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- “Tis the Season”…To create a to do list. Is your office ready?
- 10 Years at DTM Legal!
- 2.6 Challenge and Nightingale House Hospice
- 30 Ones to Watch – Business Innovation and Growth in Liverpool
- 30-Day Challenge
- 5 top tips for companies without a HR department
- 7 Steps Commercial Landlord’s Should Take Before 1 April 2018
- A Coffee with Jonny Clark – Liverpool Slush’D Organiser
- A Coffee With: Joe Roche, FinTech North
- A coffee with… Guy Thomas
- A Day In The Life
- A day in the life of… Sarah Wilcock. Longstanding service award for Sarah Wilcock
- A Developer’s Guide to the Community Infrastructure Levy
- A guide to succession planning
- A record number of UK businesses turn to alternative finance
- A Year On – Employers Encouraged to Embrace the Right to Request Flexible Working
- Academies: Have you got your checklist ready for post-conversion?
- Academy Conversion by 2020: the process explained
- Academy Conversion: How To Run An Effective Procurement Process
- All change . . . No as you were!
- Alternative Finance Goes From Strength to Strength
- An Employers Guide to National Apprenticeship Week
- An Expensive Day in Court
- April 2017: Key Employment Law Changes
- Are you looking to sell your home?
- Are you ready to expand your business?
- Asda Facing Equal Pay Claims
- Ashleigh Serjeant joins DTM Legal
- Ask the expert: GP Practices: An essential guide to a successful GP partnership
- Autumn Employment Law & HR Newsletter
- Autumn Liverpool Ladies Network
- Avoiding a Costly Row
- Baby News at DTM Legal. Bundles of joy!
- Balloon flies high over Cheshire
- Battle of the Air Con
- BDO LLP Accountants quiz night!
- Beware strict clauses in SME leases
- Break clauses – Satisfying the Conditions
- Brexit: Charting a Course for Business in Uncertain Times
- Brexit: Should We Stay or Should We Go?
- Business Interruption Policies – Some clarity and a lifeline for businesses?
- Business leaders across Chester say now is the time to invest in the city
- Business Matters: Progressive regeneration for Liverpool
- Business Not as Usual – ESG in Liverpool
- Calm heads needed to keep business confidence strong as Brexit talks begin
- Can Stress Be A Good Thing?
- Can you defend a claim for threats of patent infringement before a patent is granted?
- Can you give Informal Legal Advice
- Celebrating 10 years of excellence
- Celebrating a Bumper First Quarter
- Celebrating a Decade of Excellence: Gena’s 10-Year Work Anniversary
- Celebrating a Decade of Excellence: Kate Roberts
- Celebrating Michael Wright’s 10-Year Anniversary at DTM Legal
- Celebrating Phil Whitehurst’s 10-year anniversary at DTM Legal
- Celebrating Success: Cokebusters Shines with Double King’s Awards for Enterprise
- Ceri is running 100 miles for Macmillan Cancer
- Changes to IP Law: What it Means For You and Your Business
- Changes to Minimum Wage
- Changes to UK permitted development legislation
- Channelling your Product: Distributor or Agent?
- Cheshire business leaders: ‘Life after Brexit will be fine’
- Cheshire Care Homes Sale
- Chester shines at global property event MIPIM
- Chester Zoo Hosts Inspiring Sustainable Leadership Event
- Choosing the Right Business Partner
- CJRS Update July 2020
- Construction continuing during lockdown
- Consumer Law is Changing to Catch up with the Digital Age
- Coronavirus: Advice for employers
- Corporate Fraud: Where does the buck stop?
- Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill 2019-20
- Directors Who Neglected Their Duties
- Directors’ Duties And Personal Liability In Insolvency
- Do you own what you think you own? Intellectual Property Rights Strategy
- Does your business operate a voluntary overtime system?
- Don’t disregard dilapidations!
