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• Assisted Suicide – General Medical Council Guidelines Lawful

  • Posted24 September 2015

  The anguish experienced by people struggling with terminal disease and their families is well understood, and a pain-free end to life by assisted suicide is a choice many people would...

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• HMRC Cash Seizure Rights On the Way

  • Posted23 September 2015

  The Finance Bill currently in Parliament will confirm that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are to be given the right to seize money directly from the bank accounts of taxpayers...

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• Pre-Nup Partially Set Aside as Judge Highlights Uncertainty in Law

  • Posted21 September 2015

  It is commonly thought that pre-nuptial agreements are legally binding, but the lack of clarity in the applicable law means that they can sometimes be successfully challenged. In a...

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• Social Housing Tenancy Splits

  • Posted18 September 2015

  If joint tenants of social housing fall out to the point where they can no longer live together, deciding which of them has to leave the property can be an...

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• Better Protection for Charities

  • Posted10 September 2015

  Scarcely a week goes by without the Charity Commission announcing an investigation into a charity. The proliferation of issues surrounding charities in recent years has led the Government to enact...

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• Divorce Lies May Lead to Perjury Charge

  • Posted7 September 2015

  Giving false evidence to any court can have serious consequences, as an errant ex-husband may be about to discover. Ex-spouses are often reluctant to pay their debts to their...

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