This article provides a brief overview regarding the process of redundancy, for employers of 20 people or less. Employers, who have more than 20 employees or have a collective bargaining agreement in force, should seek advice on further statutory consultation obligations. We do advise that all emplo...
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Having a child with someone is a big decision to make. The law around who has parental responsibility or not can seem quite confusing. But there are one or two key points to know about parental responsibility.
The first is that the mother of your child will immediately have parental responsibility....
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There are many reasons that people look to re-mortgage their property. It could be because their current deal has come to an end or they may be looking to save some money on their monthly outgoings.
Whatever the reason, there are some things you should consider before you take those next steps.
Ge...
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Administering an estate is the process that you need to go through when someone dies. An estate is made up of all the deceased’s belongings, their property and any money they have. Administering an estate is when you review their Will to see how they wanted their estate to be distr...
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Most people won’t know there are two different ways of owning a property together but these are either as joint tenants or tenants in common. They do very different things and you can use them to your advantage particularly when you write your Will and plan your future.
So let’s ta...
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Arranging maintenance payments for your children from your ex-partner or spouse can be difficult. There are a number of ways you can go about making arrangements for child maintenance and we’ll also look at what you can do if payments aren’t made.
Your first option is to make an agreeme...
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Conveyancing fraud is on the rise. Many people may be unaware that scams are targeting the biggest financial transactions of their lives.
The Land Registry are now so worried about property fraud that they’ve set up a Property Fraud line but what is redirection deposit fraud and what can you...
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As a landlord, you now have the responsibility of checking that your potential tenant has the right to rent your property legally. This is to make sure that anyone who is living in the UK illegally will find it difficult to find somewhere to live. This new legislation, introduced earlier this year,...
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Barker Son & Isherwood LLP Solicitors will be at the Andover Business Fair in Andover High Street, this Friday 9th September 2016. We will have a range of Solicitors, legal executives and legal assistants available throughout the day who will be willing to discuss the various se...
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