13Sep
2018

A Landmark Court Case Changes The Rights For Parents In A Cohabiting Relationship

A New Landmark Court Case Rules In Favour Of A Mother In A Cohabiting Relationship A recent landmark case concluded that parents who are in a cohabiting relationship are now expected to receive the same bereavement benefits ...

10Sep
2018

Splitting Your Pensions When Getting A Divorce

Bringing Your Pension Pot To The Divorce Table It isn’t an unusual occurrence to see a pension pot get split during a divorce. In fact, according to Salisbury House Wealth, the pension pot is now the second highest ...

20Aug
2018

Why It’s Still Important To Have A LPA

A Record Number Of Over 750,000 People Are Now Setting Up A LPA In the last five years the number of people consigning their healthcare, money and legal affairs over to family and friends has risen by more than 180%. This is ...

09Aug
2018

A Cohabiting Couple’s Rights Vs. A married Couple’s Rights

If You And Your Partner Are A Cohabiting Couple, You Won’t Have The Same Rights As A Married Couple When It Comes To A Break Up Many people believe that after a break up, couples in a cohabiting relationship have the ...

17Jul
2018

The Strange Arithmetic Of Deferred Charges

The Strange Arithmetic Of Deferred Charges Mesher and Martin orders, together with their close relation the deferred charge, are usually used only as a last resort. However they do still have a place as a solution in ...

06Jun
2018

How To Avoid Common Estate Planning Mistakes

Common Estate Planning Mistakes And Identifying How To Avoid Them You’ll find that most estate planning mistakes usually fall into the same few categories. Each individual estate plan is constructed with unique features ...

24May
2018

Terms Of Business

Our Website Terms of Business About us Melanie Craig Solicitor (trading as Craig Solicitors) is a Sole Practitioner Practice.  We are authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under SRA Number 45641. We ...

23Apr
2018

The Top Ten Tips For Creating A Will

The Importance of Creating A Will There’s not many people that like to talk about death, especially their own, so it can be difficult when it comes to creating a will. However, if a will is not created while ...

19Apr
2018

How To Protect Your Money pre-divorce

What Steps Should You Take To Protect Your Money When It Comes To A Divorce? It’s not often you hear of an easy divorce. One of the most common issues within a divorce seems to be money so we think it’s important ...

07Jul
2017

European Court Of Justice Considers Jurisdiction In Divorce

European Court Of Justice Considers Jurisdiction In Divorce A ruling on jurisdiction was referred to the European Court of Justice as a couple that had connections with several countries were involved in a complex divorce. ...