Here is a breakdown of some new UK laws coming into effect during 2022: British Sign Language Act 2022 This act is to recognise the British Sign Language as a language of England, Wales and Scotland. The Act comes into force on 28 June 2022. Put simply, BSL is...
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Notice Periods – What is the law?
The Coronavirus had a major effect on residential Landlord and Tenant matters especially possession claims. The government changed notice periods for Section 8 and Section 21 Notices and they did this at least 3 times over the Pandemic period. As you can imagine, this...
CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES – APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION – PRACTICE DIRECTION 5A – COURT DOCUMENTS
We are continuing our series on Civil Procedure Rules, highlighting some of the little known but common rules and hopefully explaining them in plain English. The next rule we will be looking at is Practice Direction 5A – Court Documents. The rule says: 2.2 Every...
CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES – APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION – RULE 5.3 – COURT DOCUMENTS
We are continuing our series on Civil Procedure Rules, highlighting some of the little known but common rules and hopefully explaining them in plain English. The next rule we will be looking at is rule 5.3 – Court Documents. The rule says: Where any of these Rules or...
Getting your legal advice early – A short story!
In a case that I've just won (in Cardiff County Court,) the landlord and tenant entered into a tenancy in January 2020 and a deposit of £1000 was paid. The landlord did not protect it or give prescribed information. The tenancy went to a statutory periodic tenancy and...
CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES – PRACTICE DIRECTION 4 – FORMS
A short blog post from us today. Whilst following our 'Civil Procedure Rules' series, we are highlighting some of the little known but common rules and hopefully explaining them in plain English. We wanted to make you aware of the hundreds of forms that cover a wide...
Restricted Promotion of HFSS products from October 2022
Legislation which restricts the marketing and advertising of less healthy high fat, salt and sugar products (HFSS) will come into effect in October 2022. The government have brought out these regulations which, in my opinion, seek to make buying less healthy food and...
CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES – APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION – RULE 4 (2) – FORMS
We are continuing our series on Civil Procedure Rules, highlighting some of the little known but common rules and hopefully explaining them in plain English. The next rule we will be looking at is rule 4 (2) – Forms. The rule says: (2) A form may be varied by the...
Regulation of Legal Services
Doctors, Nurses, Teachers, Gas Engineers, Taxi Drivers! These professions require training, testing and some sort of regulation to be able to carry out their work. There are probably many other professions that require some level of training and regulation. The point...
CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES – APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION – ERRORS & MISTAKES (RULE 3.10)
We are continuing our series on Civil Procedure Rules, highlighting some of the little known but common rules and hopefully explaining them in plain English. The next rule we will be looking at is rule 3.10 – Errors & Mistakes. The rule says: 3.10 Where there has...
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