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26 January
In a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision, an employee who had been dismissed, later saw her dismissal "vanish" following a successful appeal process when she was reinstated. During the... Read Morearticles
24 January
In a recent alleged marital discrimination case, the EAT held that the Employment Tribunal had failed to apply the correct legal test in finding that the claimant had been directly... Read Morearticles
23 January
Should you intentionally delay divorce or separation? Your relationship has changed but money is tight, you're in agreement and you want to sort things out yourselves… Read Morearticles
20 January
As Family Mediation Week draws to a close, I have reflected on my foundation training in light of the wealth of information available about family mediation. Read Morearticles
13 January
In our third article on public inquiries, we consider who is involved in a public inquiry, what it means to become a Core Participant and the process of becoming one. Read Morearticles
13 January
Simon Burge, Partner and head of the Family Team at Blake Morgan was recently quoted in The Telegraph's article exploring "Why men are more likely to think about divorce than... Read Morearticles
12 January
Over the last year or two we have seen an increased willingness to talk about menopause in the workplace, from parliamentary debates and Acas guidance, down to individual employers adopting... Read Morearticles
9 January
Most people will have only heard of a divorce as being a formal way of ending a marriage, however it is also possible to obtain another form of formal marriage... Read Morearticles
5 January
We act for a number of landlord and tenant clients in the leasing of office space in the UK, particularly in London, and have seen many cases of delays in... Read Morearticles
3 January
We examine the judgment in Antonio v Williams, an Inheritance Act dispute, in which the High Court allowed a nephew's claim for financial provision from his aunt's estate to proceed... Read Morearticles
19 December
When advising clients in relation to the division of their matrimonial assets, family lawyers will advise clients of key legislation (s25 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973) and landmark case... Read Morearticles
14 December
Parties can generally contract on whatever terms they want to, but clauses which unduly punish a breaching party may not be enforceable. It is typical for commercial contracts and terms of... Read More