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• Family Court Rejects Husband’s Claim That He Owed £1.6 Million

  • Posted5 February 2026

  The courts are alert to the risk of divorcing couples being less than honest about their assets and liabilities in financial remedy proceedings. Recently, the Family Court rejected a husband’s...

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• Tenant Defeats Landlord’s Claim for Possession of Property

  • Posted2 February 2026

  Under Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988, landlords may evict tenants who have an assured shorthold tenancy which is a periodic tenancy or a fixed-term tenancy that has expired...

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• Woman Succeeds in Getting Defamatory Social Media Posts Removed

  • Posted30 January 2026

  A woman who was subjected to defamatory posts on Facebook has succeeded in having them removed after taking legal advice. The woman and her husband had started to feed...

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• Local Authority Granted Permission to Withdraw Care Proceedings

  • Posted27 January 2026

  The Family Court recently granted a local authority permission to withdraw an application for a care order in respect of a two-year-old girl, after the local authority concluded that, in...

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• Income Tax Repayment Part of Deceased Taxpayer’s Estate

  • Posted19 January 2026

  The First-tier Tribunal (FTT) has found that a repayment of Income Tax due to a taxpayer who had died during the relevant tax year formed part of her estate for...

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• Government Guide to Property Boundaries

  • Posted14 January 2026

  A guide to issues relating to property boundaries is available on the government’s website. The guide notes that, in England and Wales, there is usually no record of the...

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