Many people think that if you live with a partner for a couple of years you acquire the same rights as married couples. In fact, unmarried couples have hardly any automatic rights at all. A  Living Together or Cohabitation Agreement  can be used...

Homeowners who don’t get a survey are left with an average of £5,750 in repair bills, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Nearly a third of homebuyers fail to commission a survey and a fifth end up with homes they...

From April 2015, a new ‘Shared Parental Leave’ regime will give parents greater flexibility to ‘share’ their entitlement to time off work to look after a new child. A recent government survey – ‘Shared parental leave:...

Many people don’t realise that the act of marriage causes any existing  Will  of the husband and wife to be automatically revoked. They should therefore consider as soon as possible after the marriage (or preferably before) whether they need...

Employment specialist, Danielle Lister has recently joined the  Employment team  and is based at the  Newark  office. Danielle specialises in all aspects of  employment law , supporting both individuals and businesses with the...