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The Children and Families Bill
The Queen’s Speech which took place in the House of Lords on 9 May at the State Opening of Parliament announced the Coalition’s Children and Families Bill, which will afford a greater level of fairness for families legally. Amongst the measures included in The Children...
Unregulated wills-writers finally face overhaul
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has announced proposals to deliver greater protection to consumers of the legal services of will-writing and estate administration. Currently unregulated practices, these proposals would see these services brought within the scope of legal services regulation, regardless of who provides them....
HSBC Mortgages causing conveyancing difficulties
HSBC Bank is currently facing serious criticism following a change to its lending procedure. In some cases homebuyers are claiming that HSBC’s changes have added costs to their transaction and caused delays potentially putting their property purchase at risk. When a property is being purchased...
Deposit Protection Legislation changes on 6 April 2012
Since the 6th April 2007 Landlords letting properties on an Assured Shorthold Tenancy have been under a legal duty to ensure, when taking deposits from their Tenants to cover non-payment of rent, damage to property, etc., that the deposits are appropriately registered and protected. For...
Can I have a Celebrity Quickie Divorce too please?
Well, no. Or, er… yes. Katie Price was yesterday granted her Quickie Divorce from her estranged Husband Alex Reid in the High Court. Or so you would be lead to believe by the Red Tops. The problem is that there is no such thing...
Murder, the defence of Necessity and the Law
With Tony Nicklinson in the press this week, much attention has been given to his fight not only against ‘Locked In Syndrome’ but for the right to end his life, should he wish to, safe in the knowledge that whoever may assist him will at...
All Change in Unfair Dismissal
Much awaited changes in Employment Law are now almost upon us. Since George Osborne announced last year that he was increasing the qualifying period for unfair dismissal from one year to two years, we have all been waiting for news as to the way in...
Abuse of Process Success
Sanders Witherspoon’s client was charged with three offences of assault against his former girlfriend. These were said to have occurred over a period of time when they were still in a relationship. They were serious in that they were in a domestic violence context and he...
Speeding appeal success
Our client was summoned to the Magistrates Court in relation to speeding in excess of a 30 mph speed limit. It appeared that someone had used a company car and when stopped by the Police had wrongly given our client’s name and details. Our client...
Brentwood School Careers Convention 2012
Sanders Witherspoon LLP will be attending the Brentwood School Careers Convention 2012 on Wednesday 7 March 2012 from 6.00pm in the school’s Courage Hall. Lawyers from various practice disciplines will attend in order to discuss a career in Law with pupils, offering them a deep...
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