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• Heterosexual Civil Partnerships, the Legal Bid for Equal Love

  • PostedFebruary 17, 2016
  

  Tim Adkin, Family Solicitor, discusses the recent debate of Civil Partnerships as highlighted by the recent case of Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, who wanted to enter into a civil partnership and took the matter to the High Court as they felt they were being discriminated against as they were not same sex partners.

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• The initial steps of selling a business: undertaking a due diligence exercise

  • PostedFebruary 11, 2016
  

  Whether you have owned your business for generations or for a short time the decision to sell isn’t always easy. Shelley Bonney, Commercial Solicitor, discusses the initial steps you can take to help expedite the transaction and help it to run smoothly. The key is in the preparation.

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• Right to rent goes live across England

  • PostedFebruary 10, 2016

  Anyone with mixed use premises from 1 February 2016 needs to be complying with the new right to rent legislation or face a civil penalty of up to £3,000. Read more here about the requirements for private landlords of residential properties.

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• The presumption of parental involvement

  • PostedFebruary 4, 2016
  

  The Children and Families Act 2014 introduced a “presumption of parental involvement” designed to encourage Courts to recognise the role of each parent in a more equal way. In order to keep up with social changes, the Act helps to recognise the importance of fathers having an active role in their children’s lives, which signals the end of the traditional idea that a mother is the “main parent”. Read more here.

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• David Billett

  • PostedJanuary 26, 2016

  It is with much sadness the partners announce the death of Senior Probate Executive David Billett after a short illness.

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• Breaking Bad – The unintended effects of break clauses in commercial leases

  • PostedJanuary 11, 2016

  Break clauses will usually include an obligation on the tenant to have paid the rents due, but what happens when the break date falls between rent payment dates? Is the tenant entitled to a refund of overpaid rent? In this article Kirsten Pratt discusses break clauses using the example of the recent Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Limited 2015 case.

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