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23/06/2020
You might be surprised to hear that you may not need to prepare a Will but this is true in a small number of scenarios (although not recommended). The key is to know what will happen to your estate in the event of your death if you do not have…

22/06/2020
Valid Section 21 Notices The ruling appears to set out and show that a #landlord’s failure to provide a #tenant under an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (#AST) with a copy of a current Gas Safety Certificate, before a tenant takes up occupation of the property would NOT prevent the landlord from being able…

02/06/2020
Following the announcement by the Chancellor that the #Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”) would be extended until October, employers and employees have been waiting on tenterhooks for clarification of the changes which will require #employers to contribute towards #employees subsidised salaries.

01/06/2020
How the Chancellor’s new Treasury directions modify the effect of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) as established by the earlier direction dated 15 April 2020? The updated direction notes an extension of the scheme to the 30 June 2020 (which is now October and as announced already), but the…

22/05/2020
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill heralds the biggest changes to UK insolvency rules in 20 years. The outcome is to provide businesses more breathing space to trade during the coronavirus pandemic, but the Bill is also designed to bring about some more permanent changes following a review of the…

22/05/2020
Recently we have seen a number of clients which remind us of the pressing need for the long overdue reform of the law relating to cohabiting couples yet the parliament is not ready to address such reform. Cohabitation, in lay terms known as unmarried couple living together is the fastest…

19/05/2020
Not long ago there were murmurs in the wings of a virus making life difficult in China, then almost overnight, or so it seemed, we all found ourselves in lockdown and immersed in a New Normal as many call it. As a solicitor in the commercial property sector, I am…

13/05/2020
With the unexpected, yet excellent news from last night, It is great news for the housing market and possibly the economy as a whole, the Government has set out plans to re-start the housing market, which has been at a standstill since the lockdown. The guidance that has been issued…

12/05/2020
Actively encouraged PM Boris Johnson's announcement on Sunday and further updated announcement yesterday, sets out that people who “can’t work from home” will now be “actively encouraged to go to work”. This raises a number of questions by both employers and employees, who face the job of navigating the unwritten…

07/05/2020
As the global pandemic continues to put us in a spin, we wait with baited breath for the Government announcement this weekend; with reports that measures will be taken to start lifting lockdown measures and a u-turn on the #stayhome campaign. Return to work An announcement made by Transport Secretary…

06/05/2020
Covid-19 has forced many industries to make significant changes to the way that they interact with clients, the legal sector being no different. Steeped in tradition, the law in relation to Wills has seen little change for nearly 200 hundred years. The Current Position in Relation to Executing a Valid…

05/05/2020
Ready, get sale…go! All property teams across our three offices at Curwens have long offered a “sale ready” facility to all our clients. This has helped many clients to shave weeks off the standard property transaction time frame, which according to the guidelines is anticipated to be between 6-12 weeks…

30/04/2020
During these unprecedented times, unfortunately, many people are finding themselves either being ‘Furloughed’ by their employer or losing their job altogether. Suddenly, many families have been thrown into financial uncertainty with little guidance on how to manage or cope. So, what if you have reached an informal agreement with your…

29/04/2020
The property industry is just one of the sectors that has seen an immediate drop in the numbers of client referrals, completions and initiation of general sale and purchase instructions.  The Residential Property team experienced a noticeable reduction in the number of new client calls pretty much from day one…

28/04/2020
Since the official lockdown began in the UK on 23rd March 2020, there has been a huge surge in the number of domestic abuse cases. Due to the restrictions currently in place, many victims are being forced to spend most, if not all, of their day with their abuser. Under…

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