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• False Claim to Be a Cash Buyer Ruled Fraudulent in Ground-Breaking Case

  • Posted16 November 2023

  In coming to the aid of a frail and elderly householder, the High Court has ruled in a landmark case that she was on the receiving end of a fraudulent...

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• Sometimes Parental Love is Not Enough – Court Sanctions Boy’s Adoption

  • Posted13 November 2023

  Parents may be worthy of praise and deeply love their children, but it sadly does not always follow that they are able to provide them with a stable home. The...

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• Can Planning Objections Amount to Harassment? Guideline High Court Ruling

  • Posted7 November 2023

  Landowners intent on developing their properties can find it intensely annoying when neighbours resist their plans. However, as a High Court ruling made plain, the right to object to planning...

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• Wealthy Divorcee Hit Hard in the Pocket for ‘Delinquent’ Litigation Conduct

  • Posted2 November 2023

  Those who attempt to lie their way to a favourable result in divorce proceedings are more than likely to be found out and hit hard in the pocket. That was...

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• High-Interest Loans Can Be Vulnerable to Challenge – High Court Ruling

  • Posted30 October 2023

  Borrowers who take out loans at high rates of interest with their eyes wide open may have only themselves to blame. As a High Court case showed, however, such loans...

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• High Court Authorises Withdrawal of Young Father’s Life-Sustaining Treatment

  • Posted20 October 2023

  Many families whose loved ones are in hospital on life support understandably cling to the hope that they will in time recover. As a High Court ruling showed, however, where...

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