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- Civil Litigation
- Commercial Law
- Criminal Law
- Regulatory
£260 Million of Fraud Unreported by SMEs
In a recent survey of 500 SMEs conducted by Slater and Gordon, the results showed nearly one in five (18 per cent) of business owners and managers ...
- Uncategorised
Counterfeit Goods May Be Common but Selling Them is a Crime
The trade in so-called “knock off” goods is nowadays so widespread that people tend to forget that it is criminal. In one case, a ...
- Landlord and Tenant
The cost of bad eviction advice
The average cost to a landlord of their tenant being advised to ignore an eviction notice stands at nearly £7,000, according to a recent survey of ...
- Residential Conveyancing
Bungalow Couple Marooned Without Electricity or Water
A couple found out the hard way why land conveyancing is a job for professionals when they ended up marooned in their bungalow, without any right of ...
- Family Law
- Wills, Estates and Trusts
Home-Made Wills Save Money – Oh No They Don’t!
Home-made wills, executed without legal advice, are an exceedingly bad idea and if there was ever a case which proved the point it must be that of a ...
- Criminal Law
IT Boss Resorted to £300,000 Tax Fraud to Save Her Business
Small businesses are often like families and directors feel a very personal obligation towards their employees. However, in one striking case, a ...
- Civil Litigation
- Wills, Estates and Trusts
High Court Bends Over Backwards to Resolve Family Will Dispute
Newspaper columns are full of legal cases with crushing costs of litigation and it is easy to lose sight of the fact that it is the role of judges to ...
- Employment Law
Employees Beware! Facebook Abuse Can Cost You Your Job!
Anyone tempted to vent their feelings against their employer on the Internet should take careful note of a recent case in which a canal worker was ...
- Family Law
Not Enough Money to Go Round after Divorce? Dependants Take Priority
In a large number of divorce cases in which there is insufficient money to go round, the courts will almost always prioritise the needs of ...
- Residential Conveyancing
High Quality Conveyancing Really Does Matter
In a case which underlined the importance of high-calibre conveyancing, residents of a 17th century mansion which had been partitioned into ...