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Employment | 19th February 2018

100 years on – Tips for employees to resolve issues...

It is the 100th year anniversary since women fought for the right to vote and they did literally fight for this right often having to...

Jane Crosby

Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution & Accredited Mediator
Employment | 13th February 2018

Sexual harassment in the workplace

Women are being asked to share their experiences of sexual harassment in the workplace and public places as part of a government initiative. This is...

Jane Crosby

Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution & Accredited Mediator
Residential Property | 10th February 2018

Positive times for the first-time buyers

Arguably the recent stamp duty changes have been introduced to orchestrate, from a price perspective, a less volatile property market. The leveling of prices certainly...

David Knapp

Partner, Residential Property
Family | 9th February 2018

The names of both parents on marriage documentation

  When a divorce petition is sent to court, one of the requirements is to include a certified copy of the marriage certificate. For a...

Vanessa McMurtrie

Partner, Family

Stacking the Deck – Again! Further cost obstacles for claimants

In June this year my blog “Justice for All?” looked at how changes to the costs rules since April 2013 had benefitted Defendants at the...

Isabel Bathurst

Associate, Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence
Clinical Negligence | 5th January 2018

Hart Brown secures a six-figure settlement in clinical negligence case.

The court has now approved the settlement on a long running case in our specialist clinical negligence team involving a number of highly experienced specialists....

Isabel Bathurst

Associate, Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence
Commercial Property | 15th December 2017

Investing in commercial property – The pros and cons compared...

Some investors will have been looking at commercial property, either for the first time or with a new eye as a result of the recent...

Roderick Campbell

Partner, Head of Commercial Property
Commercial Property | 15th December 2017

Calling all tenants – Ideas for your Christmas list!

In the merry season of goodwill, and with landlords feeling wobbly as a result of the Brexit and 2017’s election (in addition to a glass...

Gaenor Thomas

Associate, Commercial Property
Commercial Property | 15th December 2017

Are you ready for a visit from Father Christmas?

Third party and occupiers’ liability is something which owners and occupiers of land and property should be aware of. Indeed landlords and tenants should see...

Gaenor Thomas

Associate, Commercial Property
Commercial Property | 14th December 2017

‘Not in my back yard!’ – There may be no...

Mobile phone usage has grown massively in the last two decades. There are six times as many phones in use as there were 20 years ago...

John Guthrie

Partner, Commercial Property