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				  <title><![CDATA[Buy-to-let deals to increase in 2012]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[Brokers throughout the UK are anticipating a bump in buy-to-let business in 2012 compared with the last 12 months, research by Paragon Mortgages has confirmed.According to a recent poll, 53% of brokers believe they will do more buy-to-let business in 2012, with just 3% expecting to do less. And of those expecting an increase, 19% are predicting a rise in business levels of a whopping 10% or more.H...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:24:43 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Rush to meet stamp duty holiday]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[Activity among first time buyers is expected to rocket over the next month as prospective homeowners rush to beat the deadline for the returning stamp duty tax.According to Wales Online, house sales in the south of Wales have boomed recently in order to avoid the one per cent duty on properties between £125,000 and £250,000, which will come back into force later this year. "In the next couple of m...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:29:47 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Fiancée of singer Gerry Rafferty to make a claim against his £1.2m estate]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[The fiancée of the late singer Gerry Rafferty is to make a claim against his estate after she was left out of his Will. Enzina Fuschini met Mr Rafferty in 2008 and they got engaged on Christmas Eve in 2009. However, his Will which was made in 2007, before the couple met, leaves his entire £1.2m fortune to both his daughter Martha Rafferty and granddaughter Celia Rafferty. The estate includes his h...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:28:30 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Major data protection reforms announced]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[Businesses will be forced to take increased care over the way they store and destroy sensitive information under new reforms to European data protection laws announced this week.In a speech by EU Commissioner, Viviane Reding, it was revealed that the revised EU Data Protection Directive will see pan-European regulation replacing the existing patchwork of 27 national codes, as well as giving citize...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:48:07 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Feedback to Fosters Mediation]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[In December 2011 Fosters Mediation sent just over 200 questionnaires to solicitors and had 74 replies.In relation to the replies <ul><li>Very satisfied  	77% </li><li>Fairly satisfied	23% </li></ul>We had some helpful suggestions which we are working on including: Improving the level of information to solicitors during mediation. We always ask at the first mediation meeting if clients wish us to k...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:32:29 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Nursery fined over child injury]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[Parents of a 14-month old boy have been awarded £75,000 in personal injury compensation after their son lost the tip of his finger at nursery.Just Learning, in Thorpe St. Andrew near Norwich, admitted a health and safety breach after Norwich Crown Court heard how the boy had been playing near a kitchen door when he got the little finger of his left hand trapped in the frame.Reportedly, the company...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:46:24 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Fosters Solicitors Confirmed as Lowestoft Town Football Club Official Legal Partner]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[Fosters Solicitors and Lowestoft Town Football Club are delighted to announce the formation of a new working relationship. In January 2012 Fosters were confirmed as the club’s exclusive Official Legal Partner.Fosters Solicitors who are celebrating their 250th anniversary year merged with Lowestoft firm Dunne and Chrome in 2007. Since this time Fosters has grown to become one of the premier provide...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:31:48 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Rise in pension-sharing divorcees]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[More separating couples are choosing to dip into their retirement funds when they divorce, as they have few other assets, according to research.Legal publisher Sweet & Maxwell claims there was an 11% increase in the number of pension-sharing orders in the past year and in total, more than 1 in 10 financial settlements ordered by judges in divorce cases now includes an arrangement to divide the mai...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:29:25 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Business owners putting up homes as collateral]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[Small business owners in the UK are increasingly putting their own homes in danger by offering them as guarantees for business loans.Confidence in banks is still at an all-time low and small business owners have had to turn to their personal funds to boost their businesses. As a result, 12% of small business owners in the UK have had to put their own homes on the line, while a survey from a major ...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:19:12 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Proposals for new stalking laws]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[Norfolk Police have been in the media expressing their support for proposed new laws to protect people from what is commonly referred to as stalking, but what actually is stalking?When we think of stalking, we think of unwanted attention by another, which can often be obsessive in nature involving the victim being followed and watched.  