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The Road Safety charity Brake has described the punishment given to one driver recently for driving whilst using two mobile phone as "woefully inadequate”, and it's hard not to agree in this particular case. The Times newspaper today (16th August 2011) carried a report about a driver who...
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Holiday Insurance Cover – Don’t Risk It!!
A recent APIL (Association of Personal Injury Lawyers) survey has revealed that lots of us risk being left with no insurance cover for medical care when we go on holiday. See the APIL press release here: http://files.apil.org.uk/pdf/press_releases/2206.pdf Many of the activities we take...
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CLAIMS MANAGEMENT COMPANIES – WHY USE THEM?
If you were injured why would you take your claim to a Claims Management Companies? Thousands of people do but, to be honest, it's a mystery to me! Claims Management Companies ( CMC) are basically middle men who sell your claim to one of their "panel” solicitors. They spend a fortune...
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Credit Crunch, Mortgage Grump
In the good old days (that seem to have ended in 2008) if one party wished, following separation, to purchase the other's interest in the matrimonial or otherwise jointly owned property, it was usually quite simple. For example, a wife (usually) would often seek the matrimonial home be...
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David Cameron's Promised Tax Breaks For Married Couples
Recent research carried out by the Institute of Fiscal Studies has concluded that more affluent and better educated couples are more likely to get married and have children who are successful at school. It also concludes that factors such as parents' income and educational background play a...
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