Occasionally, issues can arise where one party refuses to comply with the terms of a Financial Order. If this happens you will need to consider the various enforcement options available to you.

Testing is usually required when there is a concern about a party in court proceedings taking illicit substances or consuming alcohol, which in turn could be having an effect on their abilities as a parent and the care they are able to provide for a child.

Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) are lengthy documents which, as people will often know from experience, can offer many opportunities for mistakes. LPAs are used to appoint attorneys to deal with your affairs, should you need help or become unable to make decisions for yourself.

Whatever your views on the wisdom, or otherwise, of the Prime Minister’s announcement this week to row back from a raft of ‘green’ measures which had been designed to help the country meet its Net Zero targets, one group who may be breathing a sigh of relief are residential landlords.

Earlier this year, the government announced that they would be supporting the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill (“The Bill”). The Bill aimed to strengthen the existing worker protection laws outlined in the Equality Act 2010. It comes as a response to growing concerns about the rights and well-being of workers in various industries.

Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (the “1990 Act”) can be an extremely useful tool to developers, enabling them to seek variations to a planning permission without the need to submit a new full planning application. However, the scope of variations permitted under Section 73 is limited and has been widely discussed by the courts since it came into force.

World Sepsis Day is held on 13 September 2023, aiming to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of this devastating illness. sepsis is a life-threatening condition on the background of an infection, which overwhelms the tissues and organs in the body. 

The right to wild camp on Dartmoor has been allowed under local law for decades until earlier this year when it was challenged by a local landowner. This insight takes a further look at the case in question where landowners argued that wild camping should not be classed as open-air recreation.

In an appeal determined in August 2023 the Planning Inspector considered whether the use of a former Oast house had been abandoned. The appeal against the refusal to grant planning permission for the repair and reinstatement of the four kiln former Oast house was dismissed.

Thinking about buying a house with your partner? Or perhaps you’re considering purchasing property with a friend or family member? Alternatively, you might be planning to move in with someone who already owns a property.

A change has been made to the application process for all applications to the Public Trustee made on and after 29 August 2023.

Dogs are treated in the same way as personal items and are considered ‘chattels’ in England and Wales, meaning they will be considered an item of personal property and consequently can form part of the overall financial settlement upon separation and divorce.