- DRAGONS FIRED UP BY LIVEPOOL LUXURY ENTREPRENEURS
- DTM backs creativity in higher education
- DTM Client Branches Out
- DTM client, CSA Group Opens New Hazardous Locations Laboratory
- DTM Legal & Avison Young host careers evening for North West social enterprise, PLACED
- DTM Legal – 15 Years of Legal Excellence
- DTM Legal – End of Summer Family Fun Day
- DTM Legal – Top Tier in Legal 500
- DTM Legal Advise On Major Private Equity Backing For Liverpool Tech Firm
- DTM Legal Advises Applewood Independent on Acquisition by AFH Financial Group Limited
- DTM Legal Advises D. A. Roberts Limited on £13.6 Million Deal
- DTM Legal advises DriveWorks
- DTM Legal Advises on International MBO Deal
- DTM Legal advises on the acquisition of Port Dinorwic Marina
- DTM Legal advises on £2.5m sale of Chester Boat Company subsidiary
- DTM Legal advises on £26m refinancing package for Esterform
- DTM Legal and Civex Consulting Group Strengthen Collaboration to Better Serve the UK and U.S. Infrastructure Sectors
- DTM Legal and FinTech North Team up to Help Businesses Navigate Risk in 2026
- DTM Legal Announces Chester Office Move
- DTM Legal announces Mind as their Charity of the Year
- DTM Legal Appoints Ray Langley as Performance and Growth Director
- DTM Legal at Knowsley Chamber’s ‘Winning Work Through ESG’ Event
- DTM Legal Attend Older People’s Fair as Part of the Cheshire Later Life Hub
- DTM Legal Backs Chester at MIPIM 2017
- DTM Legal bolsters team with two new appointments
- DTM Legal boosts Liverpool office with new promotion
- DTM Legal braved all weathers to raise funds for Nightingale House Hospice
- DTM Legal Celebrate 11 years
- DTM Legal Celebrate Bumper Year
- DTM Legal celebrates 9 years!
- DTM Legal celebrates key promotions across the business
- DTM Legal Celebrates Legal Directory Success
- DTM Legal Collaborate on The Founder’s Journey: Successes, Struggles & Strategies
- DTM Legal cycle over 1000 miles during UK bike week.
- DTM Legal deliver GDPR seminars in partnership with Knowsley Chamber
- DTM Legal earns new Legal 500 recognition
- DTM Legal expands commercial property team with key appointment
- DTM Legal expands its commercial property team
- DTM Legal expands team with new partner
- DTM Legal has been recognised by industry ‘bible’ The Legal 500 as a Top Tier law firm.
- DTM Legal have become the first Corporate Adopters of the Asian elephants at Chester Zoo
- DTM Legal head to Estates Gazette ‘Question Time’ Manchester Central 25/09/2019
- DTM Legal head to the Liverpool Law Fair
- DTM Legal help Nightingale House Hospice and get into the Festive Spirit!
- DTM LEGAL HITS A NEW BUSINESS CENTURY FOR 2015
- DTM Legal Hosts ‘Managing Neurodiversity in the Workplace’ Event in Liverpool
- DTM Legal Join Event to Help Students Step into Law
- DTM Legal Join the FinTech North Liverpool Conference
- DTM Legal launch specialist North West Networking Group called Changing Landscapes
- DTM Legal Launches ESG Committee to Drive Positive Change
- DTM Legal Moonlight as Nightriders
- DTM Legal North Wales Business Whitepaper
- DTM Legal Nurturing Future Legal Talent at University Careers Fairs in Liverpool and Chester
- DTM Legal Partner, Richard Thomas, Appointed as Non-Executive Director for Merseyside Special Investment Fund Limited
- DTM Legal Partners with Carbon Happy World to Strengthen ESG Commitment in Liverpool City Region
- DTM Legal partners with KQ Liverpool to support innovation and growth
- DTM Legal Partners with Liverpool One for Work Experience Week
- DTM Legal pledge sky high support to Nightingale House Hospice
- DTM Legal Pledges Support for Alder Hey
- DTM Legal Proud to Support Dementia UK as Our Charity of the Year for 2025
- DTM Legal Put Chester On The Map For Property Leaders
- DTM Legal Race the Dragon for Zoë’s Place
- DTM Legal Reach New Heights in Liverpool Charity Abseil
- DTM Legal recently advised on and supported Chester based, Bikmo
- DTM Legal Recommended in the Legal 500 2014
- DTM Legal Renews Partnership with FinTech North for 2025
- DTM Legal Renews Partnership with FinTech North for 2026
- DTM Legal runs for Macmillan Cancer Support at Chester Zoo
- DTM Legal secures Cyber Security Accreditation
- DTM Legal Secures Planning Permission and Partial Costs Award for Nightfly Limited
