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Top Tip 4/10 Stay Focussed, take time

Emails are a great way to communicate and we use email as a natural ‘go-to’, about which we barely even think these days. I realize I may be showing my age, but actually something that happens with such an immediate way of communicating, is that we can easily fire off an email without thinking so much beforehand. There were benefits to having a letter sitting there for a bit before it was posted out. There was time to ponder and reflect. Time to review and redraft if neede

Top Tip 4/10

Stay Focussed, take time

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Tanya’s ten top tips to help minimize your legal costs

Top Tip 3/10 Come prepared It might sound like common sense. But we understand that life can be so busy that at times of extra stress, just getting from A to B on time, is enough. We appreciate that for some, being able to take the time to prepare for your solicitor’s appointment, is just pie in the sky. There are however a few things that you can do to make the time you spend with your solicitor, cost effective for both of you. At the end of the day, if you spend an hour

Tanya’s ten top tips to help minimize your legal costs

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STRESS

Tanya’s ten top tips to help minimize your legal costs. Top Tip 2/10 Don’t bury your head in the sand Family breakdown is especially stressful. It can introduce stress where ideally we experience safety and security. Even when a couple are instructing solicitors to help them start their new (or even ongoing) relationship on the right foot, things can inevitably be stressful. The instinct for many is to avoid the issue, to bury one’s head in the proverbial sand, and hope tha

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‘Bedroom Tax’ is found to discriminate unlawfully against victims of domestic abuse and violence

The case of JD and A v the United Kingdom has now had judgement handed down by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) following an appeal from the decision of the UK Supreme Court. The ECHR judgement found that the housing benefit rules known as the ‘bedroom tax’ (the under-occupancy penalty) prejudiced victims of domestic abuse and violence. A, as a victim of severe domestic abuse and violence (and therefore her identity was not disclosed), was living with her son under

‘Bedroom Tax’ is found to discriminate unlawfully against victims of domestic abuse and violence

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Tanya’s ten top tips to help minimize your legal costs

Top Tip 1/10 Gather and Maximise your Support Network. And make sure it is productive, not counter-productive! Instructing a solicitor inevitably comes at a time of stress. This is not a hard and fast rule of course, but nine out of ten times, stress accompanies the situation that requires legal assistance. Having a support network around you can help you to ensure that the advice and support you require of us, is legal advice and support. We will be here for you, of cour

Tanya’s ten top tips to help minimize your legal costs

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