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Guide to the cohabitation rights of common law partners

Family law
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Our Family Law solicitors debunk the term ‘common law partner’ and explain the rights of cohabiting unmarried couples.

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Hannah Livesey

Senior Associate

Bristol, Cardiff, London and Southampton
specialises in child arrangements and asset protection work including the preparation of prenuptial, postnuptial or cohabitation agreements.
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Harriet Atkin - Construction Solicitor - Manchester

Harriet Atkin

Partner

Manchester
Harriet is a Partner in Clarke Willmott’s Manchester Construction Team specialising in both contentious and non-contentious construction law.
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Harriet Killeen - Housing Management Solicitor - Manchester

Harriet Killeen

Associate

Manchester
Harriet is an Associate who represents social housing landlords in all arears of housing management.
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Helping you make a Will: which Will suits you?

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Arguably the most important document the average person will sign during their lifetime is a Will; after all, which other document deals with all your assets and decides who will receive them after your death?

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How do I protect my assets for my children?

Family law
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The best way of protecting your assets for your children is to draw up a Will which includes a trust.

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How to safeguard business assets, including employees, clients and contracts

Commercial litigation and disputes
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As a business leader, your clients, relationships, and confidential business secrets are your crown jewels. You must handle them with the utmost care or risk your business’s success. If you don’t you might end up gifting your hard work and talent to your nearest competitor.

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Imaging orders: Is the search over?

Civil dispute resolution
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In this digital age the focus of searches is often digital devices with a particular concern that data on those devices will be deleted, destroyed or lost.

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Implications of bank of mum and dad

Private wealth
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Claire Johnson, a partner in Clarke Willmott’s private capital team, looks at the implications associated with the so-called ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ and how parents can make informed choices about contributing to their child’s property purchase.

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In the spotlight: Amy Peacey

Commercial contracts and agreements
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In the Spring edition of our Social Housing Newsletter, our spotlight lands on recently promoted Amy Peacey.

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Intestacy rules change but co-habiting partners still lose out

Wills & probate
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The position of both co-habitants and surviving spouses can be protected, and unplanned for inheritance tax bills avoided, by drawing up a Will rather than relying on “the one size fits all” provisions laid down by the intestacy rules.

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