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Privacy and reporting in the Court of Protection

False statements about politics will not void an election – and a warning on reasonable belief

A High Court election petition did not result in the annulment of the election in question because, although the Respondent election winner was shown to have included…

HPCDS proposals: Early legal advice before the possession hearing

Latest HPCDS proposals The consultation on the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme has recently closed. Here, Simon Mullings analyses a key proposal to offer early legal advice…

‘Funds for favours’: Geidt pressed to reopen investigation into PM’s flat

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Gerald Shamash

Life after lockdown – growing your new creative project

During lockdown a number of readers got creative and almost overnight became entrepreneurs. Across the UK we have seen an increase in small companies producing home cooked food, jewelry made in bedrooms and individuals using their skills or natural charms to influence others online.

Included in The Times – Best Law Firms 2022

We have been included by The Times as one of the best law firms in Britain for 2022.

Gerald Shamash

Consenting to the Covid vaccine: a comparison between under-16s and adults without mental capacity

The issue of whether parental consent has any bearing on children of ages 12-15 being administered the COVID-19 vaccine has dominated headlines in recent weeks.

Wanstead Fringe interviews Bradley Wright

The tax holiday on stamp duty rates which was introduced in July 2020, this came to an end in England and Northern Ireland at the end in September. The big change this autumn is that Stamp Duty thresholds will return to the original rate as of 1st October 2021. There is some confusion as to what these rates are.