Bosses receive frost alert to manage bad weather risks
Employers are on frost alert, following the news that a home care worker has won her claim for damages after slipping on ice and breaking...
Blogs
Never Say Never
NHS “never” events are in the news again. The Independent has run an article this week which mentions that analysis by the Press Association has...
Gerard Sanders
Partner, Head of Personal Injury & Clinical NegligenceEmployers face stricter controls on private internet monitoring
Recent news headlines have warned employees that social media chat and email conversations at work are open to monitoring by the boss, following a recent ruling...
Jane Crosby
Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution & Accredited MediatorDonors beware!
When your attorneys are not given authority to have sight of the Will or have no knowledge of its contents, it can create difficulties and...
Isabel Hodgson
Legal Executive, Trusts & EstatesNew Year resolution
Listening to the radio this morning and a spokes person for the Alzheimer’s Society talking about their new campaign ‘’Fix Dementia Care’’ I was reminded...
Sara McGrigor
Associate, Trusts & EstatesHow to deal with kids in a divorce
One of the sad facts of life is that breakdowns in relationships and divorces do happen. It can be a difficult thing to deal with...
James Ward
Divorce down as pre nups rise
The first working day in January is commonly known as Divorce Day, when family lawyers receive more enquiries than at any other time of the...
Vanessa McMurtrie
Partner, FamilyNew AST Regulations Set to Bite Landlords, Again
The government’s assault on private landlords continues with the implementation of the snappily entitled Assured Shorthold Tenancy Notices and Prescribed Requirements (England) Regulations 2015. Landlords...
Roderick Campbell
Partner, Head of Commercial PropertyThe Art of Tenant Repair
Most leases contain repairing obligations for tenants in some form or another which are likely to extend to replacement of fixtures, fittings or parts of...
Gaenor Thomas
Associate, Commercial PropertyStamp Duty Land Tax on Second Homes
The 2015 Budget announced that as from April 2016, a surcharge of 3% on Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) in respect of purchases of "additional...
