Welcome to our Blog where you can access our latest news and legal updates. We hope to keep our clients well informed of changes in law and how these may affect their businesses and affairs.

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January 29, 2018 | by Karen Wilson

The start of a New Year can lead to people seeking advice regarding relationship problems, and possible separation.  Some couples  may have stayed together until the New Year for the sake of the children to have one last Christmas as...

November 27, 2017 | by Sarah Slack

As family lawyers we regularly work with couples whose relationships have sadly broken down. Increasingly we meet with couples who are cohabiting – living together but unmarried. They are the fastest growing family type in the UK, with recent figures...

November 22, 2017 | by Simon Hale

The issue of dilapidations can be a mystery for both landlords and tenants. Dilapidations is the claim made for damages by a landlord from a tenant based on the repairing obligations set out in the terms of a commercial lease....

October 16, 2017 | by Charlotte Davis

Your spouse has told you the marriage is over. Whether you knew it was over or it’s out of the blue the news will still come as a terrible shock. If you weren’t expecting the bombshell you’ve just received, you...

October 2, 2017 | by Duncan Lyon

It is not uncommon to hear people questioning the need to take legal advice when making a Will. Many people think the process is straightforward enough to do themselves. Unfortunately, a high proportion of all homemade Wills that we have come across have...

September 25, 2017 | by Beatrice Lowry

This Sunday, 24th September, two of our directors Simon Hale and Ben Bourne donned their newest running trainers and made their way to Victoria Embankment along with over 13,000 others to take part in the 2017 Robin Hood half marathon....

July 10, 2017 | by Ben Bourne

The responsibilities on charity trustees aren’t letting up. With intervention in or removal of charities by the Charity Commission for those repeatedly filing late returns, increased powers to suspend or disqualify non compliant trustees and its new weapon to issue...