Emily is a Senior Associate in our Divorce and Family Law team, dealing with divorce and associated financial matters, nuptial and cohabitation agreements, private children matters including child relocation, and domestic violence injunctions.
Our specialist family law solicitors will help you protect what matters to you and secure the future for yourself and your loved ones. Whatever your family structure, planning ahead will help to protect you and your family in the long run. However if you don’t have arrangements in place and your marriage, civil partnership or relationship has broken down, we can advise and support you through this difficult time with patience and compassion.
Clarke Willmott represented farmer Andrew Guest in a significant High Court inheritance case. Aside from being a significant decision in this area of law, the case highlights the need for those involved in or contemplating bringing inheritance disputes to get expert legal advice as soon as possible.
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The government has confirmed that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will assume responsibility for supervising lawyers’ anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) compliance – replacing the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and other professional bodies currently fulfilling that role.
Written by
Kelvin Balmont
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Government’s Growth Plan: Off-payroll working rules to be repealed
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On 23 September 2022, the government revealed its Growth Plan and confirmed that the off-payroll working rules will be repealed for both public and private sector organisations with effect from 6 April 2023.
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Grace Phillips is an Associate in Clarke Willmott’s Taunton Private Property & Agriculture team specialising in residential and agricultural property law.
Representatives from Clarke Willmott were invited to Gravity just outside Bridgwater to meet the Gravity Programme Director, Paul Lowndes and find out more about the site.
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Green Paper: Transforming Public Procurement – The UK Government’s response to consultation
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Overall, there was a high level of support for the proposed reforms. The ambition and breadth of the package of proposals were recognised alongside the significant scale of change to the procurement regime.
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