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Backdated Bereavement Support for Unmarried Parents
At Ridley & Hall our will dispute team often acts for unmarried parents who have lost their partner. They may […]
Financial Support for Kinship Carers
Kinship carers often don’t know that they are entitled to financial support when caring for their relatives. Unfortunately, this is […]
Ridley & Hall launches a new website to support Grandparents and to protect their rights
Our Mission Mature clients are at a time in life when they are supporting elderly parents, grown up children and […]
Remember Maureen Barrett – a battling grandmother who fought for underpaid kinship carers
Maureen Barrett has died. There were no obituaries for her in the local paper – but Maureen was a special […]
Battling Grandmother Wins £30,000 Kinship Settlement with London Borough of Hackney
A London grandmother, aged 60, has forced the London Borough of Hackney to pay over £30,000 in an out of […]
Derby City Council Pay Struggling Grandfather £16,500 in Back Dated Payments
A grandfather from Derby has won a substantial amount of back dated monies from his local council after caring for […]
Ridley & Hall Review of the Care Leavers Charter
Many grandparent carers and family and friends carers will be caring for “looked after” children who are approaching 16 – […]
Support for Families who are the Victims of Crime
The recent Channel 4 documentary ‘The Murder Workers’ was extremely interesting, if at times distressing viewing. The programme focused on […]
Special Guardianship Orders – Are They Right For You?
Special guardianship orders were introduced in December 2005. Its aim was to bridge the gap between a residence order and […]
