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Wills, Life Planning & Probate

Popstar Prince ends his 'purple rain' with no Will

Popstar Prince may have died without a Will – who will inherit his fortune? Reports are appearing that the famous popstar and songwrite...

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Business

World IP Day - Will potential new Piracy laws save some from walking the plank?

Today is World Intellectual Property day which has been devised by the World Intellectual Property Organisation to “raise awareness of how...

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Family Law

Legal Aid and Domestic Violence - Recent Changes

Legal Aid and Domestic Violence – Recent changes in increasing the availability of legal aid for victims of domestic abuse. From today (2...

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Business

Is this the end for BHS?

Dominic Chappell, owner of the British Home Stores chain, has now announced that the company is set to enter into administration, placing ar...

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Wills, Life Planning & Probate

Wills aren't what they used to be...

These days Wills are mainly concerned with the disposal of assets, appointing Executors and perhaps Guardians for children but it has not al...

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Commercial Property

Property technology companies 'Prop tech' and crowdfunding

What happens if you don’t have sufficient funds to invest in property and are unable to afford a mortgage? Property Crowdfunding is an alt...

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Business

Intellectual Property - A 'case' of 'wheel' interest

Since we published our blog ‘Social Media a ‘Wheely’ Good Idea in Intellectual Property’ (click here to view) in relation to the ong...

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Employment Law

National Living Wage - is it workable?

A new mandatory National Living Wage (NLW) has come into force today requiring all employers to pay a wage of at least £7.20 per hour to an...

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Business

FBI stop taking a 'byte' out of Apple

After obtaining a court order forcing Apple to build a “backdoor” into the iPhone, the FBI has now withdrawn their case after claiming t...

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Employment Law

Online Employee Privacy - How far can you go?

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) recently ruled that it was acceptable for an employer to monitor an employee’s private online me...

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Business

The PSC Register - Who's In Control

After receiving Royal Assent in March last year, the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 has slowly been coming into force an...

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Family Law

Ministry of Justice raise divorce fees

On Thursday 17th March 2016 the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced a 34% rise in the cost of an application to the Court for a divorce, nul...