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How much can a spouse claim on separation? How much ‘maintenance’ – the financial support one spouse is ordered to provide to another - is reasonable? These are the issues that continue to trouble our family courts. ...
The Law Society Gazette has today (July 29th) revealed what they call ‘advice deserts’ for housing matters in the UK. Their heatmap shows that a third of legal aid areas have just one housing solicitor present. Regions such as Surrey,...
In 2015, the Ministry of Justice reported that household evictions in England and Wales reached record levels, with 42,728 renters forcibly removed from their homes. In the first three months of 2016, 10,636 households were evicted from rented accommodation...
Finding a job is a daunting task for the majority of us, however this is understandably considered a much more prevalent issue for individuals with learning difficulties. It was recently reported that a 20 year-old man who...
Breaking up is never easy to do. In the past few weeks, we’ve witnessed the fall out of ‘separation’ in the news and in the media. We have fallen out with Europe and have decided to divorce. At home we fell out...
The ‘Pokemon Go’ phenomenon has now truly hit the UK and the ‘horror stories’ and doom-mongering has started in earnest. Among many concerns voiced by experts and the media is the extent of the app’s standard ‘Terms of...
The Care Quality Commission Regulations 2009 set out the instances where you must notify the CQC of a specific incident, event or changes to the service that will affect the users. Examples of situations that warrant a notification include the death of a...
Edwards v Kumarasamy [2016] UKSC 40 - The case concerned a claim for damages for personal injury sustained as a result of alleged disrepair at a property. The tenant (Mr Edwards) had been taking rubbish from the flat to the communal dustbins when he...
It has recently been reported that an 18-year-old waitress was asked by her manager to wear make-up, her hair down and dress in a skirt to be ‘easy on the eye for punters’ while serving at a Bistro in Ayrshire. The story It is understood that...
Research carried out by the Citizens Advice Bureau shows that there has been a 50 per cent rise in tenants seeking help following an illegal eviction. In order to obtain possession of a property a landlord must first serve a valid notice seeking...
What’s changed? Last year’s Budget introduced a ‘Residence Nil Rate Band‘. It’s been extended further this year. Basically, for deaths after 6 th April 2017 a new Residence Nil Rate Band (RNRB) will be available. This...
It is established law that a limited company is a separate legal entity to an individual shareholder or director even if she or he owns the majority of the shares in the company and runs the company on a day to day basis. However section 6 of the Statute of...
According to a report by the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups and Anglia Ruskin University, nine out of ten Gypsy, Traveller or Roma children in the UK have suffered racial abuse. For example, as well as the day-to-day comments made, it has been...
Many social housing organisations have called on the Government to review the universal credit scheme as recent statistics show that more than three quarters of tenants receiving universal credit are in rent arrears. The Association of Retained Council...
Pensions are in the news again following the demise of the national retailer, BHS. As family solicitors, we are regularly dealing with them – particularly with the question of what to do on separation. They are a tricky subject and one which can be...
