Category: Articles

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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 More

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

8 December

On 2 November 2022, the General Medical Council (GMC) announced that an independent review into its decision to suspend a doctor for dishonesty had concluded. This review had been long-awaited... Read More

5 December

We analyse the recent judgment as handed down by the High Court on 29 November 2022 relating to trusts, revocation, retention of trust assets by trustees and trustee indemnities. Read More

2 December

A recent case issues a warning to companies and ex-employees about the potential threat of copyright theft. Read More

2 December

Conservation covenants were introduced by the Environment Act 2021 and can be a useful tool in the environmental change toolkit. This new type of agreement is to be entered into... Read More

1 December

Trainee Solicitor Beth Ellis got to grips with what planning is really about when she spoke to Wesley Ankrah and Georgia Bird from Dominvs Group about social value in the... Read More