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MEES Regulations: Top 5 Issues for Commercial Landlords

24th April 2018
As of 1 April 2018, part three of the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015, more commonly known as the MEES regulations, came in to effect. These relate minimum energy efficiency standards and affect commercial property as well as residential property. Below Conor Geoghegan, Senior Associate Solicitor, Commercial Property at Coffin […]
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Brexit: The Latest Position on EU Workers' Rights

24th April 2018
With Brexit less than a year away, Alan Kennedy, Associate at Womble Bond Dickinson provides a summary of the latest position on EU workers' rights and what employers should do now to prepare for the UK's departure from Europe. Latest position on future status of EU nationals EU citizens who arrive in the UK before […]
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Inside the Lawyer’s Mind: How ‘Legal’ Is Your Personality?

20th April 2018
A lawyer personality doesn’t always follow a defined criterion of chiselled traits and qualities, but there’s quite an array of factors that make ‘the lawyer mind’. Below Lawyer Monthly discusses with Charlie Bell, Director at Vardags. It’s a well-worn turn of phrase echoed throughout the hallowed halls of law school, but what does it actually […]
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What Will Leaving the EU Mean for Divorce in the UK?

20th April 2018
Brexit has often been described as a divorce, but there’s increasing debate over what brexit could mean for actual divorce and family law. Here Lawyer Monthly benefits from top expertise from Wendy Gouldingay, Co-chair of Resolution East Midlands/Nottingham & Director of Gouldingays Family Law & Mediation, who clarifies how things currently function, and how they […]
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Sporting Rights and Sporting Wrongs

19th April 2018
Sporting rights generally comprise the rights to short, hunt or fish on a specific measure of land. But when it comes to buying, selling, renting or leasing land, what power do sporting rights have and what part do they play in the real estate game? Lawyer Monthly hears on this from leading landed estate management […]
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US Immigration: Judges Juggle Judicial Quotas

18th April 2018
The US justice department is currently in the process of setting quotas for immigration judges in an attempt to speed up the processing of immigration cases. Below Lawyer Monthly benefits from expert insight from Jamie Kerr Specialist, Immigration Partner at Thorntons. Judges will need to clear at least 700 cases a year in order to […]
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Gender Differences Still Persist with Personal Injury Claims

17th April 2018
On International Women’s Day last month, a personal injury specialist called for the legal sector to #PressforProgress and address the potential for gender inequality in personal injury claims. Helena Oxley, trainee solicitor at Roythornes Solicitors, here considers the potential issues between claims for men and women and the impact these can have on calculating a […]
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Asian Nations Now Hold the World's Most Powerful Passports

13th April 2018
Japan and Singapore have knocked Germany off the top spot of the Henley Passport Index, with citizens of both Asian nations now enjoying visa-free access to a record 180 destinations. The German passport has topped the travel freedom index — updated in real-time as visa-policy changes come into effect — for the past five years […]
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Forget Romance, Get a Pre-Nup

13th April 2018
Chris Longbottom, Partner in Family Law at Clarke Willmott LLP, discusses with Lawyer Monthly that there are common misconceptions which are preventing the use of pre-nups for those in need of them most. Pre-nuptial agreements are a sensible and important wealth management tool for those seeking to protect family wealth; so why are they still […]
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Is the LPA Refund Scheme the Ministry of Justice’s Best Kept Secret?

12th April 2018
A new refund scheme for lasting power of attorney (LPA) applications was introduced at the beginning of February, but could it be the Ministry of Justice’s best kept secret? Elizabeth Young, partner at Roythornes Solicitors, looks at the scheme a month on from its launch and questions why not many people appear to know about […]
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