Category: News

You may be in a position right now where you aren’t sure what is happening with your employment due to COVID-19. You may be in a position where you don’t know what to do with your employers. You’re definitely not the only employee or employer in this situation at the moment. Many employers are making […]

During this pandemic we have seen lots of businesses going under and it is likely that many more businesses may too. However, in the most recent guidance published by the government there is some assistance available for company directors, and I would like to share this with you, as it may help during these unprecedented […]

These are strange times. We are in lockdown but life must continue. We have had a few clients ask how they can sign a deed when they have to be in isolation. What is a deed? A deed is a document that needs to be signed when you’re doing something important. This includes buying or […]

Family solicitors are now considering whether the COVID-19 pandemic could constitute a Barder event, which could set aside a recent Financial Order that has been made. For some background I have summarised what a Barder event is and the history behind it below. Barder events in family law unsurprisingly follow on from an adverse case […]

Many employers may have breathed a sigh of relief (no doubt hidden by their mask) at the news that the government would provide funding of up to 80% salaries of those staff that are furloughed. The ability to keep staff on the payroll, but not bankrupt the company must have been a major boost to […]

Those running their own businesses are unlikely to be strangers to the gaps that can exist and the dangers of falling in to them. Gaps in our knowledge – we cannot possibly know everything. Just because you are excellent at what you do (solicitor, accountant, rocket scientist) doesn’t mean you know everything you need to […]

Whilst you may think it is an easy solution to say to your staff that they are all working from home whilst you weather the storm of COVID 19, you may not actually be able to impose working from home unless you have mobility clauses in your employees’ contracts. However whether you do or don’t […]

  I don’t know how many of you remember 1999, but it was also a year when we faced a degree of uncertainty and fear. For many, that uncertainty and fear related to whether the millennium bug was true or just scaremongering. Would all the computers in the world automatically turn off at midnight on […]

As the government has now advised people to stay indoors as much as they can, of course this has raised concern from domestic violence groups for what this means for victims. End Violence Against Women Coalition told HuffPost UK. “The many ramifications of the outbreak may also mean that women and their children could find […]

Unfortunately, there are many couples that are separating that still live together because of financial reasons (for example). Due to recent events contact for these separating couples may be prolonged even more, as they now most likely have to work from home together and possibly be quarantined together! If you are one of those people […]