News
Morrisons Solicitors launch MorrCollect
- Categories: Morrisons news, Dispute resolution, Debt recovery, Dispute resolution for your business
- Posted: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Morrisons are delighted to announce the launch of their fixed price, debt collection service for unpaid invoice(s) rendered following the provision of goods and/or services. The advantages: Low price fixed...
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Home improvement
- Categories: You and your family, Dispute resolution
- Posted: Monday 12th March 2012
A quiet residential street in Wolverhampton found itself on the news last month when, in the middle of the night, one of its houses started to collapse. The cause of this homeowner’s nightmare? Their...
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Father and son team secure a change in planning policy
- Categories: Dispute resolution
- Posted: Tuesday 6th March 2012
For a long time many Local Councils have resisted loft conversions unless the altered rear roof slope was set back at a specific angle, usually 70º. But in a recent case Wandsworth Council initially...
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The Index of Proprietors’ Names search
- Categories: Commercial property, Dispute resolution, Residential conveyancing, Dispute resolution for your business
- Posted: Wednesday 2nd November 2011
SEEK… AND YE SHALL FIND! A new property ownership search facility offered by the Land Registry may be a valuable tool for those with an interest in the property of a registered owner – such as...
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Dale Farm Evictions
- Categories: Dispute resolution, Dispute resolution for your business
- Posted: Wednesday 21st September 2011
As you may be aware, the eviction of Travellers and some activists from Dale Farm in Essex is expected to start on Saturday. There is a good chance that some of the Travellers that are evicted may move on to...
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Guide to tenant eviction - if only it was as easy as...
- Categories: Dispute resolution, Dispute resolution for your business
- Posted: Wednesday 24th August 2011
The wife of the House of Commons Speaker, Sally Bercow, may be odds on favourite for eviction from the Celebrity Big Brother house on Friday night, but unfortunately for landlords in the real world, evicting...
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Pet hates: The landlords’ guide to avoiding...
- Categories: Dispute resolution
- Posted: Tuesday 23rd August 2011
Landlords with a strict no pets policy may not realise that this doesn’t legally prevent tenants from keeping furry or feathered creatures on the property. The Allotments Act 1950 (Section 12) allows...
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Guide to… making a claim under the Riot Act
- Categories: Dispute resolution, Dispute resolution for your business
- Posted: Monday 22nd August 2011
Businesses across the UK are still recovering after August’s devastating riots. Whether your business has suffered physical damages, or you have been hit by loss of earnings through not being able to...
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Saintly landlords and angelic tenants: do’s and...
- Categories: Dispute resolution
- Posted: Friday 8th July 2011
Following the shock expose of law-breaking landlords from hell by Chanel 4 documentary Dispatches, Morrisons’ property litigation specialist Matthew Hearsum helps pave the way to harmonious living with...
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Retention of title clauses
- Categories: You and your family, Dispute resolution
- Posted: Friday 4th September 2009
Don’t just give it away – retention of title clauses When you enter into a contract for the supply of goods it is the usual rule of law (with very limited exceptions) that title (i.e. ownership)...
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