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SURROGACY – Despair and Delight (13 June 2013) Thanks to the media and television the majority of people are familiar with the term surrogacy, Elton John and his partner, David Furnish, now have two children via a surrogate. For fans of Coronation Street, surrogacy is a story line which has been running for many months and has recently res 
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Is there a right to light at the end of the tunnel? (13 June 2013) The Law Commission is looking into whether the current law by which rights to light are acquired, enforced and extinguished provides an appropriate balance between the interests of landowners and developers A right to light is an easement. It can arise either by a formal grant, for example
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Digital Inheritance (13 June 2013) Are you aware of the financial and sentimental value of your digital assets? What about the private information stored within your email accounts? Online bank accounts, music and video files and photos that are stored electronically have as much, if not more, value than some of the items we keep und
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Social media is free, right? Not necessarily… (10 June 2013) Recent cases have shown how unwitting users of social media such as Twitter and Facebook can find themselves unstuck and facing serious legal consequences. Sally Bercow, wife of Commons speaker John Bercow, was found to have defamed Lord McAlpine for tweeting incorrect and defamatory insinuations
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DIY probate is a risky business (21 February 2013) It is possible to apply for probate and deal with an estate without seeing a lawyer, but it is not without risks, warns local solicitor Sarah Mellor of Beswicks in Stoke-on Trent. Many professionally drafted wills contain trusts to save tax, to avoid those who inherit paying care fees and to
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