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Grainger Appleyard News
Conscious Uncoupling?
16 Apr 2014
The term, ‘Conscious Uncoupling’ has recently been used by a celebrity couple to describe their decision to separate following a numbers of years of marriage. The decision to separate must be a difficult decision for any couple. Before a couple are able to ‘Consciously...
At the end of January this year the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of Marley v Rawlings and Another. The case concerned the wills of Maureen and Alfred Rawlings. They made identical wills at the same time but due to a mix up at their solicitor’s offices,...
We have had a number of regular long standing clients of this firm seek advice over the past eighteen months following doorstep or telephone selling of unregulated legal services. What we have seen has been cause for genuine concern. At present anyone regardless of training or qualification...
No More Legal Aid For Families
3 Mar 2014
On the 1st April 2013, the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 came into effect and removed legal aid for a majority of private family law cases including divorce, financial disputes and disputes in relation to children. However, as a safety net, the Government included...