Thinking and talking about what would happen if you lost your mental capacity to make decisions about your property and financial affairs and health and welfare can be very uncomfortable. However, it is far more important to think about how much worse the situation would be for you if you suffered a stroke or was involved in a serious accident or had dementia without making LPAs first.
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Cohabiting couples are officially the fastest growing family type and whilst it’s the preferred option for many, there are some legal issues cohabiting couples should consider.
Life used to be less complicated when passing on such assets as photographs, CDs, DVDs and books. Notebooks and diaries filled your ideas and thoughts. These items were normally held in physical form and distributed to family and friends or in accordance with a person’s wishes when they died.
Do you know someone who is suffering from domestic violence?
Are you worried about another person - a member of your family, a child, and concerned about experiences they may be having within their family?
What can you do? What should you do?
When entering into a pre-nuptial agreement there are a number of legal issues both parties must consider carefully. Which country they wish for the agreement to be interpreted in (the jurisdiction) and which country’s law should be applied to the agreement (governing law) are two such issues that are fundamental especially as a large proportion of the UK population will choose to live or work abroad at some point in their lives.