Updates
It is no secret that the past few years have hit the hospitality sector particularly hard. Covid, soaring energy costs and staffing issues have put pressure on many businesses. Despite...
How a Grandparent Can Spend Time With Their Grandchildren With the ever-increasing costs in childcare and the ongoing cost of living crisis, grandparents are anecdotally being relied on more and...
Back to School, Back to Term Time Arrangements? I can hear anyone who is involved in Summer holiday childcare asking when are they going back to school? Especially with the...
It has been just over two years since the start of the Moratorium on commercial landlord remedies which effected CRAR (commercial rent arrears recovery) and forfeiture of lease. This has...
The latest report by the Home Builders Federation last month shows a continuing fall in the grant of planning permissions across England. Recent developments in Government policy, including scrapping the...
On Wednesday 12th July we held our 7th Charity Golf Day at Test Valley Golf Club, supporting the fantastic Simon Says. We were very lucky with the weather, as there...
The position as is understood generally is that a landlord who has leased possession of a property to a tenant, would not be under a duty to inspect that property...
Prohibited Steps Order vs Specific Issue Order As the school summer holidays approach, many separated parents will be looking forward to taking their children away on holiday. There will be...
What is it and why might it be needed? You may have heard of going through ‘Probate’ or having to get a ‘Grant’ to deal with a person’s assets when...
Advice for Directors – Late Filing: Company Directors Personal Liability – Prosecutions All companies must send their accounts and confirmation statements to Companies House each year in accordance with the...
Clarke & Son Solicitors have become a corporate partner of Hampshire Fare. Our Corporate commercial director, Will Anderson, said: “We work with a lot of businesses in the drinks and...
According to Indicator FL Memo, an ACAS-commissioned YouGov report from 2023 found that 30% of employers may make redundancies in 2024. Employer’s Duty Regarding Voluntary Redundancy When carrying out a...
Termination of a contract can be a complex issue, and it is important to understand the implications of different types of termination. In this article, we will explore some of...
We in the commercial real estate team have come across several situations where tenants have without the landlord’s consent allowed in occupiers of the property. This created difficulties when the...
A Change in Employer Responsibilities The Government has placed its support behind the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill, which has had its first reading in the House...
The biggest change in leasehold property for many years was enacted last year when ground rents on new leases were abolished except in a few circumstances. Whilst this was a...
On 12th January 2023, Lisa Marie Presley died at the age of 54. She was the daughter of Elvis Presley and his ex-wife Priscilla Presley. Priscilla has since issued a...
Considerations for Directors Within the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006), there are provisions under which certain transactions or arrangements between a director (or directors) and the company, require the approval...
Make Sure You Take Legal Advice Early Every business will experience problems with recovering debt from late or non-payers at some point during its trading life. This can be time...
What to Do as a Landlord When the Lease Expires If you are a commercial tenant who has been occupying premises under a lease which has expired or is about...
When making a Will, one thing to consider is what you want to happen to your assets when you pass away. Among other things, the document allows you to express...
In recent months, as a result of two decisions handed down in the High Court, uncertainty has arisen as to whether a private company can operate with a sole director,...
Whether you are a landlord or a tenant of a business premises, it is important to consider what will happen when the fixed term of a lease expires and whether...
Stricter Mobile Phone Laws While Driving In March 2022, a law update tightened rules on mobile phone use while driving to close loopholes. The word ‘’use’’ now involves any form of...
On Thursday 15th September we held our 6th Charity Golf Day at Test Valley Golf Club, supporting two amazing charities, Sebastian’s Action Trust and St Michael’s Hospice. We were lucky...
Question I’m Getting Divorced, Can I Keep My Married Name? Answer Jennifer Lee, Family Law Associate Solicitor, Clarke & Son replies: Any reference to divorce or marriage in this article...
Completion day is the day that the house becomes yours. On this day, the balance of the purchase price is paid to the seller’s lawyers and you receive the keys...
What to Do as a Landlord When the Lease Expires In our team we have recently come across several situations where commercial tenants have continued to occupy premises after their...
Like many businesses which handle money for clients we have to follow through with appropriate checks not only to verify we know who we are acting for (and it is...
On the 9th July 2022, the children of John Rankin school took part in a charity colour run. The colour run was a new and exciting event to the school,...
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