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• Alternative Investments May Be Tempting But Professional Advice is Always Needed

  • Posted2 September 2022

  Alternative investments may offer attractive rates of return, but they should never be entered into without professional advice. A High Court case concerning numerous small investors who staked their life...

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• Make a Lasting Power of Attorney While You Still Have the Capacity to Do So

  • Posted12 August 2022

  Lasting powers of attorney (LPAs) enable thousands of vulnerable people to have their financial and other affairs managed by others whom they trust. However, as a High Court case showed,...

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• Make a Lasting Power of Attorney While You Still Have the Capacity to Do So

  • Posted12 August 2022

  Lasting powers of attorney (LPAs) enable thousands of vulnerable people to have their financial and other affairs managed by others whom they trust. However, as a High Court case showed,...

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• Defamation – Anonymous Bloggers Are Not Beyond the Reach of the Law

  • Posted27 July 2022

  Vindictive bloggers who hide behind a cloak of anonymity may feel that they can use the internet to subject innocent people to abuse with complete impunity. However, in coming to...

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• Lending Money? It Pays to Invest in a Professionally Drafted Agreement

  • Posted4 July 2022

  When lending money to friends, acquaintances or anyone else, the terms on which sums are advanced may be entirely clear to you in your own mind. However, as a High...

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• Lending Money to a Friend, No Matter How Trusted, Carries Serious Risks

  • Posted30 May 2022

  No matter how much you respect and trust your friends, lending them money can be fraught with risk and should never be done without first taking professional advice. A case...

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