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27 Mar 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Client Update

Coronavirus (COVID-19) An Update For Our Clients With the current uncertainty around COVID-19, I want to reassure you that IMD Solicitors LLP is still open for business. Despite some of our colleagues working from home, we are, as always, committed to offering a seamless service. Our offices are still open where we are operating with […]

20 Mar 2020

Coronavirus: Impact On Businesses And The Support Available

The outbreak of the COVID-19 Coronavirus will place many businesses in a difficult financial position. As the chancellor, Mr Rishi Sunak stated at one of the daily briefings: ‘the coronavirus pandemic is a public health emergency. But it is also an economic emergency. We have never, in peacetime, faced an economic fight like this one’. […]

Court Approves Application For Mother To Apply For Child's Passport

17 Mar 2020

Court Approves Application For Mother To Apply For Passport For Children In Father’s Absence

At IMD Solicitors we represent a number of family clients, located in the UK and abroad. As more and more families are becoming international families, we are often asked to provide legal advice and assistance. Usually this is when parents have separated and decisions relating to the child need to be made but one parent […]

12 Mar 2020

Divorcing An Abusive Spouse

Can I Divorce My Abusive Spouse? Sadly, if you are experiencing abuse in your marriage, you are far from being alone with research suggesting that as many as one in four women and one in eight men will experience abuse while married. You may be considering divorcing your abusive spouse. ‘Ending an abusive marriage will […]

18 Feb 2020

Preventing Claims Of Stress At Work

Stress At Work According to the Health & Safety Executive stress is ‘the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them’ by their job. As a business, it is important to take proactive steps towards preventing claims of stress at work. Employers Have A Duty Of Care To […]

4 Feb 2020

How Long Does A Divorce Take?

The length of the divorce process depends on whether the divorce is straight-forward or complex. Straightforward divorce If you have the original marriage certificate and the address for your spouse then matters should be straightforward from that point. If your spouse responds promptly when asked by the court then the divorce process is usually between […]

16 Jan 2020

Pension Sharing On Divorce

When couples separate and divorce, part of that process will involve dividing the assets from the marriage and making two households out of one. Pension sharing on divorce is very much part of this process. Dividing Matrimonial Assets ‘Dividing up cash, savings and the family home are relatively straightforward,’ says Iwona Durlak, family law expert […]

6 Aug 2019

Suing your accountant for negligent advice

If you own or run a business, you expect the professionals you work with to provide information and advice that is in your best interests. This becomes particularly important when you employ an accountant and although the majority are highly competent, mistakes can be made. Negligent advice from an accountant could have significant or even […]

1 Aug 2019

More duties for landlords introduced by the Tenant Fees Act 2019

Landlords who fails to comply with the Tenant Fees Act 2019 could risk facing a penalty of up to £30,000 levied by a local council’s trading standards department.

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