Gloomy stories of slow retail sales and squeezed profit margins over Christmas and New Year have been widely reported, and evidence of the consequences is visible on high streets around the country, with their empty shops and To Let boards. Internet sales are widely blamed for poor performance on the high street, and it is…
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January 13, 2020
January 13, 2020
Property sellers in St Albans have been given a boost with the publication of Property Agency Yopa’s London Commuter Guide for 2020. Yopa’s Guide puts St Albans in first place in its rankings of the best place to live if you commute to work in the capital. The Guide’s rankings take into account average house…
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January 6, 2020
On Wednesday 15th January between 1pm and 5pm , Bretherton Law will be hosting another commercial property legal clinic. Anyone with a commercial property legal question is able to book a free 20 minute slot with Commercial Property Solicitor Osman Dervish. Appointments can be face to face at our office based in St Albans City…
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December 13, 2019
This year our annual Charity Christmas Quiz was to raise funds for Citizens Advice St Albans District. It was a great night with a record number of guests and some tough quiz questions. The first round was a picture round. How many logos can you identify? The answers can be found in the pdf document…
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December 11, 2019
At each New Year many of us take stock and think about how we can improve our lives. Work colleagues, friends, and family will make a New Year resolution to stop smoking, eat more healthily, or join a gym. But for anyone caught up in a difficult relationship, separation from their partner can be high…
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December 6, 2019
Figures released in November by the Office for National Statistics show that in the year ending March 2018, around 2 million adults in England and Wales experienced domestic abuse. Of these 1.3 million were women and 700,000 were men. Police forces subsequently recorded 600,000 domestic-abuse related crimes, an increase of 23% over the previous year,…
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December 6, 2019
Starting a family is likely to be the most life-changing event people will ever experience. The newborn is utterly dependent on its parents and will make its presence known every few hours when it demands to be fed, changed, or settled down to sleep. The new arrival will most likely necessitate other practical, day to…
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December 1, 2019
Roy Wood and his band mates in Wizzard may have wished it could be Christmas every day, but for most of us once a year is enough. Christmas Day itself only lasts for 24 hours, but these days the Christmas period seems to get longer every year, allowing ever more time for present shopping, as…
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November 26, 2019
Children of divorcing couples inevitably go through a huge range of emotions when their lives are being turned upside down by the divorce process. Relationships between the adults can easily become bitter and acrimonious, so it is essential to protect children from the worst aspects of the break up. Tip 1 – think of the…
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November 25, 2019
Together for Children is a grouping of more than 70 organisations, experts and individuals seeking to promote the principles and legal protections enshrined within the Children Act 1989 and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). In advance of the General election on December 12th the network has published a list…
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