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- 'Incompetent redundancy process' led to unfair dismissal
- 'Substitution' means Deliveroo cyclists are self-employed
- 'Unwanted' son claims share of late father's estate from niece
- "Double hatting" guidance has important implications for landlord's service charge claims
- "No Fault" divorce finally to be introduced in April 2022
- £117k awarded to technician dismissed over mental health issues
- £2.3 billion fund to unlock 100,000 new homes
- £300m investment to tackle challenges of our ageing society
- £80m allocated to build thousands of homes on brownfield land
- £90m to be repaid to thousands with lasting powers of attorney
- 2016 A roller coaster ride for followers of UK residential property market activity
- 2025 Gender Pay Gap Report for J&P
- 39% rise in employment tribunal claims since fees ruled unlawful
- 50,000 people have signed up to the Land Registry anti property fraud Alert.
- 91-year-old allowed to buy home he shared with partner
- A crackdown on forced marriages: raising the minimum age
- A delay in dealing with wills and probate could now prove costly
- A new report highlights outmoded media stereotypes about domestic violence.
- A Practical Guide to Service Charges Case Law in 2016
- A reputation to be proud of: Bromley solicitors Judge and Priestley celebrate 125 years
- Abigail Giraffe Auctioned to Raise Money for St Christopher's Hospice
- Acceptance of administration charges: just fine
- Accountants can't be held liable for client's failed investment
- Administrators must repay deposit following indemnity clause dispute
- Adoption law changes 'will prioritise long term needs of children'
- Adult brothers not entitled to further money under father's will
- Advancing women's rights into the 21st century
- Advocate General affirms rights of workers to belated holiday pay
- Advocates of equality - Role of lawyers in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights
- Age discrimination claims surged by 74% in 2020 - more to come
- Agency and knowledge come to the fore in local authority possession case
- Agency protects confidential information from competitors
- Agency worker not entitled to same hours as permanent employee
- Agency worker wins claim against Royal Mail over conditions
- Agency workers to get equal treatment after 12 weeks
- Agent awarded 435k in dispute over introduction fee
- Airport liable after failing to provide wheelchair for passenger
- Airport not liable for employee's 'racist' social media post
- All you need to know about Statutory Wills
- Ambulance staff entitled to have overtime included in holiday pay
- Ambulance staff win dispute over holiday pay and overtime
- Amendment to the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998
- Another record year for J&P in the Legal 500 listings
- Another successful year for J&P in the Legal 500 listings
- Another successful year for Judge & Priestley in the Legal 500 UK Directory
- Another year, another 10k London Legal Walk for Judge & Priestley
- Appeal Court considers whether external doors are landlords' fixtures
- Appeal Court rules that child be returned to father in France
- Appeal ruling is a reminder to carefully considered lease terms when planning alterations to a flat.
- Application for modification of covenant refused in fire damage case
- Applying to the court for help with finances - what can I expect? Divorce in the UK
- Apprentice awarded £25,000 compensation following redundancy
- Architects win dispute after developer ends contract
- Are Non-reliance statements reasonable under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (UCTA)?
- Aretha Franklin family feud shows importance of making a will
- Argos fails in legal bid to prevent union calling strike
- Asda employee awarded £40,000 for injury to feelings
- Asda loses appeal over equal pay for women workers
- Asking transgender worker about her underwear was discrimination
- Athena Brands wins contract dispute with Superdrug Stores
- Awaab's Law is on the horizon. Are you prepared for the changes it will bring?
- Baker sacked over holes in bread awarded £15,000 compensation
- Ban on tenant evictions by bailiffs extended until end of March
- Bank loses 'unrealistic' negligence claim against surveyors
- Bank worker who phoned boss on Christmas Day unfairly dismissed
- Banker awarded £300k in 'broken waters' sex discrimination case
- Banker sues ex-wife for £500,000 after she refuses to leave marital home
- Barbara Windsor's husband named champion for Dementia Mission
- Barclays bank liable for sexual assaults committed by doctor
- Basements: no obligation to minimise inconvenience regarding party walls
- Beauty spa manager granted injunction against Harrods
- Bereaved parents to get paid leave so they can grieve
- Bereaved woman wins landmark ruling for unmarried couples
- Big rise in the number of people challenging 'unfair wills'
- Biotech companies in contract dispute over returning equipment
- Bisexual prison officer described as 'vermin' was unfairly dismissed
- Boardroom Brunch - Current Service Charge Challenges and How To Address Them
- Boost for budding entrepreneurs as investment schemes extended
- Boost for social tenants as right to buy discounts increase
- Boss Can Read Private Messages Sent on Work Media
- Boundary disputes - how to avoid them
- Boy granted £50k from aunt's estate as she had 'taken on the role of mother'
- Boy's wishes not enough to prevent him being returned to father
- Breach of User Clause Decision
- British law must apply to wife's settlement after overseas divorce
- Broker wins commission claim against investment company
- Bromley Solicitors Judge & Priestley Expands with the Acquisition of Beckenham Firm PJH Solicitors
- Brothers fail to overturn their mother's will leaving estate to sister
- Brothers in dispute over 500k from father's estate
- Brothers in dispute over house left in their mother's will
- Builder recovers £44,000 in dispute over defective work
- Builder wins planning dispute with oppressive local authority
- Builders told to remove leasehold terms that trap homeowners
- Builders win dispute over cancelling contract due to late payments
- Building firm awarded costs against unreasonable employee
- Building society loses negligence claim against Grant Thornton
- Bullied shop worker awarded compensation for harassment
- Bus driver sacked for running red light wins employment claim
- Bus driver who became stranded in flood wins dismissal claim
- Bus driver who knocked down cyclist was not unfairly dismissed
- Business and Property Courts of England and Wales are launched
- Business granted new tenancy despite opposition from landlord
- Business leaders welcome scrutiny of chief executive pay
- Businesses face tighter controls on their Buy-Now, Pay-Later offers
- Businesses urged to address veganism in diversity policies
- Businesses urged to prepare for new data processing regulations
- Businessman leaves millions to Oxfam under 'common tragedy'
- Businessman wins appeal against disqualification as a director
- Busy Autumn in Chislehurst for newcomers Judge & Priestley Solicitors
- Buy to let landlords acquiring more properties
- Buyer entitled to pull out of purchase as flat not complete
- Buyer of insurance firm compensated for warranty breach
- Cafe discriminated against teenager dismissed due to her age
- Can a caravan site be a protected site?
- Can a Cost Recovery Clause Survive the Small Claims Rules?
- Can a landlord get a rate cut if property is not fit to rent out?
- Can Brangelina find a way to an amicable divorce?
- Can I change my child's name?
- Can I move country with my child?
- Can you get away with murder?
- Cancer sufferer told to 'grow up' wins unfair dismissal claim
- Care worker reinstated after being unfairly dismissed
- Caretaker with swastika tattoo was 'unfairly dismissed' by Lidl
- Case alert: Appeal case confirms RTM companies can apply to vary leases to include provisions for recovering costs associated with service charge arrears
- Case Study: Successful Appeal of an Order permitting Internal Relocation
- Cashier excluded from work drinks event awarded £74,000
- Catholic nurse unfairly dismissed over cross necklace
- Ch-ch-ch-changes! Transition from "No Fault" to "Fault" based evictions
- Challenging a Will
- Chancellor cuts stamp duty for first time buyers
- Changes to regulations covering agency workers take effect
- Changes to the Family Procedure Rules: how this will impact you
- Chaplain who delivered anti-LGBT sermon was not unfairly dismissed
- Charity discriminated against tutor over student's 'sensitive issue'
- Charity unfairly dismissed dyslexic worker over spelling errors
- Charity worker with long Covid can make disability claim
- Child arrangements at Christmas
- Children entitled to a share of father's estate despite estrangement
- Children of radical Muslim mother returned to their father
- Children taken from mother who allowed violent partner into home
- Children to be removed from their mother and returned to father
- Chislehurst Commons Open Day
- Christian campaigner loses court battle over his mother's will
- Citibank employee loses dismissal claim over 'two lunch' sacking
- Claim dismissed for order to extend lease to 999 years with no premium
- Clarke Nurse joins forces with Judge & Priestley LLP
- Cleaner accused of 'throwing a sicky' was unfairly dismissed
- Cleaner unfairly dismissed after using trade union to make complaint
- Closing the Gender Pay Gap and Advancing Women in Leadership: How the UK Can Accelerate Change
- Cohabitant misled by her partner wins share of family home
- Cohabitation Agreements - Are they worth the hassle?
