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What are company registers and why you need them

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Head of Corporate, Margaret Evans explains the functionality and importance of company registers 

Part Four - To Limit Liability or not?

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Margaret Evans, Head of Corporate discusses the administrative features of setting up a business in the final part of her blog series “To Limit Liability or Not”.

When is one not enough?

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Head of Corporate, Margaret Evans discusses being a Sole director of a limited company and what the Model Articles actually allow as found by a recent case,

Part three - To limit liability or not?

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Margaret Evans, Head of Corporate explains the features of starting a Private Limited Company.

Part two - To limit liability or not?

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Margaret Evans, Head of Corporate explains in brief the essential features of setting up a partnership. 

Part One - To limit liability or not?

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Margaret Evans, Head of Corporate Law explains the essential features of becoming a sole trader.

What is the major change to the divorce process?

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Darren White, Associate Solicitor discusses no fault divorce and the changes to the process which will be implemented on the 6th April.

Spanish Pets are Family. Will England Follow suit?

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Darren White, Associate Solicitor explains how Spanish law has changed and pets are no longer to be treated as property.

Business Sale Process

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Margaret Evans, Head of Corporate Law discusses completion and life after the sale of your business in the last part of The Selling Process Series.

The Selling Process Series - Finding your Buyer

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Margaret Evans, Head of Corporate Law discusses finding a buyer in the part 5 of The Selling Process Series.

The Selling Process - Valuing your Business for Sale

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Margaret Evans, Head of Corporate Law discusses how the valuation process works and how it is calculated.

Are pre-nuptial agreements unromantic or good financial planning?

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Darren White, Associate Solicitor discusses whether a pre-nuptial agreement is unromantic or good financial planning and how they can help you if the worst is to happen. 

The Selling Process - Preparing your Business for Sale Part 2

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Margaret Evans, Head of Corporate discusses preparing your business for sale including the Sales & Purchase agreement, looking at your assets, resolving any disputes and looking into data rooms.

The Selling Process Series - Preparing your Business Part 1

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Margaret Evans, Head of Corporate in the third part of her series called the selling process discusses how to prepare your business for sale.

Is a Company Director liable for it's debts?

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John King, Partner discusses whether a company director can be liable for its debts.

The Selling Process Series - To Sell or Not to Sell

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Our corporate team at FDR Law, often get asked for advice on selling a company – whether to sell the assets or shares, when to sell, what options are available and what the process is. 

This is the first part of a series of articles which will give you some advice on “Selling your company“ with a focus on the main aspects of the sale process including: sale options, preparing the business for sale, valuing the business, finding your buyer, exclusivity and beyond, completing and life beyond sale. 

What is the true impact of separation on a child?

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Darren White, Associate Solicitor discusses the impact that separation can have on a child and how it is beneficial to have a child centred approach.

FDR Law ranked in Legal 500

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FDR Law have been ranked under Corporate and Commercial, Contentious Trusts and Probates and Private Client - Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate in the latest set of results announced yesterday.  To be recognised in The Legal 500 in the UK is a huge...

Our offices are open for pre-booked meetings

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FDR Law is continuing to encourage remote meetings but we do acknowledge that sometimes this is not possible.  As such we will be opening our offices for pre-arranged client meetings from Monday 16 August 2021. The health and welfare of colleagues,...

Financial Dispute Resolution (FDR) Hearing

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Financial Dispute Resolution (FDR) Hearing - make the best use of your time For those going through a Financial Remedy Application the Financial Dispute Resolution (FDR) hearing represents the middle point of the case.  By the Financial Dispute...

Child Abduction - concerns for a rise over the summer months

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The Child Abduction Section of the Foreign Commonwealth Office have recently indicated they expect to see a vast increase in the number of parents taking their children abroad without the consent of the other parent.  What the parent taking the child...

CIVIL PARTNERSHIP v. MARRIAGE

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THE KEY DIFFERENCES Since June 2018 civil partnerships have been legally valid for not just same sex couples but opposite sex couples.  Prior to this, in 2004 it was only legal for these types of arrangements to be in place for same sex...

Contact Arrangements

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When it comes to children, it can often be difficult to agree on the arrangements particularly when parties are going through separation or divorce.  Whatever the circumstances, if you are unable to agree on the arrangements, then you can apply to the...

ENGLAND THROUGH TO THE EUROS FINAL - NOT GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE

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  Whilst it is absolutely fantastic that the England National Team have made the first major final since 1966, what isn’t so good to hear is that in a recent report prepared by the National Centre of Domestic Violence reported incidents of...

FDR Law Important Announcement

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Taylor Rose MW to target North-West England after FDR Law acquisition Leading consumer law firm Taylor Rose MW has acquired Warrington practice FDR Law into its group as it targets significant expansion in the North-West of England. The acquisition...

Parental Responsibility - what you need to know

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There is a common misconception that if you are out of the country, for example if you have been deployed oversees, then you do not have Parental Responsibility or in some way your Responsibility is diminished, however this is untrue.  Most...

Divorce and the armed forces

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Going through the breakup of a marriage can be one of the most stressful experiences a couple can go through. For those people serving in our armed forces there are additional stresses such as having to inform their unit of a change in their Personal Status...

An Armed forces pension - an asset not to be ignored

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On the breakdown of a marriage, a primary consideration is usually the parties’ assets.  A great focus is always placed upon the marital home and the asset that often can be forgotten is the pension.  In fact, this can be the most valuable of...

