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Act now to potentially save on your lease extension

The lease on your property could be a financial timebomb. However, acting quickly may save you money. If your property is leasehold rather than freehold), you need to keep an eye on the length of your lease. If you let the duration of your lease fall too short, it could cost you a substantial amount of money should you ever want to sell or remortgage.

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Daniel Couchman
Employers Be Aware

There is an increasing groundswell of opinion pushing the government toward a reduction in its lockdown measures, at least on a staged basis, so as to allow certain businesses to return to work from their ordinary premises.  But employers need to beware and consider the following

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Daniel Couchman
How does Furlough work?

If you’re an employer who has placed employees on furlough leave as part of your response to the COVID-19 crisis, or you’re thinking of doing so, you may still have some unanswered questions. Let’s clear some of them up.

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Daniel Couchman
6 Benefits of Having a Lasting Power of Attorney

Setting up a Lasting Power of Attorney is easy. It can help you and the ones you love during a challenging time. A Lasting Power of Attorney (or LPA) allows you to grant legal power to someone else to make decisions about your financial situation, medical treatment and other affairs, if you lose the mental capacity to make them yourself.

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Daniel Couchman
Why you need a Solicitor to make Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA)

Did you know that less than 1% of the UK population has an LPA and that 1 in 3 persons on average over the age of 65 in the UK develop dementia (Alzheimer’s Society), and every 90 seconds someone in the UK, is admitted to hospital with an acquired brain injury (Headway). The following outlines what is an LPA and why it’s important to have an LPA for you and your family.

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Daniel Couchman
7 Top Tips When Entering into a Commercial Lease

Making the decision to grow or move your business is a big step and one that can be filled with both wanted and unwanted consequences.

Failure to fully understand what you’re getting into when you sign a commercial lease can mark the difference between the success and failure of your business.

Here are 7 things

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Daniel Couchman
What is Family Law?

Family law is important because it’s where the law interacts with everyday life. Most of us may never have to deal with criminal law or any other branch of the legal system in our lives, but there is a good chance we may have to get involved with family law at some point. Also, family law can have a significant impact on people’s emotions, particularly where children are involved, so family law practitioners have to possess special skills.

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Daniel Couchman
Why you need a Solicitor for your Will

I’m sure you have heard of Wills and know how important they are and the trouble that can ensue if you don’t make a Will, but it may be something you keep putting off. Did you know that one in four people in the UK doesn’t have a Will in place and even less for LPA’s? Scary.

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Daniel Couchman