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	<title>Solicitors Bedford and Stevenage: HilliersHRW lawyers provide a full range of legal services</title>
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		<title>Rent Arrears</title>
		<link>http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/index.php/2012/04/13/rent-arrears/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Buy To Let]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Litigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rent arrears]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/?p=287</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of tenants are in arrears with a growing number adding to the total each month. Almost 95,000 tenants were at least two months behind with their rent in the quarter up to the 31 March; an increase of 20% compared with 12 months ago.
Landlords are also putting more possession cases before the Court with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HilliersHRW to sponsor the FSB Business Awards 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/index.php/2012/03/09/hilliershrw-to-sponsor-the-fsb-business-awards-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FSB Business Awards 2012]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/?p=283</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[HilliersHRW who are long time members of the FSB are once again sponsoring the FSB Business Awards 2012 and in particular “The Business Person of the Year” award.
Paul Hillier says, “Having been associated with these awards I can see the benefit in terms of prestige and publicity for those businesses who enter because their staff [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Law on Squatters</title>
		<link>http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/index.php/2012/02/06/new-law-on-squatters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/index.php/2012/02/06/new-law-on-squatters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Litigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[squatters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[squatters rights]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/?p=279</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Justice have recently introduced an amendment to a Bill currently going through Parliament, which introduces a new criminal offence of squatting.  It is hoped that this new offence finally is going to help reduce the risk to owners of empty buildings posed by squatters.
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is it really the lawyers fault for your insurance premium increase?</title>
		<link>http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/index.php/2012/01/20/insurance-premium-increases/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/index.php/2012/01/20/insurance-premium-increases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Personal Injury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance premium increases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whiplash claims]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/?p=274</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yet again it is in the press how whiplash claims are driving up your insurance premium and that is the lawyers who are (somehow) responsible for this.   Do you believe this?   Really?
Whilst insurers will want their fair share of the market, they will not want the whole market, many insurers could simply not cope with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Weapon in the War against Fraud - Contempt of Court Proceedings</title>
		<link>http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/index.php/2012/01/20/war-against-fraud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/index.php/2012/01/20/war-against-fraud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Personal Injury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraudulant claims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance Claims]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/?p=271</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Insurers are now sending out a loud message to all potential Claimants in that they are cracking down on the fraudsters who try to pursue a fraudulent personal injury claim.  More and more proven cases of fraud are resulting in contempt of court proceedings, which could result in prison sentences.  
Dishonesty in personal injury claims [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Time Buyer’s Stamp Duty Relief to end on the 24th March 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/index.php/2012/01/20/first-time-buyers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Residential Conveyancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Time Buyers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stamp Duty Relief]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/?p=267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since the 25th March 2010 First Time Buyers of residential property have been able to apply for Stamp Duty Land Tax relief if the consideration (money) passing for the property is £250,000.00 or less.
This applies where the buyer intends to live in the property and that it will be their main private residence.  This also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clamping Down for Good</title>
		<link>http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/12/22/clamping-down-for-good/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/12/22/clamping-down-for-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Litigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wheel clampers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROGUE WHEEL CLAMPERS BEWARE!
Many private Landlords operate wheel clamping in order to control unauthorised parking outside their premises such as blocks of flats, factories, etc.  This practice has long been carried out by unscrupulous wheel clampers; there are many stories of people being clamped and charged extortionate amounts for their vehicle to be released.
The extent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unusual Compensation Claims from the 19th Century</title>
		<link>http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/12/22/unusual-compensation-claims-from-the-19th-century/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/12/22/unusual-compensation-claims-from-the-19th-century/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Personal Injury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[19th Century]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aviva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compensation claims]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/?p=262</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year the insurers, Aviva, had a trawl through their archives and came across from weird and wonderful compensation claims.
Some of the clearly more weird and wonderful claims found in Aviva’s archives whilst they were undertaking this task include :

An artist from Swansea who was blown down by gale of wind and received £30.00 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worried about Care Fees?</title>
		<link>http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/12/19/worried-about-care-fees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/12/19/worried-about-care-fees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Wills, Probate & Trusts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[care fees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[going into care]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/?p=259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Will my family receive any inheritance or will it all go in paying for my care? 
Clients often comment that they find the care system in England and Wales to be grossly unfair.
The question raised is why, when I’ve worked hard all my life, should I have to pay for nursing home care when those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recovering legal costs via service charges</title>
		<link>http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/11/24/recovering-legal-costs-via-service-charges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/index.php/2011/11/24/recovering-legal-costs-via-service-charges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Residential Conveyancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recovering legal costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[service charges]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hilliershrw.co.uk/blog/?p=257</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the case of “Greening v Castlenau Mansions Limited” the Upper Tribunal had to decide whether the landlord could recover its legal costs through the service charges.
The flat owner was sued in the county court for over £11,000 service charge arrears plus interest. This included legal costs of around £4,600. The landlord argued that these [...]]]></description>
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