News archive: October 2024

  • Posted on October 31, 2024
    Statistics show that, on average, it will take someone 7 attempts to leave an abusive partner for good. [1] The law is also clear that children who witness domestic abuse are not simply witnessing it, they are experiencing it and are victims of it themselves. [2]
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  • Posted on October 31, 2024
    The process of moving home can be a complex journey. But it can be especially confusing if you’re a first-time buyer experiencing the conveyancing process for the very first time.
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  • Posted on October 21, 2024
    If you rely on the supply of packaging from a third party, you may be at risk in a number of ways. Does the quality meet your brand standards? Do the materials fulfil the environmental specification? How much wastage is acceptable? Will you suffer a financial loss from delays, for example if goods are perishable, seasonal or fail to make it to customers undamaged?
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  • Posted on October 14, 2024
    Picture this; you have had your offer accepted and the conveyancing is progressing smoothly, but before exchange of contracts, your solicitor tells you that the property you are buying is subject to a restrictive covenant.
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  • Posted on October 9, 2024
    When did you last review or update the policy on social media use for your employees? Does it reflect the way that social media is being used on a day-to-day basis in your organisation?

    Deploying social media is now deeply embedded in many employees’ job descriptions, whether for the purposes of promotion and marketing, recruitment or communicating with customers and suppliers.
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  • Posted on October 9, 2024
    Many UK land users benefit from a private ‘right of way’ (or easement as they are also known), which gives them the legal right to cross over land belonging to someone else via a defined route for a particular purpose – for example, to reach their property from the public highway.
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  • Posted on October 8, 2024
    When going through a divorce or deciding child arrangements after a relationship breakdown, there are various routes to resolving difficult or contested issues. One alternative to court, for a privately funded family law case in regard to a financial or property settlement and some aspects of children’s law, is arbitration.
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  • Posted on October 4, 2024
    Employers are legally required to give employees certain key information at the start of the job in what is called a written statement of particulars. This is often set out in the contract of employment, which includes details such as pay and hours of work. But that is not the only reason to take time to get staff contracts right.
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  • Posted on October 3, 2024
    If you have been caring for someone who has an impairment of their mind or brain and they have trusted you to make decisions on their behalf under a lasting power of attorney, you may be wondering when you can make such decisions for them. Mental illness can progress differently for each person and some days may be better than others, so at what point do you step in? And do you need a formal medical diagnosis or assessment before you do so?
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  • Posted on October 1, 2024
    Peter Lewis, Partner appoints Samantha Hulse Head of Family Law.
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