Buying a Property: Check the Seller’s Marital Status!
“…a third party is expected to do more than rely upon a bold assurance by another party regarding his or her marital status” (quoted in
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Life Partners – You Still Need a Will and a Cohabitation Agreement!
A recent High Court decision has been widely viewed as an important victory for the rights of unmarried opposite-sex life partners. Until now, if one
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Grandparents – When Must You Pay Maintenance?
“An inability on the part of the parents to maintain a child must be established before a grandparent will be legally liable to do so”
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Collecting Maintenance in Hard Times – Threaten Jail Time
“Compliance with court orders is always important. There is a particular scourge in this country of spouses, particularly husbands, failing to pay judicially ordered maintenance”
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Friends and Lovers: Before You Lend Out Your Car…
“Neither a borrower nor a lender be” (Shakespeare) This is a case of a “love relationship” gone wrong but the principles of vehicle ownership apply
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Domestic Violence and the Lockdown: Your Personalised Safety Plan
“Preamble to the Domestic Violence Act: “To afford the victims of domestic violence the maximum protection from domestic abuse that the law can provide” There
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