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Employment | 1st October 2018

Understanding the redundancy process

Many people are facing job uncertainty and could be facing redundancy.  There is a set of procedures that a company needs to adhere to when...

Jane Crosby

Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution & Accredited Mediator
Commercial Property | 28th September 2018

RICS Service Charge Code: changes ahead

Services charges can all too often become a source of contention between landlords and tenants. To assist with the process of administering the service charge...

Anne Bridger

Senior Solicitor, Commercial Property
Commercial Property | 27th September 2018

A “takeaway” from Prezzo

Prezzo held a sub-lease of a ground floor and basement restaurant. In the lease, Prezzo’s landlord covenanted to “insure the premises in accordance with its...

Roderick Campbell

Partner, Head of Commercial Property
Commercial Property | 25th September 2018

When is a licence a lease?

It is often the case that owners of commercial property want to allow occupation of their property on an informal basis, without the time and...

Celia Watts

Consultant, Commercial Property
Commercial Property | 24th September 2018

Is garden land residential property?

This is a question that has excised property lawyers and tax consultants for some time, so what is the answer to selling garden land?  There...

Tamzin Mandelli

Partner, Head of Commercial Property
Family | 6th September 2018

Is there an advantage to being the Petitioner to a...

As many famous singers have lamented, “breaking up is hard to do”. On top of the emotional stress and prospect of legal proceedings, while the...

Vanessa McMurtrie

Partner, Family
Family | 28th August 2018

Taking the heat out of negotiations

Not so many weeks ago we all had to work in record high temperatures. For one of my divorcing clients a Financial Dispute Resolution (FDR)...

Vanessa McMurtrie

Partner, Family
Employment | 21st August 2018

Tips for starting a new business

Starting a small business can be an overwhelming process and there are many challenging areas. Here are some of the areas to keep in mind:...

Jane Crosby

Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution & Accredited Mediator
Commercial & Corporate | 15th August 2018

Company Voluntary Agreements – how businesses are using them to...

In recent months, there has been a growing interest in the way businesses are using a particular type of insolvency prevention procedure – known as...

Sheralle Fisher

Solicitor, Commercial & Corporate
Employment | 7th August 2018

GDPR – How are businesses coping?

Now that GDPR has been in force for a number of months, we thought it was time to take a look at how it’s affecting...

Jane Crosby

Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution & Accredited Mediator