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April is a busy month for businesses and employment lawyers alike. A number of employment law changes have come into effect in April that HR Directors and employers need be aware of. Employment Solicitor Alexander Pearce…

In the recent case of John Carey v Vauxhall Motors Limited [2019] EWHC 238 (QB), the High Court has provided the prospect of compensation to a special, potentially large, category of predominantly female Claimants, in asbestos exposure cases….

Justice Secretary David Gauke, MP yesterday announced what the Family Law world have been fighting for years to achieve – the real prospect of no-fault divorce. Demonstrating irretrievable breakdown of a marriage requires at least two years…

Most investors understand that when we invest to see our money grow, we usually do so over the longer-term. This means that our ‘not-so-secret’ ingredient when investing is time. So why then do many investors…

MPs have urged the Government to ban financial incentives between Estate Agents and Solicitors in their latest report on leasehold reform. The House of Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee said it had…

The Supreme Court has ruled that a hotelier landlord could not oppose a Section 26 Notice requesting a new tenancy on the grounds of ‘intended’ works. The case of S Franses Ltd v The Cavendish Hotel…

Significant planning applications always arouse considerable interest for local residents and we note that the London Borough of Havering has made a planning application for the development of Hall Lane mini golf site in Upminster….

If an access road to a property is adopted by the Local Authority or Highways Agency they will have liability for its upkeep. But what if you want to purchase a house and the access…

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has made suggestions to the government about how best to change the much maligned leasehold system to combat a rising wave of anger at expensive and unnecessary service costs,…

There has been a significant development in the law relating to the modification of Covenants in the case of Derreb Limited -v- Blackheath Cator Estate Residents Limited and Others.  Under Section 84 of the Law…