Category: News

  I don’t gamble. OK, that might be a slight exaggeration.  I have been known to say things like “a pound says that it will rain before the end of the day because I’ve got my best killer heels on” but that’s usually about as far as it goes. I’ve been to Vegas and other […]

Court orders are like parking restrictions. You can’t just ignore them.  Or if you do, you will bear the brunt of the traffic warden and his punishing tickets. Take, for example, a Child Arrangements Order.  Once it’s finally agreed, parents will hope the court proceedings are over and the arrangements are set in stone. However, […]

    People often mistake what they can do, with what they have to do, with what they should do. For example, I can have another glass of wine, but I don’t have to have another glass of wine and perhaps I should have stopped before the last glass of wine, but if I don’t […]

  Well that depends on what the question was! If it’s “would you like another drink” then you might say that silence was the wrong response, because you might go thirsty.  On the other hand, you may have perfected the “are you mentally ill” look that my children are so good at, so that you […]

One of the benefits of having been in law for over 30 years is that I have experience in a wide range of areas, and regularly talk to clients about a wide range of situations and scenarios. I’ve noticed that when I give advice, I tend to give real life analogies and examples, because I […]

    Or, put another way, it’s better to avoid a dangerous situation than confront it. Or, as I like to say, prevention is better than cure! Although we can apply that to many parts of our everyday lives, and many parts of our legal lives, today I’m particularly focusing on employment contracts, which often […]

  Not that long ago (but definitely pre COVID) a well known chain of serviced offices asked me to put on a series of presentations for the multitude of businesses that rented space from them.  I was labelled as a “member benefit” in that if you had an office licence agreement with them, you could […]

You’d probably assume that if speed is important, you can’t do any better than Usain Bolt, but the supporters of Srinivas Gowda might say otherwise.  For those of you not aware, Mr Gowda is a buffalo racer from India who is tipped for Olympic glory if we ever get back to the Olympics! Speed isn’t […]

  It’s quite common for people to start their own legal proceedings because they think it will be cheaper in the long run than having a solicitor act for them, especially if they think the Judge will give them an easier ride than their legally represented opponents. Many litigants in person assume that they won’t […]

  I guarantee that at some stage in your life, you’ve bought something that came with a guarantee, even if that wasn’t why you made the purchase. The chances are that you didn’t even read the terms of the guarantee, and even if you did, you might not have understood what all the caveats or […]