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What Can A Solicitor Do To Minimise The Stress Of...

Have you noticed how life seems to be getting busier and busier? My children are growing older and I often reflect how I have less...

Mark Wisby

Senior Associate, Clinical Negligence
Leasehold Enfranchisement | 7th October 2019

Is Right to Manage the Right Way?

The Right to Manage (RTM) has been available for flat owners since it became law in 2002. It allows flat owners the right for the...

Sarah Osborne

Partner, Head of Leasehold Enfranchisement
Leasehold Enfranchisement | 6th September 2019

Is Commonhold for the common good?

Commonhold is receiving a lot of attention due to the recent Law Commission paper on resurrecting this process. This is part of a long (and...

Sarah Osborne

Partner, Head of Leasehold Enfranchisement
Employment | 17th July 2019

Are staff photographs a breach of the GDPR?

Many employers take photographs of their employees to use on the business’ website and to support other business-wide marketing campaigns. But do photos constitute personal...

Jane Crosby

Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution & Accredited Mediator
Dispute Resolution, Mediation | 1st July 2019

Mediation, litigation, arbitration. What’s the difference?

When it comes to dispute resolution, there are now a number of processes that parties in disputes can choose from in order to try to...

Paul Grimwood

Partner & Accredited Mediator
Wills, Trusts & Estates | 27th June 2019

What Happens To Your Digital Assets When You Die?

With the huge rise in social media sites, and the storing of personal effects such as photographs, music, and blogs digitally, it is important to...

Sue Macleod

Senior Associate, Trusts & Estates
Family | 7th June 2019

Empty Nest, Empty Marriage

As an individual whose next ‘big birthday’ is 60, I have become more aware of how ordinary life events can suddenly feel extra-ordinarily scary and...

Vanessa McMurtrie

Partner, Family
Residential Property | 6th June 2019

The elderly facing hidden fees on retirement properties and homes

As the age demographic of our society has changed over the last 2 or 3 decades there has been a similar change in approach to...

David Knapp

Partner, Residential Property
Commercial Property | 9th April 2019

Brexit: maddening but not frustrating when it comes to contracts

Brexit may be maddening for business, communities and even the politicians in the thick of it, but in all the uncertainty, one thing seems certain,...

Roderick Campbell

Partner, Head of Commercial Property
Dispute Resolution, Employment | 3rd April 2019

April ushers in more than seasonal rains for employers, with...

Gender pay gaps, itemised payslips and what to do about working rights for EU citizens – these are some of the issues looming large for...

Jane Crosby

Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution & Accredited Mediator