Domestic abuse is not always physical. Some of the most damaging forms of abuse leave no bruises and never culminate in a single dramatic incident. They build slowly, over months or years, as one person tightens control over another's daily life. This pattern is known as coercive control, and since 2015 it has been a criminal offence in England and Wales.
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Couples navigating divorce urged to understand pension implications as financial disputes rise.
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Grandparents often play a significant role in their grandchildren’s lives, offering support, continuity, and a different kind of love from that of a parent. When family life is settled, contact between the two generations usually takes care of itself. However, when relationships break down, through separation, bereavement, or a family falling-out, grandparents can find themselves pushed to the margins or shut out altogether.
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Separating parents can access £500 towards the cost of agreeing arrangements for children and finances, following a government extension of the Family Mediation Voucher Scheme.
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Even a carefully drafted will does not always bring matters to an end. The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 allows certain people to apply to the court for financial provision if a will or the intestacy rules fail to make reasonable provision for them.
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Christmas is the time for coming together, but January has long been known in family law circles as ‘Divorce Month’, with a surge of enquiries as relationship tensions rise to the surface during the festive period.
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Mediation is a voluntary and confidential process whereby two parties have discussions in order to try and reach agreement.
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A shareholders’ agreement is a private document between shareholders containing terms agreed to by the shareholders.
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A share buyback is when a company makes a purchase of its own shares from a shareholder.
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A share exchange is when one company (A) issues shares or debentures to a person who is a shareholder of another company (B), in exchange for his shares or debentures in B.
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