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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April 2, 2020
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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March 6, 2020
On Wednesday 19th February 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 telephone appointment with Commercial Property Solicitor Osman Dervish. You may want to discuss; Queries arising out of your commercial lease, whether…
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February 24, 2020
Islamic Ceremony was not a legal Marriage So said the Court of Appeal recently in overturning a judgment from 2018, which had found that a couple married in an Islamic ceremony could legally divorce under English law. The case could have major implications for future judgements on marital rights. In 2018 the High Court ruled…
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January 13, 2020
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
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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