- Cohabiting couples 'should have automatic right to inherit'
- Cohabiting couples now account for over 12% of the adult population.
- Cohabiting couples with children to qualify for bereavement benefit
- Collective enfranchisement when a revocable licence in a lease can become an irrevocable right
- Collective enfranchisement: when a revocable licence in a lease can become an irrevocable right
- Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill introduced into Parliament
- Commercial tenant fails to exercise break clause correctly
- Committee chairman on contract 'should be classed as a worker'
- Commonhold to give leaseholders more control over their homes
- Companies must identify 'People with Significant Control'
- Companies must now declare who owns or controls them
- Companies to be named and shamed for hiring illegal workers
- Company awarded £176,000 damages over leaked information
- Company directors banned after making illegal payments
- Company entitled to cancel franchise agreement over late accounts
- Company fails to stop former employees setting up rival business
- Company fined £7.8m for breaching money laundering regulations
- Company granted injunction to stop ex-employee contacting its clients
- Company loses $3m because of conflicting contract terms
- Company loses first attempt to recover £200k 'paid by mistake'
- Company must compensate employees for breach of contract
- Company prevents former employee working for competitor
- Company prevents high-flyer from working for competitor
- Company protects its business from poaching by former director
- Company stops 'loose cannon' revealing information about clients
- Company wins appeal over £1m forfeiture of lease despite failings
- Company wins contract dispute to recover $16m advance
- Competition watchdog warns against unregulated Will writers
- Compulsory purchase of cafe - compensation awarded
- Conditional break clauses: the courts require strict compliance for a break to become effective
- Construction firm awarded £40k in three-in-one payment claim
- Constructive dismissal after sexual comments 'can constitute harassment'
- Consultant entitled to performance fee as specified in contract
- Consultant fails to convince court over oral contract
- Consultants entitled to £212k fee because of implied contract term
- Contract did not entitle agent to reduced share of £1.2m fee
- Contract entitled restaurant manager to be director and shareholder
- Contractor awarded £39k as adjudicator decision upheld
- Contractor can't escape paying damages for building delays
- Contractor loses £168k dispute due to errors in notice document
- Contractor wins payment dispute despite 'adjudicator's error'
- Contracts must consider all eventualities
- Contractual Abuse: What Can Employees Learn from Uber's Mistakes?
- Conveyancing - the legal process needed when you buy a home
- Conveyancing comes of age: electronic documents with electronic signatures
- Conveyancing Solicitor Louise Hyland, at Judge & Priestley Promoted to Associate
- Corp of Trinity House of Deptford Strond v 4-6 Trinity Church Square Freehold Ltd (2018)
- Could the court grant equitable relief from forfeiture?
- Council not liable for employee's breach of private data rules
- Council was 'unreasonable' when it limited a landlord's licence
- Council was premature in fining landlord over licence breach
- Countrywide estate agency group wins breach of contract dispute
- Couple prevent landowner building houses that would spoil their view
- Couple win dispute with neighbour over knotweed
- Couples in company law dispute over development project
- Court allows company to search employee's personal computer
- Court allows correction to trust to prevent costly tax bill
- Court and Tribunal Fee changes
- Court approves scheme to merge two property companies
- Court can impose fair and practical settlement on partners
- Court cannot revoke adoption order despite family's wishes
- Court case shows perils of investing without a written agreement
- Court clarifies confusion in man's will over gifts to charities
- Court clears up confusion caused by a homemade will
- Court corrects 'irrational' clause leading to huge rent increases
- Court corrects blunder made by well-meaning company directors
- Court corrects costly tax error in family's trust fund
- Court corrects error in family trust to restore tax benefit
- Court corrects error in will to reinstate deceased's wishes
- Court determines how minority shareholding should be valued
- Court enables family to take over deceased director's company
- Court interprets woman's will to enable all her children to inherit
- Court of Appeal considered service of an injunction under CPR r. 81.8.
- Court of Appeal ruling seems to add a further potential point of contention into divorce proceedings
- Court of Appeal tackles the difficult question of easements of recreational facilities
- Court of Protection issues new advice for individuals drafting LPA's
- Court outlines limits on right to manage company's responsibilities
- Court outlines tests for delusional mindset when making a will
- Court outlines the meaning of 'deathbed gifts' in inheritance cases
- Court outlines what constitutes a business partnership in law
- Court overturns unfair prenups involving Avon cosmetics heiress
- Court protects interests of pensioner unable to manage his affairs
- Court quashes sale of dementia patient's home to younger man
- Court rejects 'dishonest' husband's bid to reduce divorce payments
- Court rejects council plan for two-year-old girl to be adopted
- Court rejects man's late attempt to inherit his brother's estate
- Court rejects womans bid to administer her late mothers estate
- Court ruling enables company to remove estranged director
- Court ruling makes it easier to evict tenants with criminal records
- Court sanctions scheme of arrangement for company takeover
- Court sets out how assets should be shared when couples divorce
- Court settles brothers' dispute over administering mother's will
- Court settles dispute between three brothers over inheritance
- Court settles siblings' dispute over their mother's will
- Court slams HMRC for inadequate evidence against company
- Court slashes vindictive husband's divorce settlement
- Court stops homeowner damaging neighbour's property
- Court tackles disability and the right of tenant to adapt their home
- Court takes common sense approach to land, ignores contract's literal meaning
- Court tells Marks & Spencer to trade properly in lease dispute
- Court upholds adjudicator's award to honour contract
- Court upholds woman's second will despite her dementia
- Court upholds womans Will against challenge by grandchildren
- Court warns against secretly recording children in family cases
- Covid-19; Advice for Commercial Landlords
- Covid-19; Advice for Commercial Landlords (Further Update)
- Creditors of Cafe Nero granted expedited trial to recover rents
- Damage to premises did not invalidate break clause in lease
- Damages for lost rents could go up without amending particulars of claim
- Damages of £3.6m awared against 'negligent' architects
- Daughter awarded share of father's estate despite his wishes
- Daughter wins family dispute over mother's misplaced will
- David Chandra and Louise Hyland are UK Top Rated Solicitors in Sunday Times Guide
- David Chandra joins the Wills and Probate Team
- David Chandra, Private Client Partner at Judge & Priestley, has been named as UK Top Rated Solicitor
- De Haviland Aircraft awarded $42m damages in contract dispute
- Dealing with the benefits of restrictive covenant modification
- Deceased man's bank account frozen due to family dispute
- Decision to 'remove children from their grandparents was wrong'
- Declaratory relief only granted in cases of real dispute between parties
- Dementia suffering employee 'had dignity violated' at ASDA
