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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Saturday 18 August has been reported as the most common day in 2018 to tie the knot in the UK. However, since the early 1970s, the number of people actually getting married has steadily decreased, dropping a further 3.4% last year. There have been many theories about why marriage rates are falling, but regardless the…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”16153″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Much has been written in the press recently about grieving families paying thousands of pounds to Banks to administer a loved one’s estate. This has come about as a result of a Will Writing Service many Banks offered in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s where the Bank was often appointed as…
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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Louise Brown, the World’s First Baby conceived via IVF was born on the 25th July 1978, at Oldham General Hospital. On 10th November 1977, Louise’s Mother, Lesley Brown underwent a procedure, later to become known as in vitro fertilisation (IVF), developed by Patrick Steptoe, Robert Edwards and Jean Purdy. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Patrick Steptoe was a client…
As part of our pledge to Oldham’s Dementia Action Alliance, Caremark Oldham and Wrigley Claydon are running FREE ‘Let’s Talk about Dementia’ sessions for those interested in understanding a bit more about dementia and the small things you can do to help people with the condition. A diagnosis of dementia can seem daunting but…
Victims of domestic violence continue to be cross-examined by their abusers in family courts despite the government the then justice secretary, Liz Truss, pledging in February 2017 to ban the “humiliating and appalling” practice, a report by Women’s Aid and Queen Mary University of London has found. Survivors reported they were repeatedly not believed, blamed…
FirstGroup chief executive Tim O’Toole has stepped down with “immediate effect”, after the bus and train operator reported a huge full-year loss. The company said lost £327m in the year to 31 March, compared with a profit of £152.6m last year. The group also runs South Western Railway, the Heathrow Airport Connect service and First…
James Campbell, the only son of his late mother Sarah who was told by his late mother ‘it’s all yours’ is defeding a High Court claim for over half of his inheritance of £725,000 by his mother’s last boyfriend, Andrew Banfield. James Campbell also claims that this mother’s will, drawn up 14 years before her…
Mr Justice Turner threw out the challenge from a claimant in the case of Rashid v Munir & Ors who wanted a share of profits from rental properties run by his brothers after their father’s death. Of the claimant, he stated: ‘I do not believe him on this or indeed any other material matter’. The…