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Landlords, if you haven’t inspected your rental properties for a while because you’ve entrusted them to a managing agent, I would give them a once-over if I were you before a new Act comes into force in a couple of months, otherwise you could end up in court. From March 20, tenants will be given …
The latest version of the Home Office’s Good character requirement guidance published on 14 January 2019 incorporates long-awaited new sections on children and refugees. There are also new sections on absolute and conditional discharges, detention and training orders, extremism, deportation orders, NHS debt, and failing to pay litigation costs. The document now weighs in at …
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The Islamist militant group Boko Haram has been active in north-eastern Nigeria for well over a decade. President Buhari says its activities have been largely brought under control since he assumed office in 2015. His political opponents disagree and say the situation has recently deteriorated both in terms of the number of attacks and kidnappings …
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The domestic violence concession allows victims of domestic abuse access to public funds while they make an application for settlement. The High Court has now made clear that this concession only applies to those who are already on the route to settlement as a partner in the case of FA v Secretary of State for …
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I look at some Part 36 issues insofar as they relate specifically to small claims, portals and fixed costs. Small Claims Part 36 has no application in small claims track matters. CPR 27.2(1) (g) reads:- “(1) The following Parts of these Rules do not apply to small claims – … (g) Part 36 (offers to …
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Centre for Nigeria Progress 