- Deputyship order applications at the Court of Protection
- Determined Boundary Dispute Case Resolves Jurisdictional Question
- Developer allowed to build flats despite council opposition
- Developer can't dodge paying extra £750,000 for land
- Developer fails in negligence claim against engineers
- Developer must pay back shareholder loan before refinancing
- Developer must pay damages following contract dispute
- Developer not allowed to convert family home into HMO
- Developer overturns covenant preventing offices becoming homes
- Developer wins legal battle to build in open countryside
- Development agreement was in fact a public works contract
- Diabetes sufferer awarded nearly £60,000 for unfair dismissal
- Digital signatures now make it easier to re-mortgage your home
- Director banned over payments 'detrimental to creditors'
- Director caught out by having to repay loan 'on demand'
- Director didn't breach duty over employee bonus in company transfer
- Director disqualified after failing duty to company's creditors
- Director disqualified for 5 years after mishandling company funds
- Director disqualified for not treating firm's creditors fairly
- Director disqualified for repeatedly failing to pay minimum wage
- Director disqualified for selling assets for his own benefit
- Director fails to get injunction that would disrupt company business
- Director must repay value of assets taken from her company
- Director of insolvent company ordered to repay £188k
- Director ordered to compensate creditors for cut price deal
- Director ordered to contribute to insolvent company's assets
- Director ordered to pay £20,000 after breaching his duties
- Director ordered to repay more than £1m taken from insolvent company
- Director recovers money after colleague diverted funds
- Director removed after moving money during investigation
- Director wins appeal against penalties for late tax return
- Directors - don't let a failing firm drag you under
- Directors acted unfairly by paying themselves too much
- Directors banned for failing to meet their legal obligations
- Directors breached duties by diverting business to another company
- Directors breached their duties when setting up their pensions
- Directors can continue running business despite disqualification
- Directors colluded to deny knowledge of employee's disability
- Directors could face £500,000 fines over nuisance calls
- Directors didn't breach duties when paying themselves £1.2m
- Directors guilty of contempt after disposing of firm's goodwill
- Directors liable for company's failures over employment rights
- Directors must pay extra 20% damages to exploited workers
- Directors who breached their duties ordered to repay £600k
- Directors who dissolve their businesses unfairly face new sanctions
- Disability 'should not be used to give employees an advantage'
- Disabled employee wins claim over 'forced evening work'
- Disappointment for leaseholders at the Court of Appeal decision in Mundy v the Sloane Stanley Estate
- Discharge of recent restrictive covenant comes under consideration
- Discrimination 'by association' ruled unlawful
- Dismissal of employee who visited pub while off sick ruled unfair
- Dismissal of surgeon following 20-month absence ruled unfair
- Dismissed worker awarded £7,800 despite false accident statement
- Dismissing employee for failing to complete training was 'not unfair'
- Dismissing employee over abusive Facebook post was not unfair
- Disqualified director must pay back more than £100k or face jail
- Divorce and Divorce Settlement Clinic
- Divorce figures rise to highest level since 2009
- Divorce vs Judicial Separation
- Divorced couple in dispute over share of wife's £2m pension fund
- Divorced Husband Allowed to Challenge Former Mother In Law's Will
- Divorced husband must remove ex-wife's name from his properties
- Divorced wife prevents family home from being sold
- Divorced wife wins appeal over rent on marital home
- Divorcees without solicitors 'lose out by making common mistakes'
- Divorcing husband ordered to disclose financial documents
- Divorcing husband wins appeal against costs order favouring wife
- Divorcing wife entitled to stay in family home until it was sold
- Divorcing wife unable to get husband's bankruptcy annulled
- Divorcing wife wrong to access husbands private information
- Do I need to tell my ex that I am taking our child abroad?
- Doctor hired through her company still classed as a 'worker'
- Doctor's dismissal for 'racist comments' was not unfair
- Does the appointment of a right to manage company prevent a landlord from carrying out development works?
- Domestic abuse involves 'more than just direct violence'
- Domestic violence victims will no longer be cross examined by their perpetrators in the family courts
- Don't risk a family split as you hand over your business
- Door company fails to compel supplier to provide stock
- Driver loses appeal over worker status with MyTaxi app
- Driver's dismissal for not wearing a facemask 'was not unfair'
- Duties and Responsibilities of a Personal Representative
- Dyson granted injunction to stop engineer working for rival
- Earning capacity 'not part of divorce sharing principle'
- Employee can claim damages for stigma of unfair dismissal
- Employee copied confidential company files after resigning
- Employee dismissed over Facebook comments awarded £5,376
- Employee heard manager say her dismissal was 'work in progress'
- Employee jailed after revealing company information
- Employee sacked for '21-second oversight' awarded £43,000
- Employee told to change his name wins race discrimination claim
- Employee who secretly recorded colleagues loses dismissal claim
- Employee who suffered from delusions loses discrimination case
- Employee who threatened staff wins unfair dismissal appeal
- Employees who worked for insolvent firms may be due extra pay
- Employees will be able to request time off for training
- Employer had made 'all reasonable adjustments' for disabled employee
- Employer wins dispute over notice on fixed-term contract
- Employer's Charter aims to dispel myths about employment law
- Employers 'must do more to prevent sexual harassment'
- Employers 'need strong policies against workplace harassment'
- Employers must still be careful when monitoring staff emails
- Employers named and shamed for paying under minimum wage
- Employers who withhold tips from workers could face tribunal claims
- Employers wrong to dismiss worker who could not take on a full-time role
- Employing illegal immigrants could lead to £60k fines
- Employment Articles
- Employment Law Changes in 2016 Employers Should Know About
- Employment Law Changes That May Affect Your Business in 2017
- Employment tribunal fees now being refunded
- Employment Tribunal Reforms Race Ahead
- Energy efficiency improvement rules for private rented property delayed
- Energy giant fined as HR process likened to show trial in Soviet Union
- Engineer awarded £137,000 in unfair dismissal case
- Engineer too late to claim holiday pay from Pimlico Plumbers
- Engineer wins appeal against employer monitoring his emails
- Engineers can't use 'overarching contract' defence to limit liability
- England's dementia diagnoses are among the highest in the world
- England's Housing Market Re-opens
- English company given all clear to be sold to foreign owners
- Equality watchdog 'calls time on cover-up confidentiality agreements'
- Estate agent not signed up to redress scheme fined £3,000
- Estate agents to be 'professionalised' to improve housing market
- Estate and lettings agents warned not to break competition law
- EU employment directives remain in place during Brexit process
- EU lawyer says employers can ban wearing of religious symbols
- EU Succession Regulation: Making a Will with foreign assets. Does your Will include foreign assets?
