At the end of March, we published the news that the Court Service will suspend all ongoing housing possession actions. This was seen as a huge relief to those who had been affected by the pandemic. Courts were due to resume dealing with cases...
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A recent collaborative webinar we did with our good friends at MHA Carpenter Box Financial Advisors led to their team creating a great post about Financial Scams. You can find the original post here on their website. The article from the team...
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We have always worked hard at Bennett Griffin to help protect, educate, share experiences and hopefully prevent our clients from falling foul to the financial scams and fraudulent activity that exists on and offline in today's world. When we were...
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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a number of businesses have been forced to restructure or have been left with little option but to close. In their case, this may mean that employees are either made redundant, or offered voluntary redundancy. In many...
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We recently commented on a proposal by businesswoman Gina Miller to change the law to allow for Wills to be signed digitally and for Wills to be witnessed via video-conferencing. The Ministry Of Justice has recently announced that video witnessed...
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Out of all the tragic stories coming from the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been the odd interesting challenge to how we used to live our lives. Out of difficult circumstances often comes the process of evaluation on what went on before. One area...
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Update - July 2020: Aside from the above, Domestic abuse takes so many different, very personal forms and the Covid-19 Lockdown has heightened, increased and disclosed the incidence of this often hidden crime. With the Lockdown easing for most of...
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With the uncertainty surrounding the easing of and possible re-implementation of lockdown measures in the wake of Covid-19, there are calls for the reform of many processes and legislation that affect how people go about their lives. One such...
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T: That’s what the new divorce law means to me… I think I can speak for most Family lawyers, when I say that pretty much once a week I am asked by clients if they can "… just divorce without having to say negative things…"...
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Contact with children will be a thorny issue for many that have separated or are going through separation, whether there is an overriding health pandemic or not, but the latter has most definitely fuelled the tensions. As always, the more the...
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