Category: Ridley & Hall Solicitors
Battling Grandmother Wins £30,000 Kinship Settlement with London Borough of Hackney
A London grandmother, aged 60, has forced the London Borough of Hackney to pay over £30,000 in an out of […]
Ridley & Hall Celebrates Double Accreditation
The 2015 Legal 500 rankings have been announced and Ridley & Hall is pleased to be named as the highest […]
Big Money Cases are they Really Newsworthy?
There is an expectation of the right to a private and family life under the European Convention for the Protection […]
Divorce Settlement Appeals Allowed by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously in favour of two women who say they were misled as to their ex-husbands’ […]
New Kinship Care Research Shows Potentially Disastrous Effects of Tax Credit and Welfare Reform
Nigel Priestley, Senior Partner at Ridley & Hall and trustee of the Family Rights Group, has welcomed the call to […]
Working Grandparents to Share Parental Leave and Pay
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced this week that working grandparents will be able to share parental leave in […]
Happy Families? Moving in with Mum
Living on your own can be lonely, especially as you grow older. For many families the logical answer is that […]
A Decision to Shock Local Authorities and Adopters!
Decisions of the Court of Appeal and the High Court earlier this summer must have sent tremors through local authority […]
Dying Patient’s Own Wishes Determine ‘Best Interests’ Decision
A judge in the Court of Protection has recently ruled that a mentally ill man should not have his leg […]
Lloyds Bank Causing Heartbreak to Widow of Missing Person
The failure of Lloyds TSB to respond to requests for information about the accounts of a missing person may result […]
