extension to riverside house
- Judge should not have transferred children’s residence to their father
- Woman awarded £35,000 compensation for road accident injuries
November 2009
Including:
- Court rejects woman’s claim to a share of her former partner’s home
- Housing officer wins age discrimination case
- Increase in care home fees could affect people’s wills
- Lasting Powers of Attorney becoming more important than ever
- Recycling collector injured by exploding wheel receives £10,000
September 2009
Including:
- Appeal Court ruling helps couples making pre-nuptial agreements
- Now it’s easier to protect your future with Lasting Powers of Attorney
- Wills and probate rules to become more user-friendly
- Court says woman has no rights over house she helped to buy
- Woman receives compensation for hearing loss caused 30 years ago
August 2009
Including:
- Mortgage approvals at highest level for more than a year
- Children win the right to inherit their mother's estate
- Why it pays to be reasonable when a relationship breaks down
- Mother wins appeal over where her son should live
- Motorists still wasting money on unnecessary insurance
June 2009
Including:
- Accident victim receives £1.2m compensation for her injuries
- Some estate agents 'overcharging for Home Information Packs'
- Rules relating to trusts are to be modernised
- Record damages for woman in 'malicious and insulting' ageism case
- New Bill intended to improve protection for cohabiting couples
May 2009
Including:
- Woman who fell on shop staircase awarded damages
- Farm worker case highlights the need to keep your will up to date
- Process of buying and selling homes comes under scrutiny
- Man told he can't use bankruptcy to avoid payments to former wife
- Teacher who resigned wins constructive dismissal claim
April 2009
Including:
- Accident victims sometimes 'pressurised into settling' by insurers
- Cost of registering Lasting Powers of Attorney is reduced
- House owner 'not entitled' to tear down fence that encroached on her land
- Divorcing parents 'must put their children's needs first'
- Stricter rules on Home Information Packs come into force
March 2009
Including:
- Victim of workplace sexist abuse awarded £9,000
- Injured motorcyclist receives £450,000 in compensation
- Bank provides £14bn for mortgages to help boost housing market
- Declaration of trust protects wife’s house from husband’s creditors
- Lawyers criticise new measures against absent parents
February 2009
Including:
- 12-year-old car accident victim receives £2.3m compensation
- Family courts to come under more public scrutiny
- Protect your interests if you are threatened by redundancy
- ‘Excessive’ divorce settlement overturned by Court of Appeal
- £400m available to help first time homebuyers
January 2009
Including:
- Women win equal pay claim against local authority employers
- Expanding HIPs must be ready when a house is put on the market
- Family courts get new powers to settle contact disputes
- Add a little will power to your New Year resolutions list
- Man awarded nearly £3,000 after tripping on pavement