April Fools Day: No Win No Fee, act now!
In 2009 Lord Justice Jackson was tasked with conducting a review of civil litigation costs and the majority of his recommendations are due to be [...]
Why Instruct a Solicitor to assist in the Administration of an Estate?
Acting as an Administrator or an Executor of an estate is an onerous responsibility. If you start to intermeddle with an estate by assuming the [...]
Why you should make a will
Over 2/3 of people in the UK have not made a Will. There is an assumption that all of the estate will automatically go to [...]
Why you should make a lasting power of attorney
As people get older it may become increasingly difficult for them to manage their own affairs especially due to ill health or incapacity. Making a [...]
Flood risk & conveyancing
With as wet a twelve months as we've had you need to be sure about your insurance cover & flood risk. Most people don't read [...]
The New Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme is a state funded scheme to compensate people who have been the innocent victims of a criminal assault and have [...]
Is the small business retail lease for you?
In July 2012, the RICS released a lease intended for small shop premises. Its features include: · Maximum term of 5 years · All inclusive [...]
Minimum membership periods for gyms unfair
In the recent case of OFT v Ashbourne Management Services Ltd it was held that payments without discount for early termination and minimum membership periods were unfair [...]
“Yummy Cookies”
Be sure your website is cookie compliant and you're adhering to the law! The law on cookies actually changed back in May 2011 but the [...]
Retirement: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly!
April 2011 saw the phasing out of the default retirement age with the Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age provisions) Regulations 2011. Because employers are [...]