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Lengthening NHS waiting times could lead to a rise in clinical negligence claims...

The Public Spending Watchdog has warned that lengthening NHS waiting times could lead to a rise in medical negligence claims. Reports sho...

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Lasting Power of Attorney. Your Voice, Your Decision.

Have you considered what will happen if you were to lose the ability to make certain decisions for yourself? Who will make those decisions f...

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Property Trusts Explained

What is a Property Protection Trust Will? A property protection trust will is a will created to protect a share of the family home from eit...

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Looking 'up' for development opportunities

Fisher Jones Greenwood are currently acting on the grant of a new commercial lease of the whole of premises. The roof-space and airspace abo...

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FJG becomes only Colchester law firm with members on the Equity Release Council

We are pleased to announce two further appointments to the Equity Release Council (ERC) - the main industry body for the Equity Release sect...

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FJG are one of the first in the UK with Family Law online induction

Introducing Settify... We are delighted to be a pioneering UK law firm to introduce Settify; an online portal accessed via the FJG website ...

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Where there is a Will – but can it be found?

It may seem an obvious point to make but when a person makes a Will they should always tell the Executors; these are the people who ensure t...

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I am a Beneficiary of a Will – What happens now?

There's lots of information available about the importance of having a Will and being able to control where your estate passes once you pass...

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You can’t predict the future but you can plan for it

Thursday 11th April, 10am - 12pm. Join us for a free coffee & cake morning with questions and answers at The Beth Chatto Gardens, we d...

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Transfer of Equity and your Home

What is A Transfer of Equity? A transfer of equity occurs when the legal owner of the property wishes to add or remove a party to, or from,...

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No Fault Divorce plans are unveiled

Following many years of pressure by family lawyers the Government has announced plans to end the need for fault-based divorce. These changes...

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Who makes your medical decisions if you lack capacity?

The recent case of DCC v NLH [2019] EWCOP 9 is an interesting case where the Court of Protection dealt with a matter where a person lacked t...