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Family | 21st June 2018

What is a step-parent’s position after a divorce?

If you’re a step-parent going through divorce and you have step-children, what measures can be taken to maintain a good relationship with your step-child and...

Vanessa McMurtrie

Partner, Family
Dispute Resolution | 20th June 2018

Problems with Airbnb-style lettings

On 6 June 2018 Simon Wood, a barrister in the Hart Brown Dispute Resolution department, presented a paper at the RICS Regional Conference for the...

Simon Wood

Barrister, Dispute Resolution & Accredited Mediator
Dispute Resolution | 18th June 2018

Mediation delayed is not mediation denied

 In a case decided earlier this year the claimants made a claim against Channel 5 for damages for misuse of private information in respect of...

Paul Grimwood

Partner & Accredited Mediator
Dispute Resolution | 11th June 2018

Putting on the brakes: decelerating the accelerated possession procedure

On 6 June 2018 Simon Wood, a barrister in the Hart Brown Dispute Resolution department, presented a paper at the RICS Regional Conference for the...

Simon Wood

Barrister, Dispute Resolution & Accredited Mediator
Employment | 11th June 2018

Employers must tackle their game plan before kick-off 

With the 2018 World Cup about to kick-off in Moscow, football fans will have their eye on the ball, whether for England or their home...

Jane Crosby

Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution & Accredited Mediator
Employment | 5th June 2018

How could the re-nationalisation of private sector industry affect jobs?

With the recent news that East Coast railway services have been re-nationalised, there has also been a resurgence of interest in the nationalisation of the...

Jane Crosby

Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution & Accredited Mediator
Family | 25th May 2018

Divorce goes virtual, but financial issues still warrant taking expert...

A new online service should cut the stress of applying for a divorce according to the Ministry of Justice, but family law professionals say that...

Vanessa McMurtrie

Partner, Family
Leasehold Enfranchisement | 16th May 2018

WARNING FOR LANDLORDS… How does a revocable licence become an...

The recent judgment by the Court of Appeal in the case of The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond v 4-6 Trinity Church Square...

Suzannah Johnson

Senior Chartered Legal Executive, Leasehold Enfranchisement
Family | 3rd May 2018

Children Issues – suggestions for settling your differences without going...

With some trepidation as to how family lawyers would be portrayed on TV, I sat down to watch “The Split” (on BBC1 on Tuesday nights)....

Julian Waldon

Associate, Family
Dispute Resolution | 30th April 2018

You should have sued us just around midnight!

When a cause of action arises during the course of a day, e.g. the occurrence of a car accident, that day is disregarded for limitation...

Paul Grimwood

Partner & Accredited Mediator