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If you have signed, or are considering signing, a new tenancy agreement make sure that you know how your deposit will be protected. A deposit acts as security for…

According to a recent article in The Guardian, buy to let property investments are now forecast to reach a value of £1 trillion – a huge figure! Buying a…

This can and does happen. We have had distraught clients who only find out they are banned when they are informed by a police officer at the roadside. You may…

22 October 2014 sees s.11 of Children and Families Act 2014 come into force. From today it is written in statute law that the Family Court making decisions…

Mental Health lawyer Emma Silburn explains Everyone detained under the Mental Health Act (MHA) has someone called their ‘Nearest Relative’.  Who this person is set…

New analysis by the Institute of Fiscal Studies suggests that people are now able to maintain their standard of living on retirement. But what does this mean…

A referendum blog by Mary Shaw I am by no means alone in having spent the past few weeks wondering where the  people of Scotland and the UK…

I was watching the news this week, and saw Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling having a “debate” about the yes-no vote coming up for Scotland next month. Although only aired…

What an interesting coincidence, amid the excitement of the Commonwealth Games, that a recent report about promoting the uptake of family mediation draws on experiences from the Commonwealth to…

Following the breakdown of a relationship, the priority of parents is to make sure their children are appropriately cared for.