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In 2013 the Government brought in new regulations which radically reduced the number of people who could access free legal advice. The regulations meant Legal Aid was no longer available…

In the week that Resolution’s national family law conference comes to Newcastle/Gateshead David Gray’s Family…

David Gray’s Managing Partner and Family law specialist, Elspeth Thomson, delivered her popular and authoritative Children Law round-up again at the 28th National Resolution Conference, which was held…

The Help to Buy ISA scheme was introduced by the government on the 1st of December 2015. The scheme is designed to offer a financial boost to first time…

Not so long ago, a buyer was left disappointed when the house he had agreed to buy at auction was demolished just before completion. The Local Authority ordered the…

Figures obtained by the BBC show that in the last financial year Police arrested 510 people when they deemed a child might be at risk having been left alone….

There have been years of under investment and empty pledges supporting the view that Mental Health Services are the Cinderella Service of the NHS. Budgets for Mental Health Services fell…

If you are being considered as a Special Guardian for a child a Local Authority will need to complete a Special Guardianship Order Assessment (SGOA) of you. SGOA are often…

What is the age of consent? And what are we advising teenagers? Most people would answer “16 for sexual intercourse.” Is this right? What about two…

Today the Supreme Court announced that for the last 30 years the Courts have been interpreting the law on ‘joint enterprise’ wrongly. The Supreme Court has…