Walker Foster has once again secured the national law society’s legal practice quality mark, Lexcel.

Most key decision makers in a business know what a good deal looks like but when it comes to a dispute they sometimes switch from ‘what’s a good deal look like?’ to ‘What are our rights?’.

What happens if a friend or family member lacks the capacity to manage their own financial affairs?

It is crucial to seek expert advice at the time of a separation. 

The most recent civil disputes I’ve mediated involved a division of assets but on the day of the mediation the absence of key information caused a blockage for the parties who were otherwise moving toward their chosen form of settlement.

Employers need to get ready for a significant change in the rights of employees who are parents. Parents of babies expected on or after 5th April 2015 will be able to convert the mother’s maternity leave into shared parental leave.

Where a person dies leaving no Will (Or no valid will) at the date of their death, they have died intestate.

The Judge in this case ordered indemnity costs against a party who refused to agree a very short extension for service of a Statement of Case.