Children's Voices Matter in Care Cases - But Are Not Always Decisive
- 17 May 2016
- Law Blog
The voices of children will always be heard by family judges in care proceedings, but they are not always decisive and can be outweighed by other factors. In one case, a boy's vociferous wish to live in England with his mother was overruled by a judge who found that his best interests lay in returning to Ireland to live with his paternal family.
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Equity Release Dangers Exposed
- 12 May 2016
- Law Blog
Financial products which offer to release capital tied up in people's homes can be extremely complex and such arrangements should only ever be entered into after receiving specialist advice. In one case which strikingly makes this point, two elderly ladies ended up with a mountain of debt and under threat of eviction after signing a deal which they hoped would enable them to stay in their home at an affordable rent.
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Are Your Children Your Tenants? - Sign a Lease
- 11 May 2016
- Law Blog
Parents often let their children live in properties they own on an informal basis. However, one Court of Appeal case stands as a stern warning that the absence of a tenancy agreement can make them liable for any misbehaviour by their offspring.
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Making a Will? Take Legal Advice to Avoid Family Conflict
- 9 May 2016
- Law Blog
- Wills, Trusts & Probate
In a case which underlines the reasons why you should always get a solicitor to help you make your will, the opinion of an experienced lawyer as to the mental capacity of an elderly dementia sufferer who sought his advice was the decisive factor in establishing that she knew her own mind.
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Seventeen-Year Battle Over Assets Proves Ruinous
- 6 May 2016
- Law Blog
Divorces are very seldom totally amicable, but letting squabbles over the terms under which a marriage is dissolved run on and on can be ruinous, as a recent case shows. It involved a once successful businessman who was said to have been left with less than £5 in his bank account following 17 years of squabbling over money with his ex-wife.
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