Review of “obstructive and costly” SLAPPs
The Law Society of England and Wales is joining forces with media and other legal sector bodies to tackle the rise of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) which stifle freedom of the press to report on critical stories. Often associated with the extremely wealthy, SLAPPs are being used to prevent information being released into […]
Mortgages lasting into retirement are becoming ‘more common’
Having a mortgage that lasts into retirement has become more common as between April and June, 30,400 mortgages worth a total of £4.3 billion were agreed for borrowers ages over 55 and more than 50,000 were borrowers ages 70 or over, as reported by The Times. Warwick, 70, and his wife Lynda, 52, wanted to […]