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Directors’ Duties and the Environment

Company Law, Environment, Environmental Law, Law, Solicitor, UK Law

Environmental protection is perhaps the biggest contemporary issue that we face. Environmental considerations have become central to policy across a wide range of issues and are increasingly perceived as fundamental to all aspects of life. Also socially, with programs...

UAE – Civil and Personal Rights Law

Divorce, Domestic Abuse, Family Law, Family Portal, Inheritance, International Law, Law, Solicitor, UAE

On Saturday 7th November 2020, the UAE government announced that there would be changes to their existing laws relating to civil and personal rights, effective immediately. The legal overhaul included: Divorce and Finances…

Coronavirus: Compliance with Family Court Child Arrangement Orders

Coercive Control, Coronavirus, English Law, Family Law, Family Portal, Harassment, Health and Welfare, Law, Solicitor, welfare

When the UK entered into the first lockdown in March 2020, separated parents struggled to access information about whether the arrangements for child contact between both parents’ respective households could continue.

Domestic Abuse

Coercive Control, Domestic Abuse, Family Law, Family Portal, Harassment, Solicitor, UK Law, welfare

During the lockdown, the BBC published an article highlighting the increased number of calls to advice and supportive helplines. It was reported that the National Domestic Abuse Helpline had more that 40,000 calls in the first few months of lockdown. The charity,...

The Coronavirus Effect

Coronavirus, Property, Property Management, Residential Law, Residential Property, Solicitor

The threat of the coronavirus increases and while most of us are primarily worried about the health of loved ones and making sure we have enough food and medicines to weather the storm, if you are about to exchange contracts it can leave you wondering what you should...

Lasting Powers of Attorney

Attorneyship, Financial Law, Health and Welfare, Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), Law

What is a Lasting Power of Attorney? A Lasting Power of Attorney (also known as an LPA) is a legal document that can be used to appoint someone else to make decisions about your own assets, health and welfare. It can also be used to allow others to have access to...

Waterways – a beautiful feature or an expensive hindrance?

English Law, Property, Residential Law, Residential Property, Solicitor, UK Law

One could only dream of an impressive landscaped garden with a delicate stream gracefully flowing, glistening in the sunlight and encouraging vibrant wildlife, right? Maybe a beautiful view over an impressively grand river?Whether you have a small brook marking your...

Houldsworth Village Management Co Ltd v Barton [2019] EWHC 3590 (Ch)

Law, Leasehold, Management Company, Property, Property Management

The case involved a frustrated leaseholder (Mr B) who used company law to assist him with his grievance against a leaseholder run management company. Mr B succeeded in fending off an application preventing him from finding out the identity of the owners of a company...

Is Leasehold Law set for a radical reform? Developments to date.

English Law, Law, Leasehold, Property, Residential Law, Residential Property, Solicitor, UK Law

Over the past few years, the Government has been under increasing pressure to deal with the current unsatisfactory and complex form of property ownership in England and Wales. The Government gave the Law Commission the task of reviewing the current legislation...

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