- DTM Legal Selects Clatterbridge Cancer Charity as Charity of the Year
- DTM Legal Shortlisted For Two Awards
- DTM Legal sponsor Liverpool-based Social Enterprise, PLACED
- DTM Legal Sponsor Slush’D Liverpool
- DTM Legal Sponsor The Liverpool Sportswoman’s Lunch
- DTM Legal sponsors Cheshire Society of Architects Winter Lecture Series 2019
- DTM Legal sponsors Liverpool Property Awards
- DTM Legal Sponsors Professional Liverpool Summer Social 2024
- DTM Legal support Help Finder Charity to expand their operations across Liverpool
- DTM Legal support Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal
- DTM Legal supports Chester Rugby Club
- DTM Legal supports North West Cancer Research (NWCR)
- DTM Legal Team Takes on Gower Peninsula Marathon Challenge for Dementia UK
- DTM Legal Turns 7
- DTM Legal Welcomes Kevin Manley as Partner in Commercial Property Team
- DTM Legal Welcomes Siobhan Beattie as New Partner in Residential Conveyancing
- DTM Legal’s fourth HR Practitioner Group session
- DTM Legal: Your Strategic Legal Partner in the Tech Industry
- DTM Legal’s Casey Williams Wins Student Representative of the Year Award
- DTM Legal’s Corporate and Commercial Team Celebrates a Successful Start to 2024
- DTM Legal’s Melissa Scott Supports MYP in Organising their 2024 Charity Ball
- DTM Legal’s Phil Whitehurst Joins “Everything Digital: Flight of Innovation” Event
- DTM Records 40% Growth
- DTM Represents Three of Super Seven creating jobs in North Wales in 2016
- DTM run the extra mile
- DTM Show Strong DeTerMination in Chester Dragon Boat Festival
- DTM team race Wirral 10K to raise money for Wirral Hospice St John’s
- Duty to Report on Payment Practices and Performance
- Eggstatic! DTM Legal gives a Happy Easter to charity partner Alder Hey!
- Electronic Communications Code
- Elizabeth Judson joins the Employment & HR Team
- Elizabeth Judson, DTM Legal supports charity organisation Cheshire Connect
- Employers Beware! Tougher penalties for drivers using mobile phones
- Employers Given One Year To Publish Gender Pay Data
- Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) and Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) – the grant of a commercial lease
- Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Panel Breakfast
- Equal Pay – 50 years on
- EU Referendum: The Reaction
- Evoke Creative secures multi-million pound investment
- Expansion continues at DTM Legal with new appointments
- Expert Eye on ESG
- Extension of Mortgage Holidays – ‘More Breathing Space’
- Family Investment Companies
- Fiduciary Duties of Partners in Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs)
- FinTech for Good at Barclays Eagle Labs, Liverpool
- FLI Global Acquires Cap Technology and Adamelia
- Further growth for DTM Legal
- Future-Proofing Your Holiday Park Business Event
- GDPR Whitepaper
- Gender Pay Gap Deadline
- General Election Result 2017: What does it mean for Employment & HR?
- Global Deal Providing Sustainability Solutions to Farmers
- Government Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme extended to the end of October 2020
- Government drops plans to raise probate fees
- Grammar Schools Pledge likely to be derailed
- Growing law firm DTM Legal takes space at No 4 St Paul’s Square in Liverpool
- Growth of Innovative Companies Across Liverpool
- Growth strategies for business leaders
- Having trouble with suppliers? Here’s how to make things easier…
- Heading sky high to help Nightingale House Hospice
- Heather Lally is the new Chair of STEP Cheshire
- Helen Davies Steps Up to Dance for Nightingale House Hospice at ‘Strictly Nightingales’
- Helen Nash joins DTM Legal’s property department from national PLC
- Holiday Hours – Use it or Lose it
- Holiday Pay Extended to Include Voluntary Overtime
- Hoteliers: are your guests at risk?
- How Does Technology Affect My Duties As A Director?
- How to Avoid a Contractual Own Goal
- How to Avoid Unpaid Bills in the Construction Industry
- How to Conduct an Exit Interview
- How to deal with difficult team members
- How to Deal with Personal Messaging At Work
- How to Have Protected Conversations with your Employees
- How to successfully use the probation period
- How will Brexit affect Litigation?
