Leaving a Will is supposed to ensure that your family remain protected and looked after when you die but sometimes there are ambiguities that can call into question the validity of a Will. Even if there are ambiguities, what can you actually do about it?
It really does depend on the circumstances,...
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A disagreement with your neighbours over a boundary can quickly escalate into a dispute that can cause permanent damage to your relationship and create bad feeling between you. If you are facing this situation, you may feel worried, stressed and anxious at home, which is not sustainable.
Therefore,...
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Many more people are finding that they either want or need to keep working over the age of 65. The government removed the ability for businesses to compulsorily retire their staff at 65, and almost 50 per cent of workers aged 55 and over are planning to keep working up to and beyond their state pens...
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This is a difficult situation and whilst there are no formal rights for grandparents to have contact with their grandchildren, there are things you can do to try to obtain contact.
The first is to try to informally agree contact. This may seem obvious but setting out the reasons why you should have...
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The government has been on a drive to reduced red tape for businesses and consulted on the issues affecting businesses and companies when it came to names and the complexity of the process.
As a result of this consultation back in autumn 2013, a number of changes have been implemented and have come...
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For many couples, making the decision to live together can be the next step in commitment. There may not be much thought put into the legal implications of cohabitation, which is fine at the beginning, when the relationship is probably on good ground.
However if things do become strained and there...
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A trust fund is a way of managing items such as money, property or investments among other things. You could think about it like giving some money to someone to look after for you, but if you did that they could spend it, so instead you set up a trust fund so the money is looked after in the way you...
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There may be an opportunity, if your employer is looking to make redundancies, to negotiate a settlement agreement.
This is an agreement made by both parties without being constricted to using the rules around redundancy. These rules can be cumbersome and time consuming for an employer so they coul...
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A settlement agreement can be used by an employer to offer an employee the chance to leave their employment with a financial settlement and normally a good reference to take with them, with the express understanding that they cannot take them to an employment tribunal.
Settlement agreements, formal...
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Deciding to leave a legacy to a charity in your Will can have a number of benefits.
First and foremost, it can be a way to ensure that your memory lives on by doing good work after you die. You might have strong affiliations with a charity in your lifetime and perhaps they are working towards a spe...
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