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Divorce Process Part 1: How to Petition for a Divorce

The first step in a divorce suit is the filing of the divorce petition. This is by the Petitioner. The Petitioner in a divorce can be either the husband or the wife. The divorce petition requires that the grounds for the divorce to also be stated in the petition.

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Criminal Law Immigration

What is an unspent conviction

People submitting applications to the UK Border Agency and the Home Office for immigration related matters are under a duty to disclose on their application forms any unspent convictions. However; most people don’t really know what an unspent conviction is and this causes no end of problems with applications, often resulting in refusal of the […]

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Divorce Divorce Grounds Solicitors Firm

Applying for Financial Remedy following divorce

What is Ancillary Relief or Financial Remedy? Once a Petition for divorce has been filed at court, either one of the parties to the marriage can apply to the same court in relation to the financial aspects of the divorce. An application relating to the division of the finances of the divorce called Financial Remedy […]

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Immigration

UK Border Agency Officers Unit Contact Details

BIRMINGHAM POU Home Office Presenting Officer Unit 1st Floor 2308 Coventry Road Sheldon Birmingham B26 3JZ Tel/Fax: 021 700 1696 LEEDS POU Home Office Presenting Officer Unit 2nd Floor Springfield Avenue 76 Wellington Road Leeds LS1 2AX Tel/Fax: 0113 245 3472 ANGLE SQUARE POU Home Office Presenting Officer Unit 3rd Floor Building 1 1 Torrens […]

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Immigration

UK Government’s citizenship-stripping plans defeated by Lords

Government plans which would allow ministers to strip Britons of their citizenship without due process – even where doing so would make them stateless – were tonight defeated in the House of Lords. The measures, contained in clause 64 of the Immigration Bill, would have allowed the Home Secretary to deprive any naturalised Britons – […]