- How your vote could impact on our business sectors
- IHT planning in the current climate
- Important Changes to UK Company Law
- Important things to consider when hiring
- In the Family Way! – Family and Matrimonial Department
- Innovative success during COVID-19
- Insurance Act 2015: An Introductory Guide
- Intellectual Property – Brand Protection
- Intellectual Property: What’s in a Name?
- Irena Jarkova sings for charity to support UCKG Helpcentre and VYG youth Group
- Is Your Business Cyber Security Ready?
- Is your business ready for the Apprenticeship Levy?
- Is your IPR strategy in order?
- Is your statutory compliance up to date?
- It’s time for Kickoff! DTM Legal head to the Business Fives Football Tournament
- Jim Morris shortlisted for Lawyer of the Year at Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards 2026
- Job Support Scheme set to start beginning November
- Join Changing Landscapes
- July Employment & HR Update
- June Furlough Update
- Kate Roberts and Norman McGarry Cycle from London to Amsterdam
- Kate Roberts is new Head of Liverpool
- Kate Roberts Joins Expert Panel Judging FinTech Projects at University of Liverpool
- Konrad Bialozynski takes on 6 charity challenges for Wirral Mind
- Landlords beware – new changes to S21 Notices!
- Landlords Have Less Than One Year To Put Energy Efficiency Levels In Order
- Latest Winter Employment & HR Newsletter
- LCR FinTech Growth Group’s Inaugural Event Marks a Triumph for Tech Enthusiasts
- Legal 500 Recognises DTM Legal
- Legal 500 recognises DTM Legal LLP as one of the region’s best firms
- Legal 500 Top Tier Firm once again!
- Liverpool Sportswoman’s Lunch is yet again a big success!
- Liverpool Sportswoman’s Lunch raising money for NSPCC
- Liverpool’s FinTech Future Takes Off in 2024
- Liverpool’s Construction Industry Emerges from the Economic Deep Freeze
- Made Smarter Review: Fourth Industrial Revolution could unlock £445bn for UK
- Managing Contract Changes
- Marena qualifies as a solicitor
- May Employment & HR Update
- May NWHR Employment & HR Update
- MCS move to Sci-Tech Daresbury’s £17.8 million Violet Development
- Melissa Scott and Leanna Guy Qualify as Solicitors at DTM Legal
- Melissa Scott joins Merseyside Young Professionals Board
- Mental Health Awareness
- Mind the Gap: Gender Pay Gap Reporting
- Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for Commercial Properties
- Mum’s Memory Inspires Giving
- Navigating the Investment Landscape: Tech Founder Session at Baltic Ventures!
- New Brand and Website Unveiled
- New EU Data Protection Reforms
- New partners at DTM Legal
- New Recruit for Cheshire Business
- New Year Resolutions – Time To Take Stock And Review
- Next generation Trainee Solicitors join DTM Legal
- Nightingale House Hospice Build a Balloon getting ready to launch
- North Wales Showcases Economic Performance in Cardiff
- North West Commercial Law Firm Advises on Sale of Newspaper Publisher NWN Media
- North West Education Experts Gather at DTM Legal
- North West Trio Team Up To Launch New Hospitality Association
- NW HR Group
- NW HR Group 16th January 2020 – Topic: Employee Wellbeing
- NWHR Group Webinar – Redundancy, Restructure & Employment Law Update
- Occupiers Liability Act
- Off to the LJMU Law Fair!
- Office Christmas Party Legal Risks – Top Tips of Do’s and Don’ts for Employers
- Over £20,000 has been raised for Marie Curie Charity at Liverpool Sportswoman’s Lunch
- Over £6700 raised for Alder Hey at Liverpool Sportswoman’s Lunch
- P2P Lenders Welcome Further Regulation
- Phil Whitehurst enters the Dragons’ Den at Liverpool Hope University
- Place North West – Guest Blog : Merseyside Development Update
- Posture Workshop at DTM Legal
- Prevent third parties acquiring rights over your land.
- Promotions across the firm
- Proposed changes to the Inheritance Tax System
- Protecting Your Online Identity
- Reasons for Employers to Be Uber Cautious
- Recognition in Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide
- Releasing the chokehold of court fees
- Residential Conveyancing Team expands
- Resilience and Growth Panel Event
- Resilience in the workplace
- Retention Payments in Construction Contracts: Is there any point?
