‘I’ve found this great business. It’s perfect. It’s for sale. I’ll need to be fast.’
Not every client brings us such exciting news, but it is common for our corporate team to be asked to help make a deal happen quickly. Our one, firm message at the outset: you ha...
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If you are facing redundancy we know it can be a difficult time. We are here to advise you on all the legal aspects. Employers should have a clear, defined redundancy process and discuss with an employee ways to avoid redundancy including the offer of alternative employment. There should be a fair p...
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There is no getting away from the fact that divorce is an extremely testing process for couples. It forces them to unpick the details of their joint lives and have difficult conversations about the terms on which they will each move on from the relationship.
The most challenging aspect of divorce f...
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Two people embarking on marriage should be prepared to make many promises to each other. To have, to hold, to love, to cherish. But what about promising to split assets 70/30 if things don’t work out?
It won’t be the most romantic conversation you’ll have with your partner in the...
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There are few statements more likely to take the wind out of an employee’s sails than ‘Your position is at risk of redundancy’.
The prospect of losing a job and a steady flow of income can hit people extremely hard. Sadly, it’s something we are seeing fairly regularly in tod...
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When two parents separate, there cannot be a clean break in its truest sense. Of course, financial and other ties can be undone and each person can move on with their life to a certain extent but the bond that connects parents to their children and therefore to each other, lives on.
Separated paren...
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It is a situation that most employers will have to deal with at some point. Throwing together a group of people and expecting them to get on with one another is something of a tall order. There are bound to be niggles (at best) and feuds (at worst). It can put an employer who just wants a harmonious...
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It’s now three months since the RICS issued its new rules on commercial property service charges. But have landlords and property managers got to grips with their additional obligations?
The new rules are contained within the RICS’ professional statement: ‘Service Charges in Comme...
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Cohabitation is often seen as the quicker, cheaper and all-round easier alternative to marriage or civil partnership. However, there are various differences between the legal status of a married person/civil partner and a cohabitee that should be considered at the outset.
One of these differences i...
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The reality of separation and divorce is that the parties cannot usually simply walk away from each other once that decision has been made. There are things to sort out; arrangements to put in place, formalities to go through. As Family Law solicitors, we regularly see just how difficult these situa...
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