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Pension sharing divorce settlement nightmare ends in victory for divorcee

By Family Department | Published: May 22, 2013

A divorcee who was told she must repay almost £100,000 of her divorce settlement has won her claim to keep the pension assets. At the time of her divorce in 2010 Natalie McNicholas was awarded 50% of her former husband’s pension pot after it had been valued at £622,946 by the company running it, Scottish [...]

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Scottish surveyor negligence claim clarifies duties

By Professional Negligence Department | Published: November 29, 2012

Anecdotal evidence among professional negligence lawyers would have it that surveyor negligence claims are on the rise. Perhaps it is because of wider knowledge of client rights, pressures of the economic climate, or because of an increased rate of negligence – it is hard to know. Now a recent Court of Session ruling has reminded [...]

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Did your surveyor fail to spot the ghosts?

By Professional Negligence Department | Published: September 2, 2011

Have you ever found yourself inspecting a property that is for sale at a price that seems just too good to be true? Well, chances are that if the price seems unrealistically low, there is a reason for it. As illustrated by the episode of The Simpsons in which the family buy a haunted mansion [...]

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