- Richard Thomas Takes on 48-Hour Challenge for Nightingale House Hospice
- Right to Work Checks are for Life, not just for Christmas
- Sale of Meddyg Care Group Holdings Ltd (formerly Pines Care Home Limited)
- Seasons of change – Corporate Insolvency update 2015
- Sell-out Liverpool Sportswoman’s Lunch co-organised by DTM Legal
- September Employment & HR Update
- Seven Tips for Employers to Avoid the Government’s New Baby Trap
- Sharon Stephens Celebrates 10 Years at DTM Legal
- Sharon Stephens Hosts Brilliant Bingo Night for Dementia UK
- Spring Employment & HR Newsletter
- Summer’s Employment Law & HR Update
- Supplemental Stamp Duty Land Tax
- Supply Chain Risk and Compliance with the Modern Slavery Act
- Supply Chain Transparency and Compliance with the Modern Slavery Act
- Support for Businesses during the COVID-19 crisis
- Supreme Court rules Tribunal fees unlawful
- Tackling Late Payment
- Tax Planning during COVID-19
- Taylor Review
- Team DeTerMination Race the Dragon for Alder Hey
- Team DTM lace up their boots for charity
- Team DTM Legal cycle, run and walk for Nightingale House Hospice
- The Banks’ mis-selling scandal continues…
- The Cheshire Ploughing Match
- The Construction (Retention Deposit Schemes)
- The Dangers of Not Having a Shareholders’ Agreement
- The Immigration Act 2016: Do you know the new rules on employing illegal workers?
- The Implications of ESG on Employment and HR
- The Importance of a Repairs Notice
- The latest amendments to the Community Infrastructure Levy
- The Power of Employee Engagement for your Business
- The Register of People with Significant Control
- Things to consider before converting to academy status
- Three new property experts join North West commercial law firm DTM Legal
- Top Tips for a Successful Dress Code Policy
- Top tips for SMEs when looking for a rental property
- Top Tips on Data Protection
- Top tips on dress code in the workplace
- Top Tips to Consider When Dealing With International Suppliers
- Topwood Ltd expands business
- Trail Runners head to Llandegla in aid of Nightingale House Hospice
- Typhoo Teas Up New Investment
- Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal – donations delivered to Ukraine
- Understanding Family Investment Companies
- Update on Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
- Using Google AdWords May (Or May Not) Infringe Trademark Rights
- VAT – NEW DOMESTIC REVERSE CHARGE CHANGES CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
- Vendors and purchasers in uncertain times
- View Holographics Wins in Hollywood
- Visit DTM Legal on Stand D4 Number 3 at the Royal Cheshire Show.
- Volunteer Spotlight Guy Thomas Preserving History One Stone at a Time
- Volunteer Spotlight, Alison Brennan – Helping Young Swimmers Make a Splash
- Volunteer Spotlight, Ed Barnes – Helping Pupils Thrive in Christleton
- Volunteer Spotlight, Gena Pickering – Supporting the Community, One Event at a Time
- Volunteer Spotlight, Richard Thomas – Supporting Compassionate Care in the Community
- Wales-only law affects Landlords
- We are off to the Cheshire Show!
- We are proud to be sponsoring the Owen McVeigh Foundation
- We’ve gone ‘quackers’ raising money for Nightingale House Hospice!
- We’ve won Law Firm of the Year!
- Websites – Keeping it Legal
- What Brexit means for Commercial Property
- What Happens When Mediation Fails?
- What it’s like to be a trainee solicitor at DTM Legal
- What Roles do Executors and Trustees play during Grant of Probate?
- What will a Brexit from the EU mean for UK business?
- What You Really Need To Know About Unlawful Maternity Discrimination
- Why Merge With Or Acquire Another Company?
- Will your shares qualify for Entrepreneur’s Relief?
