Richard Salvidge
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Domestic Violence: No Means No: Re H v F [2020] EWHC 86 (Fam)
31.01.2019 Recently, Women’s Aid told the BBC that in their view the Family Courts were not “safe spaces for domestic and sexual abuse...
Tanya Foster
2 min read
Tanya’s ten top tips to help minimize your legal costs Top Tip 11 Be honest.
Maybe it goes without saying, but this is one of the reasons that having a good rapport with your solicitor, is an investment. You need...
Tanya Foster
2 min read
Tanya’s ten top tips to help minimize your legal costs Top Tip 10/10 Choose well.
Your choice of solicitor is yours, and yours alone. Having a good rapport with them will be important as time goes on and if you...
Tanya Foster
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Tanya’s ten top tips to help minimize your legal costs Top Tip 9/10 Understand how your costs accrue
Sometimes your costs may be agreed at a fixed fee. Even then, you should be aware of anything that may take you out of the fixed fee,...
Tanya Foster
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Tanya’s ten top tips to help minimize your legal costs Top Tip 8/10 Tell us what works for you.
Last time on this blog, my advice was to make sure you read everything your solicitor sends you. But for some of us, reading doesn’t...
Tanya Foster
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Relationship Equality
Yesterday, that is, on 1 January 2020, civil partnerships became available to heterosexual couples. This means that to enter into a...