Legal Talk: The role of a solicitor in mediation
With Elmhirst Parker Solicitors, Barnsley If you’re splitting up, separated or divorcing, it can be overwhelming to deal with the practical arrangements, particularly if you have children between you. When tensions and emotions are high following a relationship breakdown, it isn’t always easy to be co-operative. But putting those feelings...
Legal talk: What happens to joint property when cohabitation ends?
When cohabitees separate, they are not afforded the same protections in law as married couples who are getting divorced. This can cause issues where property is concerned.
Women who paid ‘married women’s stamp’ could be owed thousands in basic state pension
If you are a married, divorced or widowed woman who was born before 6th April 1953 and paid a reduced rate of national insurance contributions during employment, then you could have been short-changed by a government blunder.
Banking on mum and dad’s help to buy property
Faced with high rental costs and soaring property prices, more parents are dipping into savings, releasing capital from property, or even taking out loans to support their children become homeowners.
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Enjoy the bounty of summer without breaking the law
With Elmhirst Parker Solicitors, Barnsley There’s an old saying that the only things that are truly free in this world are blackberries. Summer is the time for heading out into the countryside and (as long as you know what you’re doing) foraging for free wild goodies like juicy blackberries, wild...