- Wills Regime to be brought into the Modern World
- Work life balance
- World Cancer Day: Advice for employers
- Your A B C of Academy Conversion
- Zero Hour Workers and their Forgotten Legal Rights
- £500m Future Fund launched to support early stage Businesses and Investment
Legal Updates
- A day in the life of a Corporate Commercial Solicitor
- A Guide to Costs in Litigation
- A GUIDE TO MEDIATION
- A knotty problem
- A Step-by-Step Guide to Remortgaging
- Additional bank holiday announced for the funeral of HRH Queen Elizabeth II
- Adverse Possession Explained: Understanding the Legal Framework in England and Wales
- Advice for Early-Stage Businesses
- Agricultural Landlord – Tenant Code of Practice for England
- Agricultural Succession Tenancies
- Alcohol Testing in Children proceedings
- Alienating Behaviour and Child Arrangements
- Alterations to Property: A Landlord’s Checklist
- An End to Exclusivity Clauses in Zero-hour Contracts
- Applying for an Access Order When a Tenant Refuses Access for the Annual Gas Safety Check
- Approaching Probate when a Will has gone missing
- April Employment Newsletter
- Are you GDPR compliant?
- Are you ready for the Consumer Rights Act 2015?
- Article 50: Supreme Court Ruling
- Asset Valuation During Divorce
- August Employment Update
- August: Employment & HR Update
- Autumn Employment Law Update
- Avoid the hidden costs of your lease: The importance of Schedules of Condition
- Bona Vacantia List – What It Is and Why Its Removal Matters
- BPS changes and impact on IHT
- Breathing space for businesses
- Brexit – An Oven Ready Turkey for business this Christmas?
- Building Safety Act: Impact on the Conveyancing Process
- Business Continuity for DTM Legal – We are in this together
- Can a Claimant’s claim be struck out if they speak to the press?
- Can a Landlord Recover Legal Costs from a Leaseholder?
- Can a Landlord recover legal costs through a service charge ‘sweeper’ clause?
- Can I change my Will in the future? The risks of Mutual Wills
- Can I obtain a Party Wall Injunction?
- Can you give your property away via WhatsApp?
- Can You Take Legal Action Against Someone for Not Treating Japanese Knotweed?
- Chancellor Rishi Sunak has today announced changes to the Job Support Scheme (JSS).
- Changes in the Building Safety Act and Section 38
- Changes to Rent Reviews: A Warning to Landlords
- Changes to the off-payroll (IR35) working rules deferred until 2021
- Charity Governance
- Child Arrangements during the Festive Period
- Christmas gifting for Attorneys and Deputies
- Cohabitation Agreements
- Collaborative Legal Strategies in Complex Nuisance Claims
- Commencement Date Confirmed for the Renters’ Rights Act
- Commercial Rent Arrears and Forfeiture – What now for Landlords and tenants?
- Commercial Rent Arrears Update: What Landlords, Tenants and their Advisors Need to Know
- Commercial Stamp Duty Land Tax Changes
- Companies House ID Verification – How an Authorised Corporate Services Provider Can Help
- Construction update: Beware of the Final Certificate
- Construction: Covid Considerations
- Constructive unfair dismissal and acceptance of breach
- Contract Disputes: Has the contract been terminated or can it be remedied?
- Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme & Furlough FAQs
- Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme extended
- Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme extended again from 31 December 2020 to 31 March 2021
- Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme update
- Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme
- Coronavirus: Advice for employers
- Court Fee Update
- Court Fees set to increase dramatically
- Court of Appeal Decision: Horton v Henry
- Court of Protection and the Practicalities
- Court’s Discretion and Costs
- COVID 19: Government Guidelines for the Self-employment Income Support Scheme
- COVID-19: Considerations for commercial agreements
- Crypto Gains and Tax: A Whistlestop Guide
- Cryptocurrencies cannot be overlooked in family proceedings: How may crypto assets affect proceedings for Financial Remedy during divorce?
- Current restriction on statutory demands and winding up petitions
- Dealing with business interests upon Divorce
- Dealing With Finances By Agreement During Divorce
- December Employment & HR update.
- December’s Employment & HR Update
- Detailed guidance on ‘right of access’
- Dispute Resolution Clauses in Leases and Contracts
- Disputes Resolution: How to Get Paid
- Divorce and the Family Farm
- Divorce: Who Keeps the Dog?
- Does a Loan from my family get taken into account in my divorce proceedings?
