Legal Blog

The Government has announced it is allowing workers to carry over up to four weeks' (not 5.6 weeks) annual leave into the next two leave years. The (as yet unpublished) forthcoming The Working Time (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 amends regulation 13 of the...

Following on from our blog published on 24 March, the Government has just announced new details of their rescue package for self-employed individuals. The key points that have emerged are: a new self-employed income support scheme will pay self-employed people a...

The House of Commons Public Bill Committee has proposed an amendment to the Coronavirus Bill. If approved this amendment would compel the Government to introduce Regulations providing that "freelancers" and "self-employed people" should receive guaranteed earnings of:...

The information provided by the Government with regard to furlough leave is very sparse. Furlough leave is not currently recognised in law – it’s just a word the Government have used. Here are a few things we know about the Government's 'Coronavirus Job Retention...

Equity release allows homeowners in later life to access the value of their property without the need to sell. The most popular product is the ‘Lifetime Mortgage’. This allows a homeowner to borrow a lump sum against their home’s value at a fixed interest rate. A...

#parentalalienationday #familylaw #childlaw #cafcass Cafcass defines parental alienation as: “when a child’s resistance or hostility towards one parent is not justified and is the result of psychological manipulation by the other parent.” Today is Parental Alienation...

The huge news in the last week causing our Family Law Department phones to buzz is that it has been agreed that No Fault Divorce will be made Law. This has been a long time coming, first being introduced in the Family Law Act 1996 the year before I began my Law...

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published guidance and an online calculator on how to calculate holiday pay for workers whose hours or pay are not fixed. The guidance, which is not binding, complements pre-existing government...

Moving home and buying or selling a property can be very stressful; we are here to help you through the process. Our experienced conveyancing team can answer any queries you may have and will progress your transaction quickly and efficiently. We can provide technical...

Since becoming CQS accredited we have been expanding the amount of lender panels we are on, allowing us to work with a wider range of mortgage lenders. The Browns Conveyancing team – Jane, Jessica and Joshua – can now work with many of the smaller lenders as we have...

We are pleased to announce that we have secured membership to the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme - the mark of excellence for the home buying process. We have undergone rigorous assessment by the Law Society in order to secure CQS status, which marks us out...

Google have received the biggest GDPR fine to date for ‘lack of transparency, inadequate information and lack of valid consent regarding ads personalisation’. The French Regulator judged that people had not been ‘sufficiently informed’ due to information being diluted...

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published a guide to data protection which covers the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation ((EU 2016/679)(GDPR)) The ICO states that it provides guidance for data protection officers and...