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Prior to the late May bank holiday weekend, the Treasury issued a further direction on the operation of the Coronavirus...

Why make a will?

This question is often asked and the same answers given, to name a few:

• Reduce Inheritance...

When the country went into lockdown due to the covid-19 pandemic in mid-March many businesses came to a complete...

Last week, the Chancellor announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will be extended until the end of...

The Coronavirus crisis and the lock-down measures have thrown up all sorts of problems, and one which we deal with...

Judges will always want to find a way in which financial proceedings between a divorcing couple come to an end....

Restrictions on the property market are being relaxed with new guidance giving the green light to allow a number of...

Following consultation with employers, unions and business groups, the government has issued guidance notes for...

As we approach Boris Johnson's lockdown announcement on Sunday, the government have circulated seven draft guidance...

The turbulent economic climate has seen many tenants (whose businesses are struggling financially) approach their...

In this article Graham Coy, from our family team, and Ashley Palmer, Child Inclusive Family mediator at A. Palmer &...

The family courts must take swift action to prevent parents from using coronavirus to alienate children from their...

The Covid-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the property market as a whole, with sales and purchases...

According to analysis of the property market, some 373,000 property transactions are on 'pause' following the...

During the afternoon of 22 April 2020 the government announced its intention to introduce measures to curb the use of...

Welcome to the summer edition of our newsletter for schools.

We are beginning a summer Term remotely, until further...

In our recent article (found here) we commented upon measures introduced by the Master of the Rolls and Lord Chief...

Do I have to agree to a request from the tenant for a rent holiday?

No but for the next few months you cannot forfeit...

The obligation to pay school fees is a contractual obligation: parents enter into a contract with a school to provide...

As early as possible in your communications with parents about the service that can be provided during school closures...

Question: When is a consumer not a consumer?

As individuals, many of us will have signed up to terms and conditions...

Independent schools are expected to handle a number of internal processes by way of a panel review, for example,...

Following the announcement on 18 March 2020 that all GCSE and A-Level summer exams were cancelled, concerns have been...

As schools, and indeed all employers, have begun getting to grips with new ways of operating in these unprecedented...

The Government set out a number of changes to employment law in its Good Work Plan which was published at the end of...

Since our last update the Government has made several revisions to the guidance regarding the Coronavirus Job Retention...

It has been another hectic week for schools with lots of additional guidance from the DfE. This e-alert provides a...

This is the second article in our brief series on the Coronavirus Bill. This piece of legislation received Royal Assent...

On Saturday 4 April the government issued updated guidance regarding the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, clarifying...

On 30 March 2020 ALEP, the Association of Leasehold Extension Practitioners, of which Wilsons Solicitors LLP is a...

We have had a number of enquiries from both landlords and tenants asking how they should deal with the massive impact...

Amid the COVID-19 outbreak Wilsons is working hard to provide the most up to date advice to our clients on all matters....

On Saturday, the government issued non-statutory guidance to landlords and tenants in relation to Covid-19. The...

In an update to our article of 25 March 2020 in relation to the amendment to notice periods on residential tenancies,...

Heirs could end up paying IHT on near-peak values

DIY probates most at risk of forgetting to claim back overpaid tax

Many charities will have taken comfort from the Charity Commission's announcement earlier this month that it will be...

At Wilsons we want to keep you up to date with our plans in response to COVID-19.

The safety and wellbeing of our...

What a difference a week makes...

The government is already looking at the impact of Coronavirus on education.

On 25...

The Coronavirus Bill will be enacted imminently. It is a comprehensive and far-reaching piece of emergency legislation...

25th March (Lady Day) is a quarterly rent payment date for many commercial leases. 

The Government has announced that...

Last night the government imposed a nationwide lockdown and issued this message:

Stay at home

• Only go outside for...

You will either have made it to the end of the spring Term 2020 by last Friday 20 March, or you will from today be...

On Friday 20 March 2020 the Chancellor announced an extraordinary new scheme to support job retention during these...

The government has announced that the extension of IR35 to medium and large companies in the private sector is being...

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic poses a number of serious and substantial challenges for employers, with the vast...

The Spring/Summer 2020 edition of the Wilsons magazine is out now. This edition features the usual mixture of legal and...

The Spring Budget, delivered by the Chancellor on Wednesday 11 March, was comparatively restrained.  However, as ever...

Welcome

Welcome to the Spring edition of our newsletter for charities.

In this issue we'll be exploring a variety of...

The findings from a recent regulatory compliance case by the Charity Commission contain salient lessons not just for...

Charities are understandably cautious about taking legal charges over the property of their beneficiaries, but it is...