News & Blog
News & Blog
Legal Aid – Death by a thousand cuts
Nov 2019 - Criminal Blog, Edwards Duthie Shamash News
Edwards Duthie Shamash in the Law Gazette With legal aid lawyers regularly working 60+ hours a week, practitioners are not treated in a way that reflects the…
The pitfalls of the DIY Financial Settlement Upon Divorce
Oct 2019 - Edwards Duthie Shamash News, Family Blog
The current rate of Divorce in England and Wales according to the most recent available statistics, is that 42% of marriages end in Divorce. The breakdown of…
Reducing the Fire Risk in Apartment Blocks
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…
Chambers & Partners 2020
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….
Successful at Golf Hearing
Oct 2019 - Criminal Blog, Edwards Duthie Shamash News
We represented a client before a Disciplinary Tribunal of his golf club, where our client was accused by another member of the club of cheating during a…
Wanstead Fringe 2019
Sep 2019 - Edwards Duthie Shamash News
Edwards Duthie Shamash continue to be proud sponsors of the Wanstead Fringe Event. The Wanstead Fringe is a community event spread over 9 days, with a range…
Disabled refugee still homeless after brutal street attack
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…
Barking fire: social tenants told to return despite safety fears
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.
Lawyer in the news
Aug 2019 - Edwards Duthie Shamash News, Housing and Social Welfare Blog
Simon Mullings, Senior Case Worker in Community Law.
Legal Aid Matters
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…
Legal Aid ‘culture of refusal’
Jul 2019 - Edwards Duthie Shamash News, Housing and Social Welfare Blog
Applications for legal aid in homelessness cases dropped by 34%
Normalisation of risk in the legal aid sector
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.
Introducing Edwards Duthie Shamash
May 2019 - Edwards Duthie Shamash News
As Senior partner of Edwards Duthie Shamash, I am delighted to inform you that Edwards Duthie Shamash is to merge with another firm of solicitors, Steel & Shamash, in June 2019.
London Legal Walk
Apr 2019 - Edwards Duthie Shamash News
On the 17th June, we’re taking on 10K for justice at the 2019 London Legal sponsored walk.