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It is not uncommon for a couple’s financial circumstances to change a great deal after they divorce, and in such circumstances it will often happen that the poorer ex-spouse will...
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Readers who live apart from their spouses or civil partners, but who have not formally dissolved their relationships, are warned that following changes to inheritance law brought into effect in...
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In a decision which was acknowledged to be of considerable public importance, a British couple have been declared the legal parents of their surrogate baby after the country’s top family...
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When cohabiting couples break up, failure to have legal rights clearly laid down can often lead to a dispute, as a recent case illustrates. It involved a claim by a...
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When an informal conversation over dinner in a restaurant that included a proposed agreement between a divorcing couple did not lead to a settlement, the court was faced with a...
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A mother and father who refused to pay their sons’ private school fees – claiming that staff had failed to protect the three boys from bullying and racial abuse –...
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