1 February 2012 | Amanda Melton
I have recently written an article on parental rights, which was published on the Family Law website. Please click here to read it.
The article looks at both the Government’s recent announcement that...
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22 December 2011 | Iain Donaldson |
In a report published on 14 December 2011, the Law Commission has put forward its recommendations to reform the intestacy rules and the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.
When...
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12 December 2011 | Amanda Melton
There has been a lot of newspaper coverage recently on the issue of divorce - or “silver separations” as they've been dubbed - amongst couples in their 60s.
Whilst the number of divorces in the UK...
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17 October 2011 | Amanda Melton
Nicholas Mostyn has handed down judgment in what is believed to be the first divorce case involving the distribution of a National Lottery windfall.
The couple had been married for over 25 years...
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23 June 2011 | Richard John
Back in April, I wrote that the Chancellor had announced the launch of a new FirstBuy loan scheme, designed to help first-time buyers get a foot on the property ladder. Full details of the scheme are here.
Through...
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23 June 2011 | Amanda Melton |
The European Commission has confirmed that the new EU-wide rules on maintenance became effective on 18 June 2011.
The new rules set up an EU-wide system for facilitating the recovery of maintenance...
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15 April 2011 | David Power |
The Government has launched a consultation on ending the requirement to obtain planning permission for a change of use from a commercial property to a residential property.
The consultation paper, Relaxation...
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13 April 2011 | Fiona Baker
There have been some interesting changes which affect the property sector in the past year, most particularly for buyers of newly constructed properties, and not merely those announced in the recent Budget.
Buyers...
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8 April 2011 | Richard John
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has published the FirstBuy Prospectus, which outlines how the new equity loan scheme to assist eligible first-time buyers will work.
In the recent Budget, the...
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11 March 2011 | Chetna Buhecha
From the 6th April 2011 the new 5 per cent rate of stamp duty will apply to acquisitions of residential property in cases where the purchase price exceeds £1m.
There are some exclusions to this and...
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