A Fairer Rental Market? Key Changes in the New Renters’ Rights Bill
What is the Renters’ Rights Bill? The Renters’ Rights Bill (RRB) has been introduced by the Labour government and seeks to replace the Renters’ Reform…
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What Should be in a Pre-Nuptial Agreement? What Should be in a Pre-Nuptial Agreement?What Should be in a Pre-Nuptial (Pre-Nup) Agreement? There has been a lot of media coverage and publicity for the alleged additional $5 million that…
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Victims of the contaminated blood scandal win ruling to seek damages Victims of the contaminated blood scandal win ruling to seek damages500 claimants successfully obtained an order from the High Court on 25 September 2017, allowing them to begin Court proceedings against the Department of Health,…
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Lasting Power of Attorneys: Are Senior Judge Lush’s criticisms justified? Lasting Power of Attorneys: Are Senior Judge Lush’s criticisms justified?Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) have been hitting the headlines over recent weeks but for all the wrong reasons. Former Court of Protection Judge, Denzil…
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What is really happening with the housing market? What is really happening with the housing market?As we approach mid-September, figures providing information on the growth of the housing market for 2017 are revealed and being compared to the figures of…
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Is no fault divorce the answer? Is no fault divorce the answer?Is reform of our divorce law long overdue? Is no fault divorce the answer? No fault divorce and divorce reform are terms that are increasingly…
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Court fees, High profile divorce and a Family Law review Court fees, High profile divorce and a Family Law reviewCourts Make a Profit! The recent decision to cancel the huge increase in employment tribunal fees (and the reimbursement to Applicants of those fees) threw…
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Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard – Could MEES affect you? Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard – Could MEES affect you?New legislation passed in 2015 means that a Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) will be imposed on both domestic and non-domestic properties, in the Private…
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Leasehold new builds update – Government release consultation paper Leasehold new builds update – Government release consultation paperThe issue of ‘Leasehold New Builds’ has again been in the news recently, we first reviewed this in February ‘Concerns raised over leasehold properties’ when…
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Shortlisted for the Norfolk & Norwich Law Society Excellence Awards 2017 Shortlisted for the Norfolk & Norwich Law Society Excellence Awards 2017We are absolutely delighted that Gaynor Hay and Joseph Keeping have been shortlisted for the Norfolk & Norwich Law Society Excellence Awards 2017, Gaynor for…
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Clapham & Collinge announce key management promotion and welcomes new starters Clapham & Collinge announce key management promotion and welcomes new startersIn support of our continual expansion throughout Norfolk and with the focus on the development of our commercial department, we are delighted to announce the…
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Supreme Court rules employment tribunal fees are unlawful Supreme Court rules employment tribunal fees are unlawfulFees charged to those bringing employment tribunal claims have been ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court in a landmark decision welcomed by employment lawyers and…
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Shared parental leave, father wins employment tribunal Shared parental leave, father wins employment tribunalIn a recent case, the first of its kind, a father has won a case against his employer after they denied him more than two…