The first Monday after New Year’s Day has been dubbed “divorce day”.  Every year we have an increase in calls in January as couples make the difficult decision of getting a divorce their new year’s resolution.  The new year is synonymous with fresh starts and making personal or professional goals. Being with your partner over […]

Alex Reid won his civil revenge porn case against Katie Price at the High Court of Justice on Wednesday the 27th November 2019. Alex was represented by Sanders Witherspoon LLP. This comes a day after she was made bankrupt according to reports in the media. Alex’s Legal Team included our Senior Partner Timothy Gir, Barristers Patrick […]

Our client was taken to court over alleged unpaid bills to another law firm. Here’s how we successfully defended our client. Sanders Witherspoon LLP were successful on behalf of a client in defending a claim for legal fees against Tees Law. Tees law had sought to enforce their alleged unpaid bill against their previous client. […]

Our Senior Partner Tim Gir along with Barrister Philip Williams of 33 Bedford Row represented Alex Reid on Friday 18th October at the High Court when they were successful in having a Statutory Demand thrown out. This type of notice which can lead to an application to make the recipient bankrupt, was served on Alex alleging he […]

We are delighted to confirm the result of the hearing on behalf of a client who was charged with careless driving.  She was a Senior Consultant Anaesthetist who had been driving for many, many years.  She had an unblemished driving record.  She was horrified to receive correspondence from the police alleging the she had knocked […]

We are delighted to confirm that we were successful in obtaining an injunction at the County Court last week on behalf of a client. What is an injuction? An prohibitory injunction is an order of the court to not do or cease doing something whereas a mandatory injunction is an order forcing someone to do […]

The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill is in the process of being brought into UK legislation, representing a radical reform of the divorce process.  It essentially brings into effect provisions for a no fault divorce. WHAT IS THE DIVORCE PROCESS? The current divorce process requires all parties to rely on one of five factors to […]

The GDPR is an EU Regulation that became effective in all EU member states on 25 May 2018.   It has been implemented and supplemented in the UK by the Data Protection Act 2018 and replaced and repealed the Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC)(Data Protection Directive) which was implemented in the UK by the Data Protection Act […]

A Declaration of Trust, (also referred to as a Deed of Trust), is a legally-binding document that records the financial arrangements between joint owners of a property, and/or anyone else who a financial interest in the property.  The idea is that, when the property is eventually sold, or if one party wants to buy the […]

A Neighbour Dispute can occur when neighbours disagree about something that is causing distress and frustration to either party.  Disputes with neighbours occur frequently and range from issues with boundaries, to noise, trees, parking, mess and even anti-social behaviour.  It’s important to understand the different types of antisocial behaviour, how to deal with them and […]