Jan 2020
Jan 2020 - Dispute Resolution Blog, Edwards Duthie Shamash News, Housing and Social Welfare Blog
How effective is your credit control? To what extent do you rely on your client or customer’s promise to settle an invoice, and apply leniency to your…
Nov 2019
Nov 2019 - Edwards Duthie Shamash News, Housing and Social Welfare Blog, Property Blog
If you are a first-time buyer and wondering what you need to buy a house or flat, this guide will give you some handy tips, and breaks…
Oct 2019
Oct 2019 - Dispute Resolution Blog, Edwards Duthie Shamash News, Housing and Social Welfare Blog
“The fire which destroyed Grenfell Tower in June 2017 was one of the UK’s worst modern disasters.” (BBC, 18th June 2018). In January 2019, a Fire Risk…
Oct 2019
Oct 2019 - Criminal Blog, Edwards Duthie Shamash News, Housing and Social Welfare Blog, Wills and Probate Blog
Court of Protection What the team is known for Respected team frequently instructed by the Official Solicitor to act in high-profile and complex health and welfare cases….
Sep 2019
Sep 2019 - Edwards Duthie Shamash News, Housing and Social Welfare Blog
A disabled refugee is still living in unsuitable accommodation, more than a year after he was brutally attacked in the street. Atif al-Sharif, a Sudanese national who fled…
Aug 2019
Aug 2019 - Edwards Duthie Shamash News, Housing and Social Welfare Blog
Residents of east London flats say they are being forced back before safety assessments.
Aug 2019
Aug 2019 - Edwards Duthie Shamash News, Housing and Social Welfare Blog
Simon Mullings, Senior Case Worker in Community Law.
Jul 2019
Jul 2019 - Edwards Duthie Shamash News, Housing and Social Welfare Blog
70 years ago the Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949 came into force. As an organisation that campaigns to promote access to justice, we want to mark…
Jul 2019
Jul 2019 - Edwards Duthie Shamash News, Housing and Social Welfare Blog
Applications for legal aid in homelessness cases dropped by 34%
Jun 2019
Jun 2019 - Edwards Duthie Shamash News, Housing and Social Welfare Blog
Normalisation of risk in the legal aid sector. Simon Mullings examines how work ‘at risk’ in the legal aid sector has become the new normal.
Mar 2019
Mar 2019 - Edwards Duthie Shamash News, Housing and Social Welfare Blog
‘Real-life Daniel Blake”s barrister blasts legal aid cuts following tribunal win
Feb 2019
Feb 2019 - Edwards Duthie Shamash News, Housing and Social Welfare Blog
Andrea Qwarnstrom and Simon Mullings consider the current law and guidance around the use of Equality Act assessors in the county court. Experience suggests that more robust procedures and guidance might be needed to ensure that this important court resource is properly utilised.
Nov 2018
Nov 2018 - Edwards Duthie Shamash News, Housing and Social Welfare Blog
Well done to the Housing Team for once again achieving recognition in the Legal 500 as one of the top firms providing advice and assistance in the area of Social Housing and Landlord & Tenant work.
Oct 2018
Oct 2018 - Edwards Duthie Shamash News, Housing and Social Welfare Blog
Life on Universal Credit ‘They gave me a 212-day sanction so I had no living costs for seven months’
