Legal updates, practical guides, and expert commentary from our team.
Our client appeared at Court for driving whilst using a mobile phone to which he had no choice but to plead guilty. Unfortunately that put him the position where he faced disqualification from driving under the penalty points "totting up" rules.
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Using a mobile phone while driving has long been a significant safety concern on UK roads. In March 2022, the laws governing this issue were tightened considerably. Despite these changes being in effect for ove…
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A civil dispute or criminal case? Police agree they did not need to interview our client. We recently represented a client who was asked to attend the police station for a voluntary interview. Our client had re…
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We may not be aware of it but many of our lives involve a digital world. What would happen to this if we die? The term Digital Assets potentially covers an enormous range. It could cover creative works such as …
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What happens if you don’t write a will? Making a Will can help you to protect your loved ones and gives you control over what happens to your estate, your children and even your funeral arrangements, when you d…
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We are delighted to relay events in a recent hearing in Cardiff County Court. Our client had been subject to various cases and Applications by the Claimant who is currently occupying our client’s property. The …
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Sanders Witherspoon sponsor u18 Eastern Junior Alliance Black Division 2020-2021 League Winners. We are delighted to confirm Brentwood Towns’ under 18 team won the Eastern Junior Alliance 2020-2021 League today…
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Many live within families where residence of the children is shared between separated parents. Therefore, during the current pandemic, many have been grappling with regular rule changes and how to keep contact …
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A floating deed of trust, (also referred to as a Deed of Trust), is a legally-binding document that records the financial arrangements between joint owners of a property, and/or anyone else who a financial inte…
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There has been an increase in the number of couples moving in together during the Coronavirus lockdown. Like many countries around the world, the UK government has set out strict lockdown rules since March 2020…
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There is no doubt that Coronavirus will have a serious impact on the lives of women and children. Domestic abuse victims may feel unsafe with the prospect of being isolated in their house with their perpetrator…
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Children of parents who are separated or share custody are able to move between houses during the Coronavirus lockdown as stipulated by the government very recently. The movement of children between parents doe…
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We wanted to take a moment to update you on the steps we have already taken and our plan moving forward in relation to Coronavirus (Covid-19). These are exceptional times and we would like to reassure you that …
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Sanders Witherspoon LLP are delighted to confirm our client Nicholas Ramsay AM won an injunction today allowing him to rejoin the Welsh Assembly Conservative Group. A trial will take place in February. The lead…
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As of January 2020 all law firms are now able to make an application for a divorce online and progress through to Decree Absolute on behalf of their clients. Whilst the online divorce system run by HM Courts an…
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The first Monday after New Year’s Day has been dubbed “divorce day”. Every year we have an increase in calls in January as couples make the difficult decision of getting a divorce their new year’s resolution. T…
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UPDATE MARCH 16TH 2020 We are delighted to confirm the result of the final hearing where Katie Price was ordered to pay our client Alex Reid £25,000 damages plus costs for breach of privacy, misuse of private i…
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Our client was taken to court over alleged unpaid bills to another law firm. Here’s how we successfully defended our client. Sanders Witherspoon LLP were successful on behalf of a client in defending a claim fo…
Read more →Our Senior Partner Tim Gir along with Barrister Philip Williams of 33 Bedford Row represented Alex Reid on Friday 18th October at the High Court when they were successful in having a Statutory Demand thrown out…
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We are delighted to confirm the result of the hearing on behalf of a client who was charged with careless driving. She was a Senior Consultant Anaesthetist who had been driving for many, many years. She had an …
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We are delighted to confirm that we were successful in obtaining an injunction at the County Court last week on behalf of a client. What is an injunction? An prohibitory injunction is an order of the court to n…
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The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill is in the process of being brought into UK legislation, representing a radical reform of the divorce process. It essentially brings into effect provisions for a no f…
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The GDPR is an EU Regulation that became effective in all EU member states on 25 May 2018. It has been implemented and supplemented in the UK by the Data Protection Act 2018 and replaced and repealed the Data P…
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A Neighbour Dispute can occur when neighbours disagree about something that is causing distress and frustration to either party. Disputes with neighbours occur frequently and range from issues with boundaries, …
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The “same-roof rule” was an English law that victims of domestic abuse were not entitled to any compensation if they lived with the perpetrator of their abuse prior to 1979. The rule was successfully challenged…
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We are delighted to confirm the acquittal of a client whowas charged with being drunk in charge of a motor vehicle and using a mobilephone whilst driving. This was a very strange case. Our client had gone to am…
Read more →If the Court decides that contact between you and your grandchild is in the child’s best interest, they may grant an Order (called a Child Arrangements Order) to this effect. It is important to seek legal advic…
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The Government announced recently that it proposed to change the Law in relation to “no fault evictions”. It is the situation at the moment if a Landlord wanted to evict a Tenant they could use what is known as…
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As a family law solicitor I often have to break the news to clients that they do not have the ability to claim any financial support against their ex-partner even if they have been living together for years. Th…
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Their growing use has set the demand for regulation and a regulatory framework for licence or permission, liability and privacy and data protection. A drone is just one of the terms used to describe these many …
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How is Bitcoin relevant to applying for Probate? Bitcoin is a form of Cryptocurrency. If this makes your head hurt then we will try and help you understand. It was the same way for us when we came across the te…
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Sanders Witherspoon have successfully acted for the father on an application for a Child Arrangements Order. At that time, the child was living with her mother and spending time with her father. The father inst…
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Contact Us about a Dangerous Driving Charge Sanders Witherspoon LLP are delighted to confirm the successful outcome of a long running ordeal for one of our clients charged with dangerous driving and failing to …
Read more →*** The Law has been Updated – Please Click Here for Current Advice ***For help with contesting a mobile phone conviction contact us now We are delighted to confirm the result of a hearing at the Magistrates Co…
Read more →We are delighted to confirm that, the Court of Appeal reviewed our client’s sentence for theft and reduced his sentence from 4 years to 3 years imprisonment. Tim Gir, Criminal Solicitor and our senior partner, …
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