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We are delighted to announce our two new charity partnerships for 2022-23.   The first one is Charity for Kids  a Hastings-based charity first established in 2011 to provide help for disabled, sick and terminally ill children...

Those of you who use cloud providers or other data processors in the EU can now relax as the EU has confirmed that they accept the UK GDPR as adequate to protect the data rights of EU subjects.  This has happened just in time as the grace period...

This is a common question and the answer depends very much on the service you want.  You can look to instruct a conveyancer in another part of the country where the costs may be lower, but that conveyancer will have no knowledge of the local area and...

For many victims, appearing in Court may be the first time they have been “face to face” with their abuser for an extended period of time, often many weeks or months.  If they have been in regular contact with their abuser, this is often for...

Victoria Aked continues to look at the new Domestic Abuse Act 2021.  Parties that are not legally represented are known as “Litigants in Person” and will have to deal with Court applications, disclosure requirements and liaising with...

Family Lawyer  Victoria Aked  continues to look at the new Domestic Abuse Act 2021 which became law on 29 April 2021. The Domestic Abuse Act now allows the Family Court to make a Domestic Abuse Protection Order (“DAPO”) in any...

Family Lawyer Victoria Aked  continues to look at the new Domestic Abuse Act 2021 which became law on 29 April 2021. With more awareness and changing societal attitudes towards domestic abuse , the Family Court requires an overhaul to ensure it...

Family Lawyer Victoria Aked  explains more about the highly anticipated Domestic Abuse Act 2021 which became law on 29 April 2021.   For the first time, domestic abuse is being given a statutory definition which includes physical...

by Rosemarie Close, Contentious Probate Solicitor Why make a Will now? A lot of people are told regularly that they need to make a Will , by friends and family (and their lawyers!), and the pressure to do so becomes greater with age and...

By Victoria Aked, Family Lawyer When I am asked what the best part of being a family law solicitor is, my answer is always, “the first meeting”. At this stage I know very little about the client or their situation.  (I think) I know...