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IVF and the law

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A cycle of IVF treatment usually takes at least 6 weeks and requires regular medical appointments during this period, which will very likely result in time out of the office. Often several rounds of treatment are required before a successful pregnancy can be...

Wrongly installed cavity wall insulation

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There have been huge campaigns to make houses energy efficient. It makes sense to pay less for your heating where you can. But not every house should have cavity wall insulation (CWI) installed. If cavity wall insulation is wrongly installed it...

Supreme Court does away with the ordinary homeless person

Joanne Ellis
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On 14th May the Supreme Court made a huge decision which is set to have a significant impact on homeless people. In order for a local authority to accept a duty to provide accommodation to anyone a vulnerability test has to be met. Until now, that test...

OCD Action Conference

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Recently I attended at the OCD Action Conference in Manchester where I sat on the panel as a housing solicitor for the question and answer session. It was a very interesting and eye-opening day. Unlike some other mental health disorders, OCD isn't...

Important changes to confiscation law as a result of the Serious Crime Act 2015

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The Serious Crime Act 2015 (the act) was introduced to ensure that the National Crime Agency, the police and other law enforcement agencies have the powers they need to pursue, disrupt and bring to justice those engaged in serious and organised crime.  ...

Carcraft - consumer rights

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One of the country’s largest retailers of used cars went into administration on 30 April 2015.  Carcraft, which had outlets all over the country and whose head office was in Rochdale had been successfully operating in the used car sector since...