With recent figures showing that “blended families” are on the rise, we take a closer look at partner adoption where people adopt their partner’s child.
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If you’re about to collaborate with another person or business, then the right legal advice and formal agreement are a vital part of your future relationship. Clarke Willmott’s corporate and commercial law solicitors understand the importance of joint venture partnerships and shareholder agreements and have the expertise and experience necessary to get the detail and the spirit of a written agreement just right for your business.
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Permanent health insurance and obligation to cover payments under TUPE
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An employer was contractually bound by terms provided by a previous employer before a TUPE transfer because it hadn’t clearly communicated any limitation of that entitlement to the employee.
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A personal injury trust is a legal document which allows any compensation you receive as a result of an accident or injury to be disregarded when you are assessed for means tested benefits. It may also protect your compensation from being used to pay any care fees if you believe you may need to go into residential care in the future.
When developing mixed use premises it is important to plan ahead especially where a developer intends to dispose of the freehold of the whole building or grant a long lease of the commercial parts as an investment.
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Our nationally recognised planning and the environment solicitors provide expert advice on the full range of contentious and non-contentious planning and environmental law issues.
Predictable working pattern requests: a right of the future
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Gina McCadden discusses a new legislation received Royal Assent in September 2023 which permits workers who do not have clear and predictable working patterns to request such from their employers.
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