Extending or building a property – part 2
View Part 1 | View Part 3 Part II - Covenants & Easements Whether you are extending your existing property or constructing a completely new property you will need to obtain planning permission and ...
Coronavirus and Commercial Property
On 23 April 2020, the Government announced new measures to protect the UK high street from aggressive rent collection and closure. The Government has temporarily restricted the use of Statutory Demands and Winding-up Petitions ...
Extending or building a property – part 1
View Part 2 | View Part 3 Whether you are extending your existing property or constructing a completely new property you might need to obtain planning permission and building regulation consents. It is important ...
Edwards Duthie Shamash instructed by HLPA
Edwards Duthie Shamash instructed by HLPA in its application to intervene in an urgent appeal relating to the stay of possession proceedings during the COVID-19 pandemic The Housing Law Practitioners’ Association (“HLPA”) has been ...
Furlough Scheme and Redundancy
The vast majority of employers are behaving responsibly in these unusual times and furloughing employees where they can. Under the furlough scheme an employer can claim up to 80% of their employee’s wages from ...
Disputes involving finances and the Coronavirus Pandemic
In the second of our series of articles about mediation and the impact of the coronavirus we consider the issues facing separating couples looking to resolve financial disputes at this difficult time. How mediation ...
Family Mediation and the Coronavirus Pandemic
Everyone has been affected by Covid-19 and the lockdown affecting us all. From businesses to courts to families everyone has had to adjust to working and living in a different way. In the first ...
Expansion of our Family Mediation team
Due to the increase in demand we are expanding our mediation team to be able to help more separating couples resolve disputes without recourse to the courts. We can help with Remote Mediations by ...
Housing Repairs and Fitness for Human Habitation
Simon Mullings of the Housing Team at Edwards Duthie Shamash discusses the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 and advises tenants to continue reporting defects to landlords during the current Covid-19 pandemic. On ...
Covid-19 and Domestic Abuse
With domestic abuse charities reporting a significant increase in calls during the current coronavirus crisis, Fathema Khanom, Solicitor in the Family Team at Edwards Duthie Shamash, explores the legal remedies that are available to victims ...
Covid-19 and possession claims
James Harrison, Partner and Head of the Housing Team at Edwards Duthie Shamash, explores the impact of the Coronavirus Act on residential possession proceedings. On 18 March 2020 the Government announced “a radical package ...
Changing Terms and Conditions of an Employee’s Contract
We are living in strange and uncertain times and employers are now required to reconsider their employees’ terms and conditions of employment. Many employers will rightly engage the Furlough Scheme to avoid the need ...
Changes to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
Employers should be aware that the rules for SSP have changed:If an employee is on furlough they do not qualify for SSP.If an employee is in one of the vulnerable categories and have been advised ...
Covid-19 changes to the Mental Health Act and Mental Health Tribunals
David McLaughlin of the Mental Health Team at Edwards Duthie Shamash explores the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Mental Health Act and the conduct of Mental Health Tribunals. On Thursday 19 March, ...
Settlement Agreements and Protected Conversations
In these highly unusual and worrying times, more and more employers are issuing their employees with Settlement Agreements. These agreements are often offered to an employee following a ‘Protected Conversation’. What are Settlement Agreements? ...
Coronavirus Furlough Scheme
IMPORTANT UPDATE ON FURLOUGH The Treasury has issued an important direction to HMRC for making payments under the Furlough Scheme. Whilst this may be subject to yet further amendment, this is likely to be ...
Employment Law Changes from 6 April 2020
Given the unprecedented actions recently taken by the Chancellor in relation to Covid-19 such as the furlough scheme it would be easy to forget that there are other important employment Law changes that came ...
Coronavirus and the law
The maxim that ignorance of the law is no excuse is well known and imposes an obligation on the citizen to have an understanding of what the law is and how it can restrict ...
Bullying and harassment at work
In a recent case, a salesman who had been called a “fat ginger pikey” by his work colleagues lost his claim in the Employment Tribunal. The salesman brought a claim for harassment when, amongst ...
The Coronavirus Act 2020: changes to the law relating to health and social care
The Coronavirus Act 2020: changes to the law relating to health and social care The Coronavirus Act 2020 has brought in changes to parts of the Care Act 2014, and to the 2012 Regulations ...
This place isn’t fit for human habitation
James Harrison Partner and Head of the Housing Team “This place isn’t fit for human habitation” James Harrison, Partner and Head of the Housing Team at Edwards Duthie Shamash, gives a ...
Coronavirus update
Shaun Murphy Senior Partner Coronavirus update Whilst we need to concentrate on being safe at this time, I want to reassure you that everybody at Edwards Duthie Shamash is working ...
The Hearing: Episode 48 – Gerald Shamash
The Hearing: #48 - Gerald ShamashPolitics and scandal have shaped the career of this week’s guest. Cash for Honours, MP’s expenses, phone hacking, he was there for it all — on the right side ...
Legal aid deserts and a culture of refusal
Simon Mullings is a Housing Law Specialist. Legal aid deserts and a culture of refusal In June 2019 the Guardian published an article by its legal correspondent Owen Bowcott describing reports ...
Labour’s Jewish solicitor says next leader needs to ‘mend fences’
Gerald Shamash, Equity Partner at Edwards Duthie Shamash. Labour’s Jewish solicitor says next leader needs to ‘mend fences’ Gerald Shamash claims to have never faced antisemitism himself, but admits allegations could ...
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