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Commercial Property | 20th February 2019

Residential properties owned by companies – ATED – Annual Tax...

ATED is an annual tax payable mainly by companies that own UK residential property. Until 1 April 2016, ATED was only applicable to residential properties...

Roderick Campbell

Partner, Head of Commercial Property
Commercial Property | 4th February 2019

When is a door not a door? – When it’s...

When is an accessway not an accessway? When it looks like an access but you have no rights to actually use it. It is not...

Tamzin Mandelli

Partner, Head of Commercial Property
Mediation | 20th January 2019

Top 5 Benefits of Mediation

If you are an aggrieved party seeking to take action and resolve a dispute then, depending on the nature of the dispute and any prior...

Paul Grimwood

Partner & Accredited Mediator
Commercial Property | 12th January 2019

Give it up! Give it up! Baby, Give it up!

No-one has a crystal ball that can definitively tell them what the future holds. Every decision is a risk to a greater or lesser degree....

Tamzin Mandelli

Partner, Head of Commercial Property
Clinical Negligence | 12th January 2019

Has the demise of Legal Aid put justice out of...

Medical negligence (or clinical negligence as it's known) can be utterly devastating, not just for the victim, but for the family too. At a time...

Mark Wisby

Senior Associate, Clinical Negligence
Wills, Trusts & Estates | 13th December 2018

Soaring fees set deadline for executors and estate planning

Controversial court fees which have been branded a stealth tax on bereaved families are expected to prompt a surge in probate applications before the hike...

Louise Harrhy

Chair, Partner & Head of Trusts & Estates
Family | 27th November 2018

Is there such a thing as a ‘good divorce’?

Many Resolution[1] family lawyers think so and this week is Resolution’s annual awareness-raising week Minimising the impact of conflict on children: Conflict can have some...

Vanessa McMurtrie

Partner, Family
Dispute Resolution | 27th November 2018

Self-driving Vehicles – Who Is Responsible For A Driverless Car...

Self-driving Vehicles – who is responsible if you have an accident? The age of ‘driverless’ cars is nearly upon us. Funnily enough, it’s internet giant...

Mark Wisby

Senior Associate, Clinical Negligence
Employment | 23rd November 2018

When ‘Banter’ crosses over into abuse

“It’s just bants, mate! Just bants!” If you work in any kind of environment, from an office to a building site, you’ll be familiar with...

Jane Crosby

Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution & Accredited Mediator
Personal Injury | 10th November 2018

A Quick Guide to Personal Injury Trusts

One of the more structured ways of ensuring a recipient is able to manage their inheritance properly is to put it into a trust. For...

Mark Wisby

Senior Associate, Clinical Negligence