Should children be included in children proceedings?

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I recently read about Angelina Jolie complaining that the Judge in her case, Judge Ouderkirk, would not allow her and Brad Pitt’s children to testify as part of their divorce case. Whilst this case takes place in the US Courts it raises an important...

Co-Parenting; it can work

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Recently Heidi Klum the Supermodel has been vocal in her praise for the concept of co-parenting. In 2012 she divorced from the pop singer Seal. In US Weekly she indicated that whilst co-parenting can be challenging as it requires teamwork, if both parents...

Divorce - a landmark change coming soon

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Ever since the case of Owens v Owens there has been a strong amount of challenges brought by both clients and professionals to the fact that currently there is not a “no fault” divorce in England and Wales.  However, with changes to the law,...

FDR Law appoints Darren White as Associate Solicitor

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Warrington based and full-service law firm, FDR Law appoints Darren White as Associate Solicitor in the Family department. Darren has over 12 years’ experience specialising in Family Law having worked at Morecrofts and more recently at Maxwell Hodge...

Frodsham and Stockton Heath Office Closures

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The COVID pandemic presented an experiment in remote working with a focus on output as opposed to 9-5 working.  As lockdown restrictions ease FDR Law is adopting an agile working approach to meet the needs of both of its staff and its clients.  The...

Extension to the Stamp Duty holiday in England and Northern Ireland and new government backed scheme to help buyers with 5% deposits

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During today’s budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced an extension to the Stamp Duty holiday in England and Northern Ireland provided by the Government until 30 June 2021. Currently home buyers only pay stamp duty on purchases of £500,000 or...

Planning for the Future - The importance of making a Lasting Power of Attorney

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A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) is an important legal document that allows you to appoint someone to make decisions on your behalf should you lose capacity to make decisions for yourself in the future. An LPA enables you to plan ahead and protect yourself,...

FDR Law is delighted to announce the admission of our trainee solicitor.

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Grace Griffin finished her training contract on September 2nd and has been admitted to the Roll of Solicitors on September 3rd and takes up her position as a solicitor with FDR Law with immediate effect. Grace joined FDR Law as a paralegal in November...

FDR Law is delighted to announce the admission of our trainee solicitor.

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Grace Griffin finished her training contract on September 2nd and has been admitted to the Roll of Solicitors on September 3rd and takes up her position as a solicitor with FDR Law with immediate effect. Grace joined FDR Law as a paralegal in November...

Major Furlough Changes from 01 August 2020

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01 August 2020 will see the start of some of the most significant changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“Scheme”). From 01 August 2020, the level of Government grant will reduce and the reduction will continue each month until the end...

So, you have everything in place?

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Heather Lally, Associate Solicitor, Trust and Estate Practitioner and fully accredited member of Solicitors for the Elderly from FDR Law, considers the next stages for Owners and Manging Directors to ensure their businesses are completely covered when...

No-fault divorce

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The campaign to secure no-fault divorce has moved another step closer to success as it has now been backed by MPs.  Currently, for a couple seeking a divorce, they cannot mutually agree to divorce unless they are separated for 2 years....

Code words, Domestic Abuse and Covid-19

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New measures have been announced by the government to tackle domestic abuse given the unique challenges that victims have faced during the coronavirus pandemic. This includes a new code word scheme which will allow victims of domestic abuse to...

Long Lost Family

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Heather Lally, Associate Solicitor, Estate and Trust Practitioner and fully accredited member of Solicitors for the Elderly from FDR Law, explores the issues in estates when unknown relatives appear. The popular ITV series Long Lost Family presented by...

Marriages and Covid-19

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All the years of planning, saving and excitement and you have to cancel.  We probably all know couples whose weddings have been cancelled or postponed because of Covid-19. It is still not possible to get married during this pandemic. The new...

Is the Nil Rate Band Discretionary Trust in the Will still needed?

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Heather Lally, Associate Solicitor, Estate and Trust Practitioner and fully accredited member of Solicitors for the Elderly from FDR Law, considers the options as to whether a Nil Rate Band Discretionary Will Trust should be kept on the death of the first...

"Let's Kill All the Lawyers"

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"Let’s kill all the lawyers" is a line from William Shakespeare’s play Henry VI part 2.  It is one of Shakespeare’s most famous lines as well as one of his most controversial.  Academics have long argued about...

Out of date Will, no Will and no mental capacity, what can we do?

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Heather Lally, Associate Solicitor, Estate and Trust Practitioner and fully accredited member of Solicitors for the Elderly from FDR Law examines the option of a Statutory Will, when there is a lack of mental capacity to create a Will. Believe it or not,...

Making or reviewing your Will?

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Heather Lally, Associate Solicitor, Estate and Trust Practitioner and fully accredited member of Solicitors for the Elderly from FDR Law explores things to think about when making or reviewing your Will. You finally have the time, you have got around to...

How the world is changing through video-conferencing

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With the current social distancing measures that are in place, we are sadly not able to have actual face to face meetings with clients so have to come up with other solutions.  Yesterday, I had a client meeting booked in to discuss the estate of a lady...

Technology and Covid-19

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We understand that clients and potential clients will be concerned about whether they can access justice during a lockdown. The legal profession and the Courts have rapidly adapted to ensure that Family Law cases can still continue without delay. This week...