- EU to introduce high level protection for whistleblowers
- Exciting developments for the Family Law team at Judge & Priestley LLP
- Extended rights for pregnant employees and new parents
- Failed attempts at contacting HMRC may be a reasonable excuse for the late payment of VAT
- Failure to prepare Powers of Attorney: The 10 Pitfalls
- Fall in property prices foreseeable so consultants liable for damages
- Family can't make a claim on their stepmother's estate
- Family company wins dispute over £35m investment
- Family disputes over wills and inheritance continue to rise
- Family disputes over wills and probate continue to rise
- Family Lawyers lobby Parliament to call for No Fault Divorce
- Family of directors banned for putting themselves ahead of creditors
- Farmer wins 'secret commission' claim against mortgage lender
- Fashion designer subjected to age discrimination awarded £96k
- Father and son in dispute over shares in joint business venture
- Father and son in legal dispute over ownership of house
- Father can have children vaccinated despite mother's objection
- Father can't take sons out of UK even though they want to go
- Father can't use Hague Convention to get children returned to Austria
- Father granted access to business records in family dispute
- Father in 'gay taunting' case gets support from Equality Commission
- Father jailed for separating children from their mother
- Father loses custody battle amid complications caused by Covid
- Father not entitled to have his son returned from Spain to UK
- Father ordered to stop abusive videoing of daughter and her mother
- Father prevented from making child contact applications for 3 years
- Father unable to enforce order for contact with his children
- Father wins discrimination claim over paternity leave
- Female driver awarded 74k after manager pursued relationship
- Female police officers win their sex discrimination claims
- Finance consultants entitled to their 855,000 commission
- Financial services directors disqualified for trading while insolvent
- Financial settlement on divorce: Why your pension matters
- Financier ordered to repay 172 million euros after contract failures
- Fingerprint expert wins unfair dismissal claim against police
- Firefighters' shift pattern breached Working Time Regulations
- Firm discriminated against pregnant woman by extending probation
- Firm gets injunction against former MD to protect its business
- Firm must pay £400k over unlawful inducements to employees
- Firm stops former employee using its intellectual property
- Firm's equality and diversity training was stale and ineffective
- First gender pay gap figures published under new rules
- First registration: original deeds and documents no longer required
- First-time home buyers save £284m because of stamp duty cut
- Fishing company prevents former employee working for rival
- Food supplier prevents former employee soliciting its customers
- Football club security guard loses unfair dismissal claim over dirty kit
- Football is not religion, says judge as fan loses discrimination claim
- Footballers in tax avoidance scheme lose negligence claim
- Forfeiture of Commercial Leases – A Practical Guide for Landlords and Tenants (With Recent Case Law)
- Former Apprentice contestant suffered 'sexist and violent behaviour'
- Former fiduciaries must hand over profits from business opportunity
- Fostering agency discriminated against gay men and lesbians
- Franchisee wins dispute over setting up rival business
- Franchisee wins dispute over setting up rival company
- Fraudster who lied about qualifications must repay £96k in wages
- Free Legal Advice for Residential Landlords
- Frequently Asked Questions on Forfeiture of Commercial Leases
- FTT rules there was no need for consultation in an emergency
- Further success for Judge & Priestley in the Legal 500 2018 UK Directory
- Gardener unfairly dismissed despite drink-driving conviction
- Gay engineer awarded £175,000 in discrimination claim
- General Medical Council discriminated against Muslim doctor
- Goldman Sachs wins dispute with landlord over break clause
- Good Divorce Week 2021
- Good news for Landlords and Letting Agents - Northwood v Fearn - Court of Appeal decision - January 2022
- Google told it can't protect witness identities in employment case
- Government aims to improve parental leave entitlements
- Government announce changes to protect tenants in HMOs
- Government confirms changes to divorce law to end blame game
- Government confirms its comitment to helping homebuyers
- Government decides against increasing divorce fee by 10%
- Government introduces new powers to ban reckless directors
- Government issues new guide on how to sell your home
- Government launch review of the LPA process
- Government plans more homes while protecting environment
- Government plans to ban leasehold sales of new houses
- Government pledges to ban No-fault evictions before the General Election
- Government reaffirms commitment to Lasting Powers of Attorney
- Government removes blanket ban on pets in tenancy agreements: What does this mean for landlords?
- Government scraps 'unlawful' employment tribunal fees
- Government Scraps Inheritance Tax for Homes Valued Up To £1 Million
- Government to assess the impact of Employment Tribunal fees
- Government to commission new homes on publicly owned land
- Government to crack down on rogue landlords and illegal immigrants
- Government to crack down on unscrupulous will writing firms
- Government to create a new generation of town houses
- Government to end the 'fault-based' divorce system
- Government to place duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment
- Government unveils plans to reduce employment tribunal claims
- Government urged to streamline home buying process without disruption
- Grandmother can apply to have grandson live with her
- Grant Thornton ordered to pay £315,345 over negligence
- Grateful Will Aid charities thank Judge & Priestley Solicitors
- Greater clarification on High Court role in possession of land sought
- Grey haired banker was not unfairly dismissed despite nickname
- Groundbreaking Pilot reporting in the Family Court introduced to 16 more Courts across England
- Headmaster told disabled teaching assistant: 'I can do what I like'
- Health Secretary looks forward to a cure for dementia
- Health staff who die fighting Covid-19 exempt from inheritance tax
- Heathrow Airport expansion ruled lawful
- Help to Buy scheme is not delivering expected value, say MPs
- Help to Buy scheme to start allowing 35-year mortgages
- Hermes drivers are 'workers, not self-employed contractors'
- Heterosexual couple win legal fight over civil partnerships
- High Court dismisses claim alleging forgery of father's will
- High Court holds that a limited partnership did not validly exercise a break clause in a lease
- High Court upholds decision not to impose deposit penalty on landlord
- High Court: liability for business rates not passed to sham company
- HM Land Registry clarifies boundary agreements and determined boundaries
- HM Land Registry: new strategy and an open approach to data
- HMRC form out now for reclaiming 3% supplemental Stamp Duty when original residence sold
- HMRC sends warning to employers after Rangers tax ruling
- Home owners liable as blind guest falls through open window
- Homeowner granted declaration asserting right to light
- Homeowner overturns restrictive covenant so he can build extension
- Homeowners and tenants to get new housing complaints service
- Homeowners lose appeal over stamp duty on 'large gardens'
- Homeowners lose privacy and nuisance claim against Tate Gallery
- Homeowners win Japanese knotweed claim against Network Rail
- Homes, Fitness for Human Habitation, Act 2018 commences on 20 March 2019
- Hotel claimant wins Manchester skyline repair covenant case
- Hotelier loses costs appeal because of uncertainty over Covid
- House price growth across the UK slowed down in 2017
- House prices are on the rise - but only slowly for now
- House prices fell 1.4% in 2023 but are expected to rise this year
- House prices in the UK rose by more than 8 percent over the last year
- House prices rose by more than 5% over the last year
- House prices show monthly rise but annual fall
- House sales rise as number of first time buyers hits 5-year high
- Housing and Planning Act 2016: more homes, more ownership, better landlords and better housing management
- Housing association tenants begin to buy their homes
- Housing Trust ordered to allow installation of high-tech equipment
- How do you apply for Probate in France?
- How lasting powers of attorney can help protect your future
- How legal agreements can help cohabiting couples
- How might the recent Adult Social Care Reforms impact on the recovery of care charges?
- How one lawyer could represent both parties during divorce
- How simmering neighbour disputes can boil over in summer heat
- How to deal with anti-social neighbours in private housing
- Human rights rejected in private tenancy case
- Husband 'tried to isolate wife from legal advice' in £230m divorce
- Husband can't use pandemic to set aside divorce settlement
- Husband fails to overturn 'grossly unfair' divorce settlement
- Husband fails to overturn divorce settlement after misleading court
- Husband fails to protect overseas property from divorce settlement
- Husband loses appeal against £4.25m divorce settlement
- Husband reduces periodical divorce payments to his ex-wife
- Husband successfully challenges arbitration divorce settlement
- Husband to pay former wife extra because she 'lost £232,000'
- I have children but I am just about to separate. Do I need legal advice?
- I'll love you until the end of time and please sign this pre-nup
- Imperial loses contract dispute but can recover overpayments
- Improved Rankings for Judge & Priestley in the Legal 500
- Inadequate online wills could lead to surge in family disputes
- Increase in claims after employment tribunal fees ruled unlawful
- Increasing rent in cases of Assured Tenancy or Assured Shorthold Tenancies
- Index-linked rent review clause scrutinised by the Court of Appeal
- Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
- Inheritance tax 'too complex and needs to be simplified'
- Inheritance tax revenue to soar to £4.6 billion this year
- Inheritance tax threshold more than doubles for farmers and businesses
- Insurers can access phone recordings in customer poaching case
- Interior designers win dispute over hotel 'five-star finish'
- Intermediate leaseholder rights considered by the Court Of Appeal
- Intestacy - What is it & when does it occur?
