Heated Divorces
There are mechanisms in place to try and keep divorces as amicable as possible. ‘No-fault’ divorce has removed the ‘blaming’ element of divorce applications by…
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Rise in divorce enquiries during coronavirus lockdown Rise in divorce enquiries during coronavirus lockdownRecent reports show that there has been a rise in enquiries for divorce lawyers and relationship counsellors during the coronavirus “lockdown”. The “lockdown” has affected…
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Sally Challen wins High Court case to inherit her coercive and controlling husband’s estate Sally Challen wins High Court case to inherit her coercive and controlling husband’s estateSally Challen was jailed in 2011 after being found guilty of murdering her husband, Richard Challen. Mrs Challen married her husband when she was 25…
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Covid-19 has ruined my business. What happens to my lease? Covid-19 has ruined my business. What happens to my lease?To begin with some words that you won’t have read before: in some ways legally these are not unprecedented times. Over the last century courts…
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Easing out of Lockdown – How do Charities Cope? Easing out of Lockdown – How do Charities Cope?With the “baby steps” being made towards easing lockdown restrictions and returning to a “new normal” all charities and businesses alike will need to be…
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Mental Health Awareness Week: 18th – 24th May Mental Health Awareness Week: 18th – 24th MayThis week it’s Mental Health Awareness Week hosted by Mental Health Foundation and this year’s theme is kindness. During times like these, looking after ourselves…
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Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Coronavirus Job Retention SchemeThe Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was announced on 20 March 2020. The government updated their employer guidance 4 May 2020 making this their ninth…
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Don’t overlook the boilerplate! Don’t overlook the boilerplate!Fiorello: ”Hey wait, wait! What does this say here? This thing here?” Driftwood: It’s alright, that’s in every contract! That’s what they call a “sanity…
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Coronavirus and Residential Property: Housing Market Reopens! Coronavirus and Residential Property: Housing Market Reopens!Further to our article earlier this week we finally have some good news about a return to a new normality for the property sector. The…
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Are you a charity looking to dispose of or sell land? Are you a charity looking to dispose of or sell land?In view of the challenging times that charities are facing during this Covid-19 crisis and indeed when we emerge from the restrictions, there may be…
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Buying, selling or thinking about it? Buying, selling or thinking about it?COVID-19 and our ever changing world is creating new challenges for us all and more importantly, new methods of overcoming those challenges. Who knew a…
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COVID-19 and Arrangements for Children COVID-19 and Arrangements for ChildrenAt the start of the “lockdown”, we wrote an article regarding co-parenting for separated parents during the current situation with Covid-19. Given that a few…
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Looking Ahead to a Post COVID-19 Workplace Looking Ahead to a Post COVID-19 WorkplaceWith a week passing since the coronavirus job retention scheme portal went live on 20 April 2020, the initial consensus is that it is working…