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Review your will to ensure loved ones benefit from lower taxes as new inheritance tax changes come into force
Millions of people may need to urgently review their wills to ensure their beneficiaries benefit from new inheritance tax rules coming into force on 6 April. The threshold for paying…
Hospital pays compensation to mum whose daughter was left severely brain damaged, and later died, following operation by struck-off surgeon
Case is one of the earliest-known cases involving Dr Nihal Weerasena at Leeds General Infirmary and occurred five years before any of the cases recently investigated The mother of a…
Successful appeal ends two-year battle to force Westminster Council to accommodate homeless man suffering from mental health issues
London law firm Hodge Jones & Allen has won an appeal against Westminster Council following its refusal to accommodate a vulnerable homeless man suffering from mental illness, following a two-year…
Court of Appeal judgment on civil partnerships adds to pressure on government to consider law change
A opposite sex couple have lost their Court of Appeal battle to have a civil partnership instead of a marriage. Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan challenged a ruling that said…
MoD proposals to remove duty of care for British soldiers is ‘shameful’, says ‘Snatch Land Rover’ lawyer
The lawyer who successfully took the government to the Supreme Court to secure a duty of care for all British troops on active service abroad, has hit out at the…
Housing White Paper offers some hope to renters in insecure and unaffordable accommodation, but little detail on how aims will be achieved
Today the Government unveiled its new housing strategy for England in a White Paper presented to the House of Commons. The communities secretary, Sajid Javid, vowed to build more affordable…
COMMENT: Fixed Recoverable Costs in Lower Value Clinical Negligence Claims consultation
Commenting on today’s Department of Health consultation Introducing Fixed Recoverable Costs in Lower Value Clinical Negligence Claims, Agata Usewicz, head of the medical negligence team at London law firm Hodge…
Expansion of fixed legal costs is “perverse” and will only benefit deep-pocket defendants, says Hodge Jones & Allen
Fixing legal costs when they are not in the control of claimants is “perverse and unfair”, leading London law firm Hodge Jones & Allen has today warned Lord Justice Jackson.…
COMMENT: MPs have a huge opportunity to reverse shocking homelessness figures
Today, the Homelessness Reduction Bill reaches report stage in Parliament giving MPs the opportunity to table any amendments to the Bill. Daniel Fitzpatrick, a lawyer dedicated to helping individuals facing…