A great many people now have a pension, whether it be personal or occupational, and ensuring that they are treated properly when a couple divorce is vital. Fortunately, long gone are the days when divorce lawyers took a very broad-brush approach, often with the wife retaining the house while the husband retained the pension. This […]
Neil John, a personal injury specialist partner at Fraser Dawbarns, has helped a local lorry driver obtain nearly £200,000 following his injury. The lorry driver was asleep in his cab in a layby, resting in line with the tachograph rules, when his lorry was hit by a car. The lorry driver was thrown from his […]
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As a lawyer who specialises in Estate Administration, Sarah Lamb is given information in many different forms by family members when someone dies. Some still have paper copies of bills, bank statements and so on, but increasingly records, and in some cases assets, are digital. She explains here what people can do during their lifetime […]
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Fraser Dawbarns’ personal injury specialist Neil John, based in the Wisbech office, has recently settled several separate claims for vehicle drivers whose vehicles were stationary when they were hit by a moving vehicle. Examples of these incidents include one when a lorry driver was parked in a lay-by taking his tacho break and another where […]
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Are you buying multiple properties or a property with an annexe? If so, have you factored into your budgeting or the timing of your purchase the fact that Multiple Dwellings Relief (MDR) will no longer be available after 1 June 2024? MDR has, over the past few years, been claimed by a number of people […]
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With the Easter holidays nearly upon us, many people will be looking forward to seeing family, searching for chocolate eggs, perhaps sharing a Sunday roast, or going to church. However, for those affected by a divorce or relationship breakdown, it may not be straightforward – particularly for the wider family members. Grandparents in England and […]
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The personal injury lawyers at Fraser Dawbarns are committed to helping injured clients with their personal injury claims, even when the amounts that are likely to be recoverable are not particularly high. One claim settled recently involved £13,000 being obtained for a Norfolk woman who walked through sand that had been put down on […]
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The Association of Lifetime Lawyers has declared 4-10 March as Update Your Will Week for 2024. This is on the back of their research showing that almost half of the adults in the UK still don’t have a valid Will; 10% have started making one but not completed it, and 43% of those who say […]
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Neil John, who heads the personal injury team at Fraser Dawbarns, has recently settled the fatal injury claim for family of construction industry worker who was working in a building at height, fell and didn’t survive the fall. Neil comments: “Sadly, the construction industry still sees more workplace accidents than most other sectors. In this […]
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Due to factors such as time and cost, it may sometimes seem easier and cheaper for separated couples to ‘do your own divorce.’ However, there can be pitfalls for the unwary. This case study shows why. A couple’s marriage had lasted for over ten years before they separated. They lived in a Housing Association property, each […]
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