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Free Seminar 8th October 2010- The legal pitfalls of dealing with residential development.

Free Seminar 8th October 2010 - The legal pitfalls of dealing with residential development.

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HR Forum in association with UCS next event 10th November 2010 click to book

HR Forum in association with UCS next event 10th November 2010 click to book

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The choice about when to retire has always been mainly about being able to afford it.

Retirement can be a great chapter, given enough health and enough money. Normal health in older age has improved hugely over the past few decades, with life expectancy rising steeply. However, this lengthening of retirement caused by the postponement of death means that inevitably there is not enough money to go round. My life expectancy is over 20 years longer than my mother’s, an extra 20 years for the state pension pot to pay out. One in four boys born today can expect to reach 100 years: should they be expected to work for 40, 50 or 60 years of that time?

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WHY USE A SOLICITOR WHEN SOMEONE DIES

With increased used of the internet and the amount of information available online people often think that there is no need to use a solicitor when someone dies.  Following a death, however, there are a number of practical and technical matters which have to be dealt with.  These can be upsetting and onerous for the recently bereaved and the use of a solicitor can help to lighten the load at an extremely difficult time.   Read the rest of this entry »

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