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Choose Pepperells Solicitors to help you with your police interview

    It will cost you nothing Pepperells Solicitors hold a legal aid contract with the Legal Aid Agency and so when we attend at the police station for you regardless of the amount of time that is taken to assist you with your case it is all completely free to you. We will attend for you day or night. We are entirely independent of the police We are entirely independent of the police. You will be assisted by specially qualified police station representatives and [...]

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End to the Fault-Based Divorce System: A New Horizon for Separating Couples

A blog by Blue Stephenson, Trainee Solicitor in the family department The current legal framework governing divorce in England and Wales derives from the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973; a statute that has remained mostly unamended since its enactment 48 years ago. The Civil Partnership Act 2004 provides an analogous framework for the dissolution of civil partnerships. Like many other areas of the law, the law on divorce and dissolution has been slow to catch up with societal changes and is still [...]

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Agriculture, Brexit and Estate Planning

  Anyone who has agricultural assets, should get legal advice about planning for the future, be it succession planning or to ensure that their affairs can be dealt with if they lose capacity. The assets and circumstances of each client are usually complex and lead to numerous issues which need to be considered and addressed as quickly as possible. Individuals with agricultural assets will usually have an estate which exceeds their nil-rate band allowance for Inheritance Tax purposes. With the right [...]

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When can directors be personally liable for bounce-back loans……

Bounce back loans were loans of up to £50,000 and were intended for smaller businesses. They were backed by the government and were relatively fast and easy to apply for.  This allowed access to capital for a vast amount of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Lenders did not require personal guarantees from directors. However, many directors are unaware that just because personal guarantees were not sought, there are still certain conditions that must be met to ensure directors are [...]

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Pregnancy and the Equal Treatment Handbook

Recently, two of our solicitors within the Family Team have been involved in a matter that has significantly changed the law surrounding pregnant women and the attendance of Court. Our Mr Philip Goodall and Miss Lauren Snowden represented the Mother in care proceedings and sought to argue in the Court of Appeal that an adjournment of her final hearing was necessary, given that the date proposed for the hearing was during the period of the latter stages of her pregnancy, [...]

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Studying the LPC from a distance

My name is Emily Bailey and I am a Trainee Solicitor in the Family Team at Pepperells. Following the completion of my LLB Law Degree in Summer 2020, I graduated with a First-Class Honours from the University of Hull. The next step of my career commenced in September 2020 when I began studying the Legal Practice Course (LPC) at BPP University in Leeds. Due to the fees payable for studying the LPC, I applied for a scholarship with the [...]

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Daniel Stone

A day in the life of a Solicitor Apprentice

My name is Dan and I am a Solicitor Apprentice in the Family Law Team and Pepperells Solicitors. Being an Apprentice, I am currently undertaking my LLB Law Degree with Northumbria University alongside my work here at Pepperells. The work involved within the area of Family Law is both diverse and varied with no two days being the same. Whilst this may sound exciting to many, the spontaneity of work does not come without issue. Those who wish to [...]

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Helen Martindale

Medical Negligence

We understand that pursuing a claim for Medical Negligence can be daunting. Client’s have many questions when they begin the process. The main questions we are asked are: How much will it cost?How long do I have to make a claim?How much compensation will I receive?How do I prove medical negligence? Below we look at each question in more detail: How much will it cost? No win, no fee funding can be available in medical negligence claims. This is also known as a conditional fee agreement [...]

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