- Introduction of no-fault divorce delayed until next year
- Irish worker was racially harassed when boss mocked his accent
- Is mediation right for me?
- It's not you, it's me: ending the blame game in divorce
- It's time to end the Blame Game: No Fault Divorce is on its way
- J&P announce further progress in the Legal 500 listings for 2022
- J&P announce the most successful results ever in the Legal 500 listings.
- J&P appointed to CHIC legal servcies framework.
- J&P Blosters it's Private Client team
- J&P Bolsters its Family Law team
- J&P charity stall at the Sunrise Summer Fete
- J&P Coronavirus Update
- J&P Credit Solutions are announced as a finalist at the Debt Collection Awards 2013
- J&P Credit Solutions strengthens its team with the appointment of Mark Bailey as Director of Collections
- J&P cycle London to Paris raising over £5,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support
- J&P Expert successfully challenges local authority's care fees
- J&P Fixed fee divorce in January 2020
- J&P is ranked in The Lawyer's Top 200 UK law firms for the first time
- J&P LLP successfully re-accredited for ISO27001 and Cyber Essentials PLUS
- J&P makes the list of top fundraisers for national charity campaign
- J&P Offices Closed until further notice
- J&P Participate in the Rotary Bromley Giraffe Trail
- J&P seminar - Managing Service Charge Recoveries.
- J&P Supporting the London Legal Walk 2019
- J&P's Family Team continues to grow.
- J&P's Housing Team ranked again in Chambers and Partners 2023 listings
- J&P's Housing Team ranked again in Chambers and Partners 2024 listings
- J&P's Private Client team achieves its first listing in the UK Legal 500.
- J&P's Private Client team promoted to Tier 2 in the UK Legal 500.
- Jaguar Land Rover must pay out £19,000 over 'racist slurs'
- Journalist sacked over Prince George story wins compensation
- Judge & Priestley achieves its first "top tier" listing in the Legal 500 UK Directory
- Judge & Priestley advised Apogee Corporation Ltd on four acquisitions in 2016
- Judge & Priestley announce Associate promotions
- Judge & Priestley Announce Associate Solicitor Promotions
- Judge & Priestley announce major round of partner promotions.
- Judge & Priestley announce merger with Cunningham Blake Solicitors (Blackheath).
- Judge & Priestley announce merger with Portner Law
- Judge & Priestley Announce Partner Promotion in Family Department
- Judge & Priestley announce the appointment of new Finance Director
- Judge & Priestley Announced as Bromley Football Club's Premier Sponsors
- Judge & Priestley Announced as Bromley Football Clubs Sponsors
- Judge & Priestley announces FCA authorisation
- Judge & Priestley announces merger with Woolsey, Morris and Kennedy (Sidcup)
- Judge & Priestley appoint Nitika Singh as a new Equity Partner
- Judge & Priestley appointed to Housing Associations' Legal Alliance (HALA) new Solicitors Panel worth £30m
- Judge & Priestley appointed to Southwark Council's new legal panel
- Judge & Priestley Appoints 3 New Partners
- Judge & Priestley are proud to announce their successful reaccreditation with Investors in People (IIP)
- Judge & Priestley Beckenham Office Open Day 19th March
- Judge & Priestley Celebrate New Beckenham Office
- Judge & Priestley Christmas Lecture 2017 at the Law Society, London
- Judge & Priestley continue their sponsorship of Bromley FC
- Judge & Priestley Expand Private Client Team with the Acquisition of Preston Mellor Harrison
- Judge & Priestley go green with "Client for Life" shopper
- Judge & Priestley has achieved excellent results in the Legal 500 2015
- Judge & Priestley have raised an impressive £25,600 for the Will Aid charities to date
- Judge & Priestley Honoured for Pledging to Beat Cancer
- Judge & Priestley invest to enhance their Conveyancing services
- Judge & Priestley is delighted to welcome Work Experience students from the University of Kent
- Judge & Priestley is going to the London Legal Walk
- Judge & Priestley LLP achieves recognition as an Investor in People
- Judge & Priestley LLP Announces Partner Promotions Following ABS Structure
- Judge & Priestley merge with PJH Solicitors (Beckenham).
- Judge & Priestley Now Offer Expert Commercial Property Advice in Blackheath
- Judge & Priestley Obtain Alternative Business Structure (ABS) Status
- Judge & Priestley Phishing Scam: Update to the User details & Acceptable Use Policy
- Judge & Priestley Raise £1,200 during Will week for St Christopher's Hospice
- Judge & Priestley Raise in Excess of £50,000 for Charities
- Judge & Priestley receives Lexcel Practice Management Standard
- Judge & Priestley renew their commercial sponsorship deal with Bromley FC
- Judge & Priestley Solicitors Achieves Strong Results in The Legal 500 UK 2025
- Judge & Priestley Solicitors honoured for helping to secure vital funds for Cancer Research UK
- Judge & Priestley Solicitors in Collaboration with Bullers Wood Careers Fair
- Judge & Priestley solicitors raise in excess of £5,000 for Will Aid
- Judge & Priestley Solicitors receive ISO27001 Certification
- Judge & Priestley Solicitors retain their Lexcel Accreditation
- Judge & Priestley solicitors secures Law Society's new quality mark
- Judge & Priestley solicitors to continue their sponsorship of Bromley Football Club.
- Judge & Priestley solicitors to continue their sponsorship of Bromley Football Club.
- Judge & Priestley Solicitors to support Bullers Wood School Careers Fair.
- Judge & Priestley sponsors Chislehurst Pumpkin Hunt
- Judge & Priestley Sponsors Chislehurst Rocks
- Judge & Priestley Sponsors Chislehurst Rocks Music Festival
- Judge & Priestley Sponsors Chislehurst Rotary fireworks
- Judge & Priestley Sponsors Chislehurst Rotary Fireworks
- Judge & Priestley Sponsors of SHLA 2016
- Judge & Priestley Support Local Charity Greenwich and Bexley Hospice
- Judge & Priestley Supporting Macmillan Coffee Morning 2016
- Judge & Priestley To Participate in Bromley Rotary Giraffe Trail 2016
- Judge & Priestley to sponsor the Sundridge Park Golf Club Am Am tournament 2017.
- Judge & Priestley walk the walk... The London Legal Walk
- Judge & Priestley Welcomes Partner Louise Hyland Back to their Residential Conveyancing Team
- Judge & Priestley welcomes Ryan Taylor to the growing Private Client team
- Judge & Priestley: Magazine Credit Supplier of the Year 2006
- Judge & Priestley's delight at Will Aid's anniversary success
- Judge & Priestley's first three months in Chislehurst.
- Judge & Priestley's growing Private Client team has been boosted by the arrival of Probate Executive, Rachel Gregory.
