It is with great sadness that we announce that our friend and colleague George Selvarajan has passed away. We are very grateful to him for his contribution to the firm in recent years as a consultant. He was always happy to share his extensive legal knowledge, local connections and…
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April 14, 2020
April 10, 2020
It is hard to put a positive slant on the residential property market during the coronavirus lockdown. Sales had been strong in the first three months of the year, after the uncertainties around Brexit and December’s general election had been resolved. Now the current advice from the government regarding moving house is effectively to avoid…
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April 7, 2020
Sadly the predictions and fears raised in our recent article, Covid 19 Leads to an Increase in Domestic Violence, linking the COVID-19 lockdown to an increase in domestic violence have proved to be correct. In the last two weeks Refuge, the charity which campaigns against domestic abuse and violence, has reported a 25% increase in…
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April 6, 2020
With the UK on lockdown and the current restrictions on social mobility, welfare groups across the country, as well as charities, social services and the police are focusing their attention on violence in the home. Millions of family members are being forced to live in close contact with each other, often with little in the…
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April 2, 2020
It has been reported that in the parts of China worst affected by the coronavirus outbreak incidences of domestic violence have increased to three times their normal level, following weeks of household lockdowns and strict isolation. Recognising that rising levels of domestic violence will likely spread to the UK following our own restrictions on social…
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March 31, 2020
We have been asked to pass on the following message to anyone who has business premises in the St Albans District. In response to Covid -19 the Government have announced that businesses with a Rateable Value (RV) of less than £15,000 and who receive small business rate relief or who are in the retail, hospitality…
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March 27, 2020
With public health at the front of everyone’s minds it is no surprise that more and more people are seeking to update their will, or in many cases draw up a will for the first time. The Law Society and the government are currently looking at ways to streamline the execution process in light of…
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March 26, 2020
The Government has rightly focussed on the bigger picture in dealing with the coronavirus crisis. Now that the major restrictions to our lives have been put in place, more practical questions are being raised. Schools are closed, but what happens about exam grades and moving on to further education? Citizens are to keep their distance…
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March 19, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is having a profound effect on society. Our ability to go about our lives is changing daily, and now with the enforced closure of schools millions of parents and carers must try to juggle child care, their work and keeping their family healthy. One of the side-effects of school closures is what…
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March 11, 2020
It will hopefully be second time lucky as an enhanced version of the new Domestic Abuse Bill makes its way through parliament. A revised version of the Bill had its first reading in the House of Commons on 3rd March, many months after being first introduced in July 2019, and following its enforced abandonment because…
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