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10
Feb 2016

End of Joint Lives Maintenance Orders?

On the breakdown of a marriage the Court not only has to consider the division of the parties’ capital and pension provision but also their income needs and whether a spousal maintenance order is appropriate. The recent case of Wright –v- Wright [2015] has attracted much media attention and it has been suggested that this…

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09
Feb 2016

200,000 patients may have been ‘displaced’ by GP surgery closures

An investigation by Pulse magazine has found that the number of patients being displaced by surgery closures rose by 50% in 2015, leaving patients having to travel further to see their GP following a merger or being forced to register with a new GP. The study also revealed that the number of practices either shutting…

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