Farming divorces and collaborative law – a better way
Agriculture
Insights
Sorting out a financial settlement on divorce can be complicated, especially for farming families whose personal and business affairs are often inextricably entwined. However, this does not mean that it can only be resolved through an expensive and stressful court battle.
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Making an advance decision (previously referred to as a Living Will) enables you to decide how you would like to be treated or cared for if you lose capacity to make those decisions in the future.
Alleviating worries – Second Animal Welfare Bill to tackle livestock worrying
News
The objective of the second Animal Welfare Bill is twofold: to raise standards for animal welfare and to reform the existing legislation relating to the keeping of animals by offering improved enforcement powers to the police.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published its annual statistics on work-related health and safety for the period of 2023/24. Our Crime & Regulatory team discuss the findings.
Written by
Bridget Sanger
,
Tim Williamson
and
Sam Harkness
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Body Shop administration highlights importance of robust supplier contracts
News
Retail & leisure
Insolvencies are rising in the UK, and The Body Shop’s collapse serves as a wake-up call to suppliers about the importance of robust supplier contracts.
Written by
Chidem Aliss
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The Bristol Property Inclusion Charter is the first city-wide property inclusion charter in the UK, intended to promote and drive diversity and inclusion.
Dale Edwards, Green Energy Strategic Consultant, comments on the government’s British Energy Security Strategy setting out how Great Britain will accelerate the deployment of wind, new nuclear, solar and hydrogen, whilst supporting the production of domestic oil and gas in the nearer term.
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Business Interruption Insurance – FCA Court Proceedings Likely
News
The FCA is in the process of writing to a number of insurance companies seeking clarification about whether they are declining, or intend to decline business interruption insurance claims.
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