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Parents and carers will be provided with new employment rights as a result of three Bills which have received Royal Assent.
In the Government’s announcement, it states that:

“…these new laws will help to increase workforce participation, protect vulnerable workers, and level the playing field by ensuring unscrupulous businesses don’t have a competitive advantage and

The Government recently announced it will consult on mandatory mediation for suitable Family Court cases apart from those that include allegations of or a history of domestic violence. If introduced, the move could help 19,000 parting families resolve issues outside the Courtroom, helping to reduce backlogs and easing pressure on Family Courts. The push for

When purchasing a property with other people, you will need to consider carefully how you wish to co-own the property as this will dictate your respective shares and how any money is distributed on sale or death. You can co-own the property in one of two ways.
Joint tenants
This means that the owners own

We have previously written about the proposed Bill of Rights, which was championed by Dominic Raab and was intended to replace the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA), see our previous blog here.
The HRA is a statute that brought into effect European law relating to Human Rights protections, such as the right to a

Where a person is appointed as an executor under a Will, they must apply for a Grant of Probate in order to administer the estate. However, what happens if the person who is appointed as an executor delays or declines to take the necessary Grant of Probate?
You first need to ask yourself, if the person

Many couples contemplate making their Wills on the same terms. Most typically, couples make Wills to the effect that, upon the death of one party, all of his or her estate will go to the surviving party and when the surviving party dies, everything will go to their children. It is thus common to hear

Court cases that involve family law matters have traditionally taken place behind closed doors and without access to the media. However, there is an ongoing project in a limited number of courts where legal bloggers and accredited media are permitted (subject to safeguards) to report on what they see and hear in the family court.

What is a Prohibited Steps Order?
A Prohibited Steps Order is an order which prohibits a party (usually a parent) from a certain activity relating to a child(ren), and which also prohibits a party from exercising their parental responsibility. The type of activities that can be prevented include:

  • Removing a child from school;
  • Changing a