- Judge & Priestley's Housing Management team welcomes Andrew Barron as a Partner and Assistant Head of the team
- Judge & Priestley achieves Greenly Gold status for 2024 sustainability reporting
- Judge & Priestley Climbs 17 Places in The Lawyer UK Top 200 2025 Rankings
- Judge & Priestley LLP Appointed to the London Boroughs Legal Alliance Framework for Housing Management Services
- Judge & Priestley LLP Featured in The Times Best Law Firms 2026
- Judge & Priestley recognised in Chambers and Partners UK 2026
- Judge & Priestley Solicitors recognised in The Legal 500 UK 2026
- Judge and Priestley appoint new Head of Family Law
- Judge and Priestley celebrate a successful first year in Beckenham
- Judge and Priestley expands its Property Department with its first Head of Leasehold Enfranchisement
- Judge freezes estate assets in dispute over inheritance
- Judge orders homeowner to pay builder in full for repair work
- Judge orders that abducted boy should be returned to mother
- Judge says equal pay cases reaching epidemic proportions
- Judge wants 'living wills' to become compulsory
- Judge was wrong to order that children be returned to 'abusive' father
- Judge's decision to limit mother's allegations of domestic abuse set aside
- Know your rights if redundancy threatens
- Lack of pay rise resulted in 'unlawful deduction of wages'
- Landlord and tenant in dispute over signing of possession notice
- Landlord entitled to end tenancies and demolish properties
- Landlord entitled to evict disabled tenant over anti-social behaviour
- Landlord entitled to unpaid rent despite tenant's Covid defence
- Landlord limited company rush picks up pace
- Landlord loses dispute over licensing and planning permission
- Landlord loses service charge appeal after failing to consult tenants
- Landlord must comply with statutes to succeed at forfeiture
- Landlord must join new tenant redress scheme
- Landlord must pay damages to church over unlawful eviction
- Landlord not liable for tenant's death from asbestos exposure
- Landlord of unlicensed HMO ordered repay a years rental income
- Landlord was entitled to give tenant only two months' notice
- Landlord was wrong to apply service charge for clearing rubbish
- Landlord wins appeal over repossession of her property
- Landlord wins dispute over service charges in commercial building
- Landlord wins dispute with tenant over service charge for insurance
- Landlord wins injunction dispute with tenant over possession order
- Landlord wins rent dispute with BHS liquidators
- Landlord's notice to quit 'invalid' as it was sent to old address
- Landlord's notice to quit ruled invalid over identity issue
- Landlords call for new housing court to speed up justice
- Landlords face routine inspections in move to improve social housing
- Landlords insist a specialist housing court is needed
- Landlords oppose 3-year minimum tenancy proposals
- Landlords Should Seek Legal Advice As To Whether Service Charges Can Be Passed On To Leaseholders
- Landmark Judgment sees the term 'gaslighting' used for the first time in the Family Courts.
- Landowners win appeal to boost blight compensation
- Large employers given extra time to report gender pay gap
- Lasting Powers of Attorney - Recent guidance from the Office of the Public Guardian
- Lasting Powers of Attorney could help protect your future
- Latest figures show slight reduction in gender pay gap
- Latest Government figures show divorce rates fell in 2020
- Launch of our New Look Website
- Launch of our New Website
- Laundry firms fined £1.71m for breaching competition law
- Law Commission calls for event fees in retirement properties to be regulated
- Law Commission recommends reform of land registration system
- Law Society warns of potential fraud with introduction of electronic wills
- Leasehold landlords do not have to belong to a redress scheme
- Leasehold property valuation should exclude tenant's improvements
- Leasehold Reforms
- Leaseholder not entitled to extend downwards beneath her home
- Leaseholders don't have to pay for upkeep of whole estate
- Leaseholders not liable for cost of repairing structural defects
- Leaseholders Open Evening, 11th July 2019 in Beckenham.
- Legal aid changes family courts
- Legal costs in disrepair cases - the decision in Jalili v Bury Council
- Legislative Progress: Fighting Racism and Discrimination in the UK
- Letting Agent involved with renting property as HMO without landlord's consent is hit with £40,000 fine
- LGBTQ+ History Month - how lawyers helped secure equal rights
- Lidl ordered to stop selling brand of gin following trademark claim
- LLP wins appeal over partner's age discrimination claim
- London Sephardi Trust wins argument regarding statutory valuation provisions
- London Underground 'must pay twice' to compensate agency workers
- Lorry driver awarded more than £80,000 following accident
- Lump Sum Orders: a series of lump sum orders - V- a lump sum order payable by instalments
- Macmillan Coffee Morning comes to Judge and Priestley
- MAHTABAN SALEHABADY v TRUSTEES OF THE EYRE ESTATE (2017) [2017] UKUT 60 (LC)
- Major Divorce Reform to be announced
- Make some New Year Resolutions to protect your future and family
- Man who resigned then changed his mind loses 'unfair dismissal' claim
- Man who suffered heart attack at work was 'unfairly dismissed'
- Man's second wife fails to stop his son inheriting family home
- Man's will found in draft form on computer ruled to be valid
- Man's will set aside after being challenged by his four children
- Manager unfairly dismissed after 'seriously flawed' investigation
- Manager unfairly dismissed after locking customer in bank
- Manager was discriminated against while her son was in hospital
- Manager who resigned over cut in hours awarded £17,000
- Manager with reduced role under TUPE was 'unfairly dismissed'
- Marketers win £150k enrichment claim against Formula One team
- Marketing firm's post-termination covenant ruled unreasonable
- McDonald's wins dispute with landlord over renewal of premises
- Measures to raise standards in private rental sector
- Mediation before court action to be mandatory for separating couples
- Merry Christmas from J&P Solicitors
- Meter cupboards are within the demised premises
- Minimum standards: Government issues energy efficiency guidance on non-domestic private rented property
- Minister says 2,000 divorce settlements may be voided
- Ministry of Justice proclaims success for its online divorce service.
- Minor issues with trusts for minors
- Minority shareholder stops company issuing new shares
- Missing Court Deadline to file Acknowledgement of Service and Defence- When is it Late too Late?
- Mixed Sex Civil Partnerships Legalised
- Modification of restricted covenants
- MOJ pledges to make the divorce process simpler
- Monty Python star suffering from severe form of dementia
- Moratorium for failing businesses could damage creditors
- More additions to 'Good Work Plan' to protect low-paid workers
- More parents to get the right to request flexible working
- More rights for grandparents to see grandkids?
- More safeguards for SMEs when customers become insolvent
- More starter homes at 20% discount for first time buyers
- More than 6 million people in business must now verify their identity
- More than 90% approval for online probate application service
- More top companies commit to paying small businesses on time
- Morrisons worker who was 'gas-lighted' into full-time hours awarded £60k
- Mortgage Guarantee Scheme for first-time buyers is extended
- Mortgage offer prevails over inconsistent mortgage contract conditions
- Mortgage rates fall amid uncertainty about Trump's tariffs
- Most HMO landlords have now applied for licences
- Mother dismissed on maternity leave awarded more than £60k
- Mother fails to prevent children being returned to their father
- Mother fails to recover £130,000 'house loan' from son's estate
- Mother loses appeal over her children living with grandparents
- Mother loses care of her son after alienating him against father
- Mother loses custody of son after obstructing contact with his father
- Mother may change son's name despite father's concern
- Mother ordered to return abducted children to Lanzarote
- Mother ordered to return her three children to their father
- Mother sacked because of disabled daughter awarded £18,886
- Mother wins appeal over her children's place of residence
- Mother wins right to exclude her family from care proceedings
- Mother wins right to oppose her youngest child being adopted
- Mothers and fathers face increasing discrimination at work
- Move to bring 'outdated law' on wills into 21st century
- MP's report highlights the need for expert legal advice in leasehold issues.
