The London Legal Support Trust (LLST) celebrated five years of existence at a reception attended by senior judiciary and other supporters last week. The LLST raises funds to support specialist legal services in London.

I am not a great fan of bombarding consumers with law. There is too much of it and most of it is very boring. If you are having trouble sleeping try reading the Consumer Credit Act 1974 for example – a page-turner it is not.

www.solomonslaw.co.uk A discretionary Trust is very much an animal of English law and a concept which is generally only really utilised in the English-speaking world.

Turning to the courts is always an option if you are dissatisfied with goods or services, including your holiday.

It is very easy to sign up to share a rented flat or house with someone, but what are the legal implications of this? Perhaps the most important thing you need to know about is ‘joint and several liability’.

A joint settlement meeting (JSM) is a way of negotiating legal disputes, including personal injury compensation claims.

It is not pleasant for anybody, let alone the children. It may sound like a cliche but divorce and separation hits children hard. The breakdown of the family has, rightly or wrongly, been blamed for many of society’s ills.

Mobile phone contract customers have been warned to be on their guard after it was claimed that thousands of customers’ personal details have been stolen and sold on to rival firms.

There is trouble brewing over changes to a school catchment area in East Renfrewshire. Currently causing difficulties between two local authorities, the law requires that the Scottish Ministers will have to step in to take the final decision.

Young people in Manchester will be able to use a new national ID card to safeguard their legal right to drink in the city’s clubs and bars.

In the three months to September 2009, mortgage possession claims in the county courts dropped by seven per cent.

Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White made the headlines recently, and it had nothing to do with his culinary prowess. He is involved in a highly contentious divorce from his third wife, Mati.

For anyone with a consumer complaint there is a huge temptation to not bother complaining when something goes wrong. This can well be a mistake for a number of reasons:- · There is a catharsis in complaining.

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