- Doing Your Homework: Essential Steps for Smart Property Investment
- DTM Legal – Thirdfort User Guide
- DTM Legal Employment Update April 2019
- DTM Legal’s Impactful Year in ESG and FinTech
- Economic Abuse in Financial Remedy proceedings
- Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023: Changes to UK Company Law
- Electronic signature and execution of contracts
- Employer Right to Dismiss an Employee for Gross Misconduct After ‘Pulling a Sickie’
- Employers’ Legal Duty to Prevent Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
- Employment & HR Legal Updates: Employee experiencing paranoid delusions was not disabled
- Employment Law Briefing Summer 2022 Part 2
- Employment law changes as the Brexit Transition ends (on 31 December 2020)
- Employment Law Newsletter
- Employment Law Newsletter Summer 2023
- Employment Law Update and What’s New for 2022
- Employment Rights Act 2025: What Employers Need to Know
- Employment Tribunals and Neurodiversity: Key Considerations for Employers
- Employment Update May 2019
- Enforcing Financial Remedy Orders
- Entrepreneurs’ Relief – good news for alphabet shares
- Estate Planning during a divorce
- Estate Planning Pitfalls for Unmarried Couples
- Eviction Moratorium extensions for residential and commercial landlords
- Extension of Protection from Forfeiture on Business Tenancies
- Extension to the moratorium on Coronavirus-related commercial forfeiture
- Family Mediation Explained
- Family Procedure Rules in Domestic Abuse Cases
- Farming and Divorce
- Father Wins Sex Discrimination Case
- FinTech Ecosystem Report for Liverpool City Region
- FinTech x Gamification
- First Uber now Pimlico
- Fit Notes and The Tribunal Process
- Furlough period extended until the end of June 2020
- Furlough Scheme Update
- Further Furlough Scheme Update
- General Boundaries: Why They Are Just That – General
- Gifting and Its Role in Inheritance Tax
- Give now . . . Save later
- Government childcare voucher scheme
- Government Introduces Mandatory Arbitration Scheme for Pandemic Commercial Rent Arrears
- Growth strategies for business leaders
- Has P&O Ferries breached employment law?
- High Court Upholds Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 in Landmark Human Rights Challenge
- Highways – some considerations for development
- HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS INHERITANCE TAX RECEIPTS SOAR
- Home Loan Schemes
- How could the Potential Changes to IHT impact my family succession plan?
- How do the Courts value the Family Home during a divorce?
- How does Child Maintenance work?
- How the Legal Owner of Property & Land Is Determined
- How to Enforce or Challenge Restrictions on the Use of Land
- How to Manage Long-Term Sickness Absence
- Impending changes – ACAS Early Conciliation and Employment Tribunals
- Including Child Arrangements in a Nuptial Agreement
- Including Funeral Wishes in your Will
- Increase to Inheritance Tax Interest Rates
- Inheritance Tax – Consequences of Christmas Gifts
- Inheritance Tax Relief for Victims of the Infected Blood Scandal
- IR35 for the Private Sector perspectives from Employment Law and Tax
- IR35, employment status and rules & regulations
- Is an inheritance “safe” if you get divorced?
- Is January the month for Divorce?
- Is the Party Wall Act now obsolete?
- Jade’s law – preventing the misuse of Parental Responsibility
- July Employment & HR Newsletter
- July: Employment & HR Update
- Justifying discrimination on the grounds of cost
- Key Considerations When Extending Residential Leases
- King’s speech – what employers need to know
- Landlord overcharging a commercial Tenant by way of commissions
- Landlord’s success again !
- Landlords beware: Considerations of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards
- Landlords succeed on appeal!
- Landlords successfully oppose a stay of proceedings
- Landmark court ruling over property affected by invasive Japanese knotweed
- Lasting Powers of Attorney – Registration time scales unlikely to return to 8 weeks
- Latest worker status decision
- Leaseholder Enfranchisement
- Leases: to assign or underlet?
- Legal advice – Protected conversations: Question & Answer
- Legal Considerations Following a Divorce
- Legal considerations for the Construction Industry
- Legal rights when living together or cohabiting
- Lessons Learned from the Agriculture Act 2020: One Year On
- Liability for Flood Damage: The Risk of Flooding on a Neighbour’s Property
- Making a will in the time of coronavirus
- Managing Grievances in the Workplace: Legal Requirements and Best Practice
- March Employment & HR update
- March Quarter Day – Tenants remain liable to pay rent
- March’s Employment & HR update
- Marriage versus cohabitation
- Modifying Restrictive Covenants to Unlock Land for Development: Beeches Capital v Hunt
- Moratorium update on right to forfeit a lease for non-payment of rent
- Navigating Business Insolvency: The Vital Role of a Solicitor
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- New rules on Acas Early Conciliation
- New ‘Transparency’ in the Family Court – “… a watershed moment for Family Justice.”
