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The Government has announced a further extension to the ban on evictions until 31 March 2021. The Government’s press release confirming the extension can be accessed here.  The ban was due to be li...

The purpose of the Mental Capacity Act is to protect and empower people who may lack capacity. There are two stages to assessing capacity, firstly; is the individual unable to make a particular decisi...

Written by Mumtaz Hussain One of the major events that has not gone unnoticed as a result of Covid-19 is the number of sectors across the business world that have been forced to leave their offices...

Civil partnership for same sex couples was introduced in 2005, followed by gay marriage in 2014.  Since then I have prepared numerous prenups (or pre-cips) and my clients really understand the import...

The Financial Remedies Court Pilot launched in 2018 with the aim of improving both the application of procedural justice and the delivery of substantive justice. The President of the Family Division h...

Can landlords impose a blanket ban on pets? Recent news coverage suggested that the Government has changed the law to prevent this. One such headline in the Mirror read: “New rules mean landlords ca...

Once parents have moved beyond the realms of court proceedings, it is important to consider how they can develop healthy channels of communication for the benefit of the child(ren) involved and to sup...

A year on through the Covid-19 pandemic, nearly all aspects of our daily lives have changed. It is still unclear how the pandemic might play out in 2021, but a year on, how has it affected personal in...