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15 January

On 19 December 2017, the Charity Commission issued a regulatory alert reminding charities to review their safeguarding and governance arrangements. It also published its revised strategy for dealing with safeguarding... Read More

12 January

This week the Independent reported that a survey conducted by Macmillan Cancer Support of 2000 people showed that "nearly two thirds of UK adults don't have a Will" and more... Read More

11 January

Following on from our Employment law "Top Ten" of 2017 we now take a look ahead to 2018 and what are likely to be the key employment law developments for employers and... Read More

10 January

The Supreme Court recently held, in Dover District Council v CPRE Kent [2017] UKSC 79,that in special circumstances a Local Planning Authority may be under a duty to give reasons for its... Read More

3 January

Research by the Money Advice Trust reveals that a third of Britons (16.9 million) borrowed money to pay for presents for Christmas and a fifth (10.4 million) of us borrowed... Read More

20 December

As the winter months draw in on us, a holiday home in Spain seems like a very appealing prospect but have you thought about what will happen to that property... Read More

18 December

If former partners are not able to reach an agreement and instead have to rely on an application to the Court, whether to determine financial matters or arrangements for children,... Read More

13 December

With life expectancy ever-increasing and with 9.9 million new cases of dementia reported each year worldwide, people are becoming increasingly concerned about their long term health.  In turn many consider... Read More

12 December

On 17 November 2017 the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) published its report, "Partnering for prosperity: a new deal for the Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Oxford Arc". The report focused... Read More

11 December

The recent ITV Tonight programme "Elderly Theft: Robbing the Relatives" revealed a number of shocking stories where a family member appointed as an attorney under a Lasting Power of Attorney... Read More

4 December

The recent Channel 4 Dispatches programme "How to avoid the Dementia Tax" explored the "political hot potato" that is the provision of social care. An increasing number of elderly people... Read More