- MPs call for root and branch reforms to cut inheritance tax
- Mulberry wins confidentiality agreement dispute with employee
- Muslim bus driver loses discrimination and harassment claims
- Navigating co-parenting during back-to-school season
- Nearly half of letting agents surveyed 'are breaking the law'
- Need to cut costs justified 'age discriminatory' pay policy
- New £15m scheme to prevent families being separated
- New £26m fund to boost provision of homes for first-time buyers
- New clampdown on landlords over property energy rating
- New Commissioner to help small firms tackle late payment issues
- New consumer protection regime 'will level playing field for business'
- New EU regulations to protect children in cross border disputes
- New guidance on extended powers to strike off a company
- New guidance on the judicial power to limit landlords' recovery of litigation costs as an administration charge
- New guide on Right to Buy scheme for council tenants
- New law allows agency staff to replace striking workers
- New law caps tenancy deposits and regulates letting fees
- New law ensuring all workers receive pay slips comes into effect
- New law to make it easier for leaseholders to buy their freehold
- New law to protect pregnant women against redundancy
- New measures to protect directors against identity fraud
- New Mental Capacity Act law to 'protect vulnerable in care'
- New National Minimum Wage rates come into effect
- New official guidance on cross border divorce after Brexit
- New Partner recruit for Residential Conveyancing department at Judge & Priestley Solicitors
- New plans to improve mortgage market to help more buyers
- New Pre-Action Protocol Possession Claims By Social Landlords for Rent Arrears Only
- New proposals will give private tenants more security
- New protections, including a ban on no-fault evictions, pass into law
- New recruit to lead Residential Conveyancing team at Judge & Priestley's Blackheath office
- New Recruit to Lead Residential Conveyancing Team at Judge & Priestley's Sidcup Office
- New regulations on room sizes for Homes in Multiple Occupation
- New rules on applications for succession to tenancies
- New Town Development Corporations to deliver more homes
- New tribunal award limits come into force
- New Years Resolutions?
- NHF Leaseholder and Tenant Service Charges Conference (14th September 2017)
- NHS administrator unfairly dismissed after her eyesight deteriorated
- NHS director 'was not discriminated against' over religious beliefs
- NHS made 'made no adjustments' before sacking disabled nurse
- NHS to offer patients more advice to reduce risk of dementia
- Night club director ordered to pay £200k for company law breach
- Nimalee Bastian-Carter and Peter Taylor from Wills, Trusts and Probate Department gain SFE Accreditation
- No Fault Divorce: The 5 Key Questions Answered
- No fettering: period for appeals can be extended
- No real consensus on village green cases at the Supreme Court
- No-Fault Divorce - soon to be a reality
- No-fault divorce hailed a success after two years in practice
- No-Fault Divorce is finally here
- No-fault evictions to be banned in 'New Deal' for renters
- North Sea Ferries loses contract dispute involving Brexit and Covid
- Npower failed to make adjustments for autistic employee
- Number of first-time home buyers reaches 12-year high
- Nurse dismissed after refusing to work weekends wins appeal
- Nurse sacked for 'whistleblowing' awarded £15,000
- Nursery 'fabricated' allegations about employee drinking at work
- Nursery worker wins unfair dismissal claim but has compensation reduced
- Nursing officer was dismissed for making protected disclosures
- OFT proposals to tackle problems in lettings market
- Oldest person to win age discrimination claim agrees settlement
- One in four people leave money to charity with trust at 10-year high
- Optician was discriminated against following maternity leave
- Option Agreements and Conditional Contracts - the advantages and disadvantages of each for a Buyer Developer
- Option Agreements and Conditional Contracts - the advantages and disadvantages of each for a Seller
- Option Agreements and Conditional Contracts: What are they?
- Over £10,000 Raised for St Christopher's Hospice Will Scheme
- Overworked database administrator awarded £35,000
- P v Q [2022] - The treatment of loans to and from family members in financial remedy proceedings
- Pakistani worker entitled to appeal dismissal in right to work case
- Palace of Westminster gets its own restoration Act
- Parental leave is not equivalent to statutory maternity leave
- Parents of sperm donor granted right to see his child
- Parents taking legal action to recover money loaned to children
- Partners liable to pay nearly £600k costs of failed business
- Peace of mind in later life starts with the right Solicitor
- Penalties imposed on director were harsh but still enforceable
- Pensions & The Galbraith Tables: A brief introduction
- People overcharged for deputyships can now claim refunds
- People urged to make a will to avoid family rifts over inheritance
- Perverse for judge to accept Veolia's inept dismissal process as fair
- Peter Taylor from Wills, Trusts and Probate Department gains STEP Accreditation
- Pharmacy worker teased by younger colleagues awarded £15,000
- Pilot scheme could make home buying 'quicker and less stressful'
- Pilot too tired to fly wins case against Thomas Cook
- Pimlico and Hermes 'worker' rulings could affect gig economy
- Planning permissions for new homes up by a third
- Police discriminated against officer with hearing impairment
- Police officer suffered sex discrimination over colour blindness
- Police officer's use of racist term was 'unintentional aberration'
- Pop star made a will before major operation - but was it valid?
- Possession order stands despite failure to consider equality law
- Possession Update: Recent Changes to Evictions and Notice Periods
- Postman awarded £22,000 after his flexible hours were changed
- Poundland employee 'unfairly dismissed' over giveaways
- Poundland shop manager awarded £21,000 after unfair dismissal
- Pre-contract enquiries: just own up
- Pregnant care manager wins £8,000 discrimination claim
- Pregnant woman 'told to resign' awarded £18,000 compensation
- Pregnant worker unfairly dismissed after director's 'panic about HR issues'
- Preservation company fails to stop housing development
- Price of average house in UK reaches record high of £298k
- Primark must pay transgender employee £47,000 compensation
- Prime Minister pledges to stop 'the NIMBYs' delaying building projects
- Printer wins claim after being misled when purchasing a business
- Private landlords and their new responsibilities
- Private Landlords; New electrical safety regulations now in full force
- Probate Fee Hike U-turn
- Property agent money protection schemes move a step closer
- Property and Housing Solicitors Judge & Priestley Successfully Host Leasehold Event
- Property appears in Budget twice: stamp duty relief and housing investment
- Property company loses service charge dispute with tenants
- Property management company dealt reasonably in denying dog request
- Property owner must pay £81,000 for work completed on cancelled job
- Proposed ban on no-fault eviction of tenants postponed indefinitely
- Proposed Tribunal Fee Increases : a Threat to Leasehold Justice
- Protect against your staff stealing valuable data
- Protecting Property Rights Using Injunctions
- Protecting the relationship between grandparents and their grandchildren
- Protecting Your Future - Marriage or Cohabitation
- Protection against evictions and winding-up petitions extended
- Protester fails to stop Legoland development in green belt
- Protesters fail to stop listed buildings being converted to homes
- Pub manager was sexually harassed by 'jovial' co-worker
- Public spaces and encampment - what is the law?
