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If you asked me what kind of solicitor I was, you’d get a different answer depending on where I am. If I’m out networking (ie drinking), I’d probably tell you that I’m a great value for money solicitor, or a very good solicitor. If you wanted a more serious answer, I’d tell you that genetically […]

For many years I worked in house for an entrepreneur. Whilst we didn’t always agree on things, we had a lot of fun, or at least I did. My favourite game was where I told him what the law was, he told me his way around it and I had 10 seconds (ok perhaps 12) […]

Looking after children can be a full time job. Looking after staff can be just as challenging, and not always as rewarding. For a start, there’s the recruitment process.  Most of us don’t get to pick our children, but you can agonise for days over decisions to take on staff, how much to offer them, […]

What is the GDPR? The GDPR, or in its full name the General Data Protection Regulation, is law that will come into force on 25 May 2018. It will replace current data protection law, namely the current Data Protection Directive and the Data Protection Act 1998. Getting into the spirit of the GDPR Accountability and […]

This is not some throwback to the 1950s, where I’m envisaging a woman standing on a chair, shrieking hysterically whilst waving a broom at a small mouse as it runs around the house, reminiscent of a Tom and Jerry cartoon.   This phrase was used often in the first law firm I worked at, and the […]

  Feel like taking your children and running away to the circus? Or somewhere else within the UK? Often following relationship breakdown, a parent will want to move to another area of the UK in order to pursue a new relationship, have a fresh start or return to their hometown. However can you do this […]

I don’t mean romantic dates – although I’ve definitely had a few bad ones of those.  The guy who only asked me out at the request of his friend (who had taken me out the week before) to see what I’d do was probably top of my list of bad dates.  Closely followed by the guy who […]

It may sound obvious, but when it comes to drafting contracts, sometimes it goes wrong because people think things are obvious when they are not. Better to spell it out and be certain, than keep it brief and lose out. For example, what does the word “exclusive” mean to you. Well you’d assume that it […]

We’ve all had them.  That flash of inspiration when the penny drops, the clouds clear and suddenly you can see things from a whole new perspective.  Sometimes it can be huge, but often even small ideas can be very rewarding.   My company has been operating a dress down Friday policy for a few years.  […]