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Business and Pensioners Come Out On Top in Osborne’s Spring Budget

Comment by Bob Bastian, Business Development Director of Eastbourne Solicitors, Stephen Rimmer LLP UK business has been offered a hand-up in the latest statement from Chancellor George Osborne, with a package of measures designed to further stimulate the economy.  This year’s Spring budget was made against a radically different background to 12 months ago, when…

Property Owners Carry the Can Long After the Floods

Property owners who are finally cleaning up after flooding and dealing with their insurance claims are being reminded that they will have to re-live the experience when they come to sell.   And for recent buyers who may have discovered their new home was wrongly presented as not having suffered flooding in the past, the courts…

Same Sex Marriages – The Laws are Changing!

Same Sex Marriages are coming, and some of the legislation became effective on 13th March 2014…but it is complicated….you will need legal advice,may need pre-nuptial agreements,and as the rules apply presently if you are in a civil partnership,you will need to tread carefully.You may even need to dissolve the civil partnership first. For more information,…

Avoiding Family Feuds When You Die

Contested Probate is in the headlines, following the reading of Nelson Mandela’s will, highlighting problems that are becoming increasingly common with the rising number of ‘blended’ families following remarriage. Commentators have pointed to the international leader’s decision to exclude his second wife Winnie from the will and the restrictions he placed on legacies to some…

Changes to TUPE Arrive but Employers Disappointed

Employers hoping for a complete overhaul and greater flexibility in the transfer of employee rights following a company sale or change of contractor, under what is known as TUPE legislation, are likely to be disappointed when the new regulations come into force at the end of the month. The new Collective Redundancies & Transfer of…

More Talk Time is Priority for Splitting Couples

Hard on the heels of Britain’s longest-running and most bitter divorce, the Government has said it will be pushing more couples towards mediation, whilst the price of applying for a divorce could rise to £750, as part of an overhaul of court fees by the Ministry of Justice. The multi-million pound divorce case of Young…

Employers Need to Mend the Roof Before the Storms

With the threat of harsh weather on the heels of Christmas, as in previous hard winters, UK business is likely to lose millions of working hours due to employees not turning in for work.      But despite many businesses suffering drastic cuts in output by staff absence, or where outlets are forced to close due…

Countdown to Christmas Comes With a Warning for Consumers

As online sales continue to surge and retailers rev up for Cyber Monday, consumer law expert Steven Judge of Stephen Rimmer LLP gives a reminder of what to watch out for, and what protection consumers have when buying those carefully chosen presents for family and friends. As the retail sector revs up for the all-important…

Landowners Can Stop The Clock On Public Usage Rights

New law opens the way to more building development by giving landowners the chance to break public usage rights to prevent registration of village greens Public use of privately owned open spaces is on the line following the introduction of legislation that allows landowners to bring to an end recreational use of land as a…