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- Office or not to office…
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- Postnuptial Agreements
- Practice Direction 27A: What Family Court Users Need to Know
- Pre-Nuptial and Post Nuptial, Cohabitation and Separation Agreements – Who, Why, When?
- Prenuptial Agreements
- Preparing for the Upcoming Renters’ Rights Bill: A Guide for Landlords
- Prevent third parties acquiring rights over your land!
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- Probate Registry Delays and Fees
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- Rent Review: Beware the Pitfalls
- Renters Rights Act Explained
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- Scaling Successfully: Top Tips for Business Expansion
- Second successful Judgment on commercial rent claim
- Second Wave For The Economy?
- September 2019 Legal Update
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- Spring Employment Law Briefing
- Spring Employment Law Update
- Standish v Standish: A pivotal moment for family law at the Supreme Court
- Success for DTM Legal’s construction team in the High Court
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- Succession Planning and the Family Business
- Summer Employment Law Briefing
- Summer Employment Law Update
- Supreme Court Gives Gay Man Equal Pension Rights
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- Surrogacy Law in the UK Explained
- Take Notice: The Costly Implications of Ignoring the Party Wall etc. Act 1996
- Taking care when appointing valuation experts
- Teachers win Supreme Court case in landmark ruling
- Terminating a Business Lease Under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
- The 4-day working week; considerations for employers.
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- The Divorce Process – How to prepare yourself to file for divorce
- The End of the Football Manager Merry- Go- Round in 2027?
- The Housing Market and the impact of COVID-19 virus
- The impact of Brexit on cross-border disputes
- The importance of financial disclosure in nuptial agreements and on divorce – lessons from Helliwell v Entwistle
- The Importance of Financial Orders Following a “No-Fault” Divorce
- The Importance of Having a Solicitor Review Your Contract When Buying a New Build
- The importance of making a will
- The Importance of Preserving Documents and Disclosure
- The Importance of Registering your Will
- The Importance of Reviewing a Nuptial Agreement
- The latest developments in the area of groundless threats under the Patents Act
- The New Pre-Action Protocol for Construction and Engineering Disputes
- The Right to Paid Annual Leave
- The Role of a Conveyancing Solicitor During the Sale of A House
- The Taxman Cometh
- The Tenant Fees Act
- The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill & Lasting Power of Attorneys
- The Trade Union Act Becomes Law
- The Woolworths Decision on ‘Collective Consultation’
- Time to review the inclusion of voluntary overtime when calculating holiday pay
- To give or not to give . . . that is the question
- Tom Evans Head of Employment & HR
- Top Tips for preparing your Business for when the transition period ends
- Top Tips to simple, stress-free Conveyancing
- Town and Village Green update – Changes to registration in Wales
- Travel Time to Count as Working Time for Mobile Workers
- Tribunal Rules Overtime should be included in Holiday Pay
- Trust Registration Service Update
- UK Government protective measures for tenants of commercial premises
- UK MPs propose 10% inheritance tax and gift allowance system in place of current IHT provisions
- Understanding Business Relief for Inheritance Tax
- Understanding Carer’s Leave Rights for Employees
- Understanding Final Payment Notices in Construction Contracts
- Understanding Name Changes: Deed Poll or Change of Name Deed
- Understanding Parental Responsibility
- Understanding Restrictive Covenants on Agricultural Land in England and Wales
- Understanding Statutory Declarations: Their Role and Impact in Dispute Resolution
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- Understanding the Practical Impact of the 2024 JCT Contract Amendments
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- Unfair dismissal case law round-up
- Unison’s 3rd Round Defeat in Fight Against Tribunal Fees
- Unmarried and Separated: A Guide to TOLATA and Schedule 1
- Updates on Emergency Jobs Support Scheme
- Vento Guidelines
- What does a solicitor do when buying a house
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- WHAT HAPPENS UPON THE DEATH OR INCAPACITY OF A PERSON WITH PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR A CHILD
- What is a Lasting Power of Attorney and do I need one?
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- What it’s like to be a trainee solicitor at DTM Legal
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- What to expect when attending the Family Court
- What’s new? – Statutory Legacy increase
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- Where do Commercial Landlords Now Stand on Minimum Energy Efficiency?
- Why use a specialist new build solicitor
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