It is something we hear about as being more commonly suffered...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Wed, 8 Feb 2012 07:29:19 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Employment law in 2012: What you need to know]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[Now 2012 is well underway, employees and business owners up and down the country need to be aware of a raft of employment law changes ready for introduction in 2012.Employers should prepare for increased demands in 2012, and their employees will benefit in knowing how increased rights could affect them in future.Here are some of the key changes in 2012:-	From April 2012. parental leave entitlement...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2012 03:50:27 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Fosters raise £4,530 for Will Aid 2011]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[Last November, Fosters Solicitors once again took part in the Will Aid Scheme.Will Aid is the UK’s leading charity will-writing scheme which offers everyone in the UK the opportunity to make or update their Will in return for a donation to charity. The solicitors give their time and services completely free of charge.During November, solicitors in our Norwich, Lowestoft, Wymondham and Bungay offic...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 08:33:09 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[The cost of accepting penalty points for another]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[Penalty points are something every driver wants to avoid having on their driving licence.  They carry with them the guarantee of inflated insurance premiums and in some cases, the risk of disqualification for a minimum of 6 months, which in turn can have more serious consequences such as the loss of employment.  It is therefore unsurprising that some people try to avoid penalty points by persuadin...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Fri, 3 Feb 2012 06:47:44 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Energy Act 2011 and Minimum EPC Ratings]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[The Energy Act 2011 states that from April 2018 it will be unlawful to let residential or commercial properties which have an EPC rating of F or G which are the lowest 2 grades of energy efficiency.  Landlords will need to assess the energy efficiency of their properties and consider carrying out improvements prior to marketing them.  If the necessary levels of energy efficiency are not met then p...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:39:22 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[PIP Breast Implant Claims]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[There has been a lot in the press recently about a particular type of artificial breast implant (PIP, Poly Implant Prothese).Concerns have been raised that the materials used in the manufacture of these implants were either inferior, defective or both.  Some implants have ruptured which may lead to infection of the lymph nodes.PIP, a French company, supplied implants for around 50,000 women in the...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:27:27 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[New Year Resolutions From The Wills, Trust and Probate Department]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[When putting together your “must do” list for 2012 please make sure these are at the top1.	Making a Will <br />Everyone should make a Will but it is especially important if•	you cohabit with another person but are not married to them or not in a civil partnership with them<br />•	you have children as you can specify within your Will who should care for them in the event of your death<br />•	you ha...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:01:20 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Happy Christmas from Fosters!]]></title>
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				  <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:14:45 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Be Safe This Christmas - Beware The Potholes]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[Holy Christmas.Is the season to be jolly and the time to show goodwill to all men but asyou rush around doing those last minute things, it is a nightmare if bychance you should fall into a hole in the road or pavement. This canseriously spoil the celebrations with a trip to hospital and time to admirethe tree in A and E.Is anyone responsible for this ? Well the answer is that there might be.The Lo...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:03:40 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Buy-to-let market continues to grow]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[While the availability of house purchase loans continues to suffer, the number of buy-to-let loans issued recently has gone the other way entirely.Figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) show that the number of new buy-to-let loans increased by 16% in the third quarter of 2011 while, during the same period, the value of mortgages advanced in the sector grew by 19%. According to the stat...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Mon, 5 Dec 2011 07:22:09 GMT</pubDate>
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				  <title><![CDATA[Horse rider seeks road traffic accident compensation]]></title>
				  <description><![CDATA[An active horse rider who suffered severe brain damage after colliding with a motorcycle whilst out riding has launched a major battle for compensation.In 2006 Michaela Devereux was horse riding with her husband in the New Forest when a “reckless” motorcyclist careered into her.In a Writ issued in the High Court, Mrs Devereux claimed the accident was caused by the negligence of the motorcycle driv...]]></description>
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				  <pubDate>Fri, 2 Dec 2011 08:01:52 GMT</pubDate>
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