It is well known that house prices have increased dramatically over the past decade. The younger generation who aspire to purchase their own property are struggling to meet the financial demand needed to obtain a mortgage.
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If you move in with your partner but are not married, it is best practice to set up a trust deed to ensure that your joint wishes and intentions concerning ownership of the house you live in are clear.
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Arbitration is now used for resolving financial disputes between divorcing couples, cohabitees and civil partners. Similar to other arbitration processes, the parties within a family arbitration agree to appoint a suitable qualified arbitrator and will also agree to be bound by his or her decision.
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Stamp Duty Land Tax is a self-assessed tax. The onus is on the taxpayer to make the necessary land transaction return, calculate the tax and pay it. This is a fundamental change to how the procedure used to work. The old Stamp Duty Land Tax regime taxed documents, so it was possible to delay paying the duty in many cases simply by not executing the document.
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The public at large know little of the law relating to treasure trove and especially the law relating to items washed up on shore, most commonly due to the fact they have washed overboard from a ship during a storm.
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An individual seeking contact to their child will often ask what a reasonable amount of contact is. There is no easy answer to this as what maybe reasonable in one case may not be in another. For example, it may be reasonable for an 8 year old child to spend whole weekends with their absent parent.
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The Children Act 1989 aimed to clarify the position relating to who could be responsible for looking after children. One of the main concepts that was introduced with the Act was parental responsibility.
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Although divorce is a commonplace occurrence these days, few people going into their first divorce have much idea about how the process operates. In this article, we detail with the procedure involved during the process of divorce.
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In recent years, increased mobility and growing rates of home ownership have meant that the ever-larger number of people nowadays inherit properties from relatives who live distances away. Similarly, many buy-to-let properties have been purchased in areas with a large student population, miles away from where the original owners live.
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When a loved one dies, it is an emotionally difficult time. Not only do you have to come to terms with your loss but also there are various things that you have to do relatively quickly, such as registering the death and organising the funeral.
What most people do after organising the funeral is to consult a solicitor and seek advice on how best to handle their loved one’s financial affairs.
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