The steady rise in property prices as well as the imposition of strict mortgage lending requirements has meant that getting on the property market is tougher than ever before.
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With sharp increases in the number of divorces, couples are increasingly choosing to not marry. In fact, recent statistics suggest that there are now over six million cohabiting couples in the UK – twice the amount 20 years ago.
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In order to comply with the provisions of the EU Directive 2012/13/EU, significant changes were last year made to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 requiring additional information to be given to detainees in criminal proceedings before interview.
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Last month, a woman won a landmark Supreme Court bid to seek payments from her ex-husband, twenty years after they had divorced.
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A legal dispute involving the famous ‘monkey selfie’ sparked a significant amount of media coverage last year. The ‘selfie row’ started off as a generic dispute regarding the ownership of a photograph and has since snowballed into a giant legal debate encompassing the murky and obscure areas of copyright law.
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The issue of Chancel Repair Liability is one that many people will not need to consider when purchasing a property, but it is still a very real and tangible law that, if not addressed, can lead to extremely high financial costs in the future.
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An overhaul in consumer rights law is expected to take place later on this year with the introduction of a Consumer Rights Bill. The new laws, due to be implemented in October 2015, will govern all contracts entered into between traders and consumers and will replace the highly established provisions set out in the Sale of Goods Act 1979.
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A jury in the United States ruled last month that the writers of the famous ‘Blurred Lines’ single, Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke, had copied the Marvin Gaye track ‘Got to Give it Up’.
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What on earth is a cyber cemetery I thought the first time I heard the phrase. Well, it is a phrase originating in the United States to explain where somebody’s virtual estate goes to when they die.
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The sad truth is that if you are not married or in a civil partnership, then unless you make a Will your partner will receive nothing if you die. It does not matter how long you have lived together, no provision is made under the law.
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