- Queen's Park Rangers allowed to build on 'open land'
- Quiet enjoyment versus the right to rebuild: the case of Timothy Taylor Ltd v Mayfair House Corporation and another
- Ralph Stanger Retires from Judge & Priestley After 45 Years
- Reasonable endeavours come to the fore in Minerva v Greenland
- Reasonable excuse - a defence to not licensing an HMO
- Receptionist in age discrimination case receives £6,000
- Recruitment firm prevents former employee joining rivals
- Recruitment test discriminated against candidate with Asperger's
- Redundancy reforms designed to help businesses and employees
- Redundant worker compensated for loss of final salary pension benefits
- Reform of residential leasehold law moves a step closer
- Refusal of planning permission for housing ruled unlawful
- Regulator urges landlords to identify and mitigate risks
- Relief from forfeiture granted despite 14-month delay
- Renters Reform Bill 'will make some evictions easier for landlords'
- Renters to get greater protection as no fault evictions to be banned
- Renting accommodation to illegal immigrants to become a criminal offence
- Repossessions and mortgage arrears continue to fall
- Research shows why pay rates for mothers are less than for men
- Residential Conveyancing Department goes from strength to strength
- Residential Landlord Free Legal Advice Wednesday 29 January
- Restaurant wins planning dispute with council over sunroom
- Restriction modified but compensation payable
- Restrictive covenant against director 'too restrictive to enforce'
- Restrictive covenant discharged to enable residential use of office space despite neighbouring restaurant's objection
- Restrictive covenant modified but no sum awarded
- Restrictive covenant modified in housebuilding case
- Restrictive covenant: a limited and personal modification justified
- Restrictive covenant: not discharged but modified
- Review of inheritance tax could help the young
- Right to Rent checks on new tenants come into effect
- Rising number of cohabiting couples still lack legal protection
- Rock Advertising Ltd v MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd (2018)
- Role of Lawyers in Protecting LGBTQ+ Rights in the UK Part 3
- Royal Mail employee unfairly dismissed after manager's false report
- Royal Mail employee unfairly dismissed after storing 'obscene material'
- Royal Mail fined £50m for abusing its dominant position
- Ruling makes it harder for disabled employees to claim discrimination
- Ryanair discriminated against flight attendant over brain tumour
- Safeguard Your Future With a Lasting Power Of Attorney
- Sainsbury's employee 'unfairly dismissed' over headphones
- Sainsbury's worker unfairly dismissed over Black Lives Matter comment
- Sainsburys worker was unfairly dismissed after calling boss an idiot
- Salesman unfairly dismissed after lengthy misconduct investigation
- Sally Hartwell listed as "the best divorce lawyer and family solicitor" in Bromley by Wiselaw
- Sanctions against employing illegal workers start to take effect
- Second blow for Uber as European Court rules it's a taxi firm
- Second staircase to be mandatory in new 18m high residential buildings
- Secretary resigned after MD said she 'wouldn't hire black person'
- Section 21 Notices
- Secure tenant was too late to apply for statutory review of a possession order
- Security guard was unfairly dismissed after submitting grievance letter
- Separated partners 'still a couple for purposes of adoption'
- September: World Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
- Service charge 'enforceable because tenant waived invalidity'
- Service charges collected in advance of expenditure were the focus of a recent case before the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber)
- Service charges decision overturned in Westlake Estates Ltd v Yinusa
- Service charges were not recoverable in sheltered housing case
- Setting up or growing a business? Choose the right structure
- Seven New Year resolutions to safeguard your business for the future
- Shared ownership scheme to help people on to housing ladder
- Shared parental leave and extension to flexible working
- Shareholder wins dispute after being excluded from company
- Shopkeeper held partly liable after toddler drank caustic soda
- Should Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have a pre-nup?
- Siblings fail to overturn will involving the care of a parrot
- Siblings overturn their mother's will after family dispute
- Silver splitters: Divorce and Re-Marrying Later in Life
- Single mother unfairly dismissed over change in working hours
- Sisters lose shares in farm after father dies without making a will
- Sisters win dispute with widow over their father's will
- Sleep-in care workers 'not entitled to minimum wage'
- Sleep-in care workers lose final appeal over minimum wage
- Slight fall in mortgage rates offers glimmer of hope to homebuyers
- SMEs won't be forced to disclose their gender pay gap
- Social worker was asked how long would this disabled thing go on
- Soldier awarded £90,000 in personal injury claim against the army
- Some rich fathers 'are paying too little in child support'
- Son fails to overturn father's will to inherit extra land
- Son in dispute with hospital over his father's treatment
- Son inherits farm as promised despite being left out of father's will
- Son not allowed to inherit house as a 'deathbed gift'
- Son ordered to repay 270k to his mother's estate
- Son wins dispute with parents over share of family farm
- Sons must pay inheritance tax on mothers pension fund
- Southern Gas wins Thames dispute
- Special 'home inheritance tax allowance' rises by £25,000
- Spice Girl, Mel B, calls for reform on domestic abuse training in the courts
- Sports agent loses commission claim against Formula One team
- Sports Direct, Cine UK and Mecca Bingo lose rent arrears case
- Staffing manager unfairly dismissed for 'pointing out problems'
- Standard Life Assurance fined £30m for phone sales failings
- Stressed manager with Countrywide Estate Agents awarded £60,000
- Struggling husband applies too late to amend divorce settlement
- Study finds that family courts are not biased against fathers
- Stylist created goodwill and so didn't breach legal duties
- Sub-contractor held liable for loss of rent due to faulty work
- Sub-contractor wins £1m dispute over payment during Covid19
- Sub-contractor wins dispute over payment of £388k
- Superdry and Manchester City group ordered to mediate dispute
- Supermarket recovers £1m fire damages against insurance broker
- Suppliers must pay invoices within 55 days to secure government contracts
- Supporting Women's Health in the UK: Breaking Barriers in Workplaces and Healthcare
- Supreme Court refuses to increase payments to a divorcee who mismanaged her finances following the settlement
- Supreme Court rules on burden of proof in employment claims
- Supreme Court Rules on Edwards v Kumarasamy
- Supreme Court says Uber drivers are workers, not self-employed
- Supreme Court settles family dispute over inheritance of farm
- Surge in couples citing unreasonable behaviour for quick divorce
- Surge in number of businesses vulnerable to interest rate rises
- Surgeon who set patient on fire was unfairly dismissed
- Survey reveals the most common 'will blunders'
- Surveyors entitled to payment for reducing shop's business rates
- Surveyors must pay £50,000 for their negligence over knotweed
- Tarmac company not liable for 'practical joke' injury to worker
- Tax on empty homes could be doubled to boost housing market
- Teacher sexually assaulted by pupil awarded compensation
- Teacher told to retrain at age of 60 awarded £140,000 compensation
- Teacher wins sex discrimination claim but loses over religion
- Teacher's dismissal over indecent images on computer was not unfair
- Technician blocked from poaching former employer's clients
- Temporary change to probate applications as fees set to rise
- Tenant fails to get extra compensation for noise from refurbishment
- Tenant Fees Bill sets out the Government's approach to banning letting fees
- Tenant loses appeal over possession order and her human rights
- Tenant protections extended as Covid restrictions continue
- Tenant retains injunction preventing landlord from evicting him
- Tenants facing eviction to get enhanced legal support
- Tenants given government guidance on their rights when renting
- Tenants must be wary of being 'ripped off' by rogue letting agents
- Tenants of social homes who are victims of domestic abuse get further tenancy
- Tenants win enfranchisement appeal over freehold of flats
- Tesco employee wins premium overtime pay battle
- Tesco staff couldn't believe 6ft man was intimidated by pregnant boss
- Tesco wins appeal over right to "fire and re-hire" employees
- The Breathing Space Moratorium
- The Building Safety Bill
- The Cats Home v The Family - Claims for provision from deceased estates
- The Common Law Marriage Myth
- The contribution of Black British soldiers in the World Wars
- The Deregulation Act 2015 - Changes To Section 21 Notices
- The Deregulation Act 2015 Act Changes To Section 21 Notices
- The early battle for women's rights in the UK
- The Effect of Covid-19 on Housing Possession Claims
- The Final Countdown - Abolishment of Assured Shorthold Tenancies and "No Fault" Evictions
- The future is now - “Fault” based evictions
- The future of laws on IP, trademarks and patents after Brexit
- The hidden dangers families must watch out for with Wills and Probate
- The Homelessness Reduction Bill
- The impact of African and Caribbean music on British culture
- The importance of protecting tenants' deposits following the recent decision in Sturgiss -v- Boddy
- The Inaugural BPG Charity Golf Day
- The Inheritance TV show highlights real life issues over making a will
- The new inheritance tax allowance on residential properties
- The pitfalls and risks when you are a personal representative
- The potential pitfalls of making a Will after remarrying and how to avoid them
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