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style=\"display:none;\">2025-07-10T16:43:55+00:00<\/span><span>June 24th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">Uncategorized<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"fusion-comments\"><span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on Residential \u2013 Right to Buy<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p>The Right to Buy Scheme, allows council tenants in England to purchase their council homes at a discounted price than the full market price. This is due to the duration you [...]<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-zoomin\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/?p=3570\" aria-label=\"Residential \u2013 Stamp Duty Land Tax\" class=\"hover-type-zoomin\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2f35f18c-40a9-488f-b5bd-801e91a24393-700x441.png\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%201536%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271536%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2f35f18c-40a9-488f-b5bd-801e91a24393-700x441.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2f35f18c-40a9-488f-b5bd-801e91a24393-320x202.png 320w, https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2f35f18c-40a9-488f-b5bd-801e91a24393-700x441.png 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/?author=1\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-06-24T17:20:53+00:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/?p=3570\">Residential \u2013 Stamp Duty Land Tax<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/?author=1\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-06-24T17:20:53+00:00<\/span><span>June 24th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">Uncategorized<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"fusion-comments\"><span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on Residential \u2013 Stamp Duty Land Tax<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p>From the 1st April 2025, home buyers will be required to pay more stamp duty. Hence, an individual who is considering buying a property needs to understand how the recent changes [...]<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-zoomin\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/?p=3461\" aria-label=\"Immigration \u2013 The recent White Paper Policy\" class=\"hover-type-zoomin\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChatGPT-Image-Jun-24-2025-10_51_48-AM-700x441.png\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271024%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201024%201024%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271024%27%20height%3D%271024%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChatGPT-Image-Jun-24-2025-10_51_48-AM-700x441.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChatGPT-Image-Jun-24-2025-10_51_48-AM-320x202.png 320w, https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChatGPT-Image-Jun-24-2025-10_51_48-AM-700x441.png 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/?author=1\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-06-24T05:22:42+00:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/?p=3461\">Immigration \u2013 The recent White Paper Policy<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/?author=1\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-06-24T05:22:42+00:00<\/span><span>June 24th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/?cat=169\" rel=\"category\">law<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"fusion-comments\"><span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on Immigration \u2013 The recent White Paper Policy<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p>Recently, in May the UK government published a white paper policy document titled \u2018Restoring Control over the Immigration System\u2019. The purpose of this document was to propose ideas that would tighten [...]<\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post fusion-column column col col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4\"><div class=\"fusion-flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading flexslider flexslider-hover-type-zoomin\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/?p=3458\" aria-label=\"AI and advancements in technology\" class=\"hover-type-zoomin\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChatGPT-Image-Jun-24-2025-10_45_42-AM-e1754809445245-700x441.png\" class=\"attachment-recent-posts size-recent-posts lazyload\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271180%27%20height%3D%27960%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201180%20960%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271180%27%20height%3D%27960%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChatGPT-Image-Jun-24-2025-10_45_42-AM-e1754809445245-700x441.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChatGPT-Image-Jun-24-2025-10_45_42-AM-e1754809445245-320x202.png 320w, https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ChatGPT-Image-Jun-24-2025-10_45_42-AM-e1754809445245-700x441.png 700w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"recent-posts-content\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/?author=1\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-08-10T07:05:17+00:00<\/span><h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/?p=3458\">AI and advancements in technology<\/a><\/h4><p class=\"meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/?author=1\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2025-08-10T07:05:17+00:00<\/span><span>June 24th, 2025<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vassolicitors.co.uk\/?cat=169\" rel=\"category\">law<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><span class=\"fusion-comments\"><span>Comments Off<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> on AI and advancements in technology<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p>AI is becoming a day-to-day tool used by law firms indicating that it is an essential component of the legal industry. 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