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No Fault Divorce plans are unveiled

Following many years of pressure by family lawyers the Government has announced plans to end the need for fault-based divorce. These changes...

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Who makes your medical decisions if you lack capacity?

The recent case of DCC v NLH [2019] EWCOP 9 is an interesting case where the Court of Protection dealt with a matter where a person lacked t...

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Movers and Shakers at Fisher Jones Greenwood

We are delighted to announce that Jody Williams has been promoted to Associate Solicitor within our Conveyancing team. Jody graduated from t...

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One Year Anniversary for FJG in Holland-on-Sea

It has been one year since our  acquisition with Holland-on-Sea firm Alistair Keeble Solicitors. The acquisition saw FJG gain a prominent p...

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Can I claim for bereavement?

Can I claim for bereavement? Unfortunately there are a lot of people who lose loved ones as a result of someone else’s negligence. Coping ...

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New RICS Code of Practice relating to service charges in commercial property

Effective from 1 April 2019. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) professional statement relating to service charges in comm...

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Health and safety concerns for commercial premises

In acting for commercial landlord or tenant clients, we are always asked to confirm what the parties respective obligations are. The various...

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How can a business lease be brought to an end?

We are often asked by commercial tenants (and landlords), how a business lease may be brought to an end in the absence of a formal option to...

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Is a landlord entitled to withhold consent to a tenant request to assign or underlet a business tenancy?

The Landlord and Tenant Act 1988 imposes various duties on a landlord in relation to the grant of a licence to assign or sublet a property u...

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R (Goloshvili) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department and Liberty

Notice of Letting to a Disqualified Person. R (Goloshvili) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department and Liberty [2019] EWHC 614 is a ve...

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The Residence Nil Rate Band – A Common Misunderstanding

Before April 2017, the inheritance tax rules for an estate was that a deceased gets a tax free allowance (called the Nil Rate Band – NRB) ...

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What happens to a pension when someone dies?

A Workplace Pension is a way of saving for your retirement that is arranged by your employer. Alternatively, you may have put in place a Pri...