Three men in Colombia have entered into a legally binding arrangement formalising their relationship. They had a fourth companion, who has since died of cancer. It has raised new debate about the forms of legally-binding relationship that can exist. Theirs is not a legal relationship status that would be formally recognised in the UK. Throughout Europe, there…

The Law Commission has recommended that the age of capacity to write a will should be lowered from 18 to 16. The review was apparently triggered by the case of JS last year, which involved a 14-year old girl who was dying of cancer. She wished to make arrangements for her body to be cryogenically…

 Taylors Solicitors is a solicitor’s firm established in Guildford in Surrey. The proprietor is Fiona Taylor, an experienced solicitor who has practised law in  Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire for thirty years. The firm specialises in providing advice and assistance in criminal proceedings, including interviews at the police station and council offices, in the magistrates’…

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