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News, Q&As and Press Releases From Our Team

Q&A If I book a flight and hotel separately online, do I have any legal protection?

There is so much bad press these days about holidays and what can happen to the consumer when things go wrong, I am nervous about booking a holiday online through one of the travel portals. If I were to book a flight and hotel separately, as opposed to buying a readymade ‘package holiday’, would I have any legal protection?

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Q&A How can I provide for my new wife when I die, without depriving my children?

I have remarried but my children are from my first marriage and my new wife has children from her previous marriage. How can I make sure that only my own children benefit from my estate if I die before my wife, and still ensure that she is sufficiently provided for during her lifetime.

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Could your cancer symptoms have been picked up earlier?

How many medical intervention decisions are based on statistics rather than on the evidence presented by patients who know their own bodies? Those whose lives have been cut short because of an initial misdiagnosis would say ‘too many’.

So why are there so many missed opportunities for early intervention, and what can victims do to get justice?

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Q&A Are bosses discriminating by prioritising leave requests from working parents?

I manage a team of 14 people, several of whom are working parents. It has always been company policy to give priority to working parents when it comes to annual leave requests during school holidays. There is one member of staff, however, who has no children but whose wife works as a teacher. He is a good employee whom I would hate to lose, but he is very angry that he is never allowed to take his leave during school holidays when his wife is off. I have spoken to head office about it, but they are adamant that they are sticking to company policy – no kids, no school holiday leave. Isn’t this discrimination?

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Q&A What are the different types of Will you can have?

We have just had our first child and want to make our Wills. However, we have discovered it isn’t as straightforward as we thought it would be. We have heard people mention single Wills, mirror Wills and Trust Wills. Please can you explain the differences.

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Q&A If I use a solicitor for my divorce, how can I keep the costs down?

My wife and I are amicably separated and are both keen to move on with our own lives. We have no children so everything should be straightforward and therefore, to save money, we are tempted to apply for a ‘quickie divorce’ using the new ‘no-fault’ process. However, we are aware that we still need to apply for a Clean Break Financial Order and are not comfortable doing this ourselves. Can you offer any advice on how we could keep our costs down if we use a solicitor?

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Q&A How can I protect my greater contribution to house purchase with my partner?

My partner and I have been living together in rented property for a couple of years and she is keen for us to buy a house together. Neither of us want to get married as we don’t want children and therefore cannot see a need to. My concern is that I owned a house with my ex-wife and came out of the divorce with a chunk of money that we will need to use for the deposit on the new home. Not unreasonably, I would like to protect the money I put into our new home but am not sure of the best way to go about it. Please can you advise?

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Q&A Do I have to use the developer’s recommended solicitor for conveyancing?

We are buying our first home together, which is a new build. The on-site salesperson has recommended we use a particular conveyancing solicitor who she says they work closely with. She says this will ensure things go more smoothly and the process is likely to be cheaper. Do we have to go with the developer’s solicitor?

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Leading local law firm sponsors meeting for Wrexham Young Professionals

A year after holding its inaugural event in May last year, Wrexham Young Professionals was sponsored by one of the region’s largest law firms at its 29 May 2025 meeting.

Based in Grosvenor Road, just across the road from Coleg Cambria, sponsor GHP Legal has a long history of supporting the local colleges and universities. Offering training opportunities for aspiring young solicitors, the firm initiated the Gwilym Hughes Memorial prize with Wrexham University Law department.

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