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Affordability checks: a riddle wrapped in a mystery

Affordability checks: a riddle wrapped in a mystery

In a recent blog published by the Gambling Commission (‘Financial risk assessments pilot – update on post-pilot analysis’), the regulator expressed what appeared to be a considerable degree of exasperation at the widespread criticism of affordability checks: “There...
UK immigration is tightening but many routes remain open

UK immigration is tightening but many routes remain open

This week the UK government introduced more changes to the immigration rules: banning student visas for nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan, and suspending Skilled Worker visa applications for Afghan nationals to curb the apparent misuse of legal...
The Cost of Separating – Capital Assets

The Cost of Separating – Capital Assets

Here we consider basic principles that apply to the division of capital assets of a family in the event of relationship breakdown.  We do not consider in any detail the law relating to ongoing income payments (“maintenance”) or the separate standalone claims that can...