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Is it illegal to own and keep a weapon in your own home?

Owning a weapon may seem like a sensible way to protect yourself, your family and your home. However, owning weapons is not a right in the UK and so you need to be aware of when it is legal to possess a weapon, what is considered to be a weapon, when...

Guide to Shareholder Agreements

Even though it might be tempting to believe that nothing will go wrong when setting up a company with family members or close friends and therefore a shareholders' agreement is not necessary, should worse...

Prison Sentences - Is Life Imprisonment Really for Life?

It may be considered somewhat controversial, but when a person is sentenced to imprisonment for a crime, their sentence is normally fixed for a set amount of time, which is known as a ‘determinate sentence'. When a defendant receives a determinate...