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    Residential property tenancy notice period update

    On 1 October 2021, the notice period required to be given to tenants occupying residential property in England under an assured shorthold tenancy...
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    New associate joins Porter Dodson Dispute Resolution Team

    Porter Dodson has appointed a new associate to the Dispute Resolution Team. Helen Williams joins the firm with more than 15 years’ experience in...
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    Estranged daughter awarded money in Wills dispute

    An estranged adult child who, along with her siblings, had been disinherited from benefitting from her late father’s estate worth in the region of...
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    Family breakdown over a property dispute

    The legal principles surrounding property ownership can be complicated and promises made can be binding.
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    Break failure

    Commercial lease break clauses continue to be a rich source of dispute and a challenging economic climate makes it easy to understand why. For...
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    Convicted after cutting down clematis

    Spring will soon be upon us and the green fingered amongst us will be looking forward to getting into the garden to carry out some long awaited...
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    Avoid the Christmas credit hangover

    This time of year is particularly tough for businesses. A number of factors, including the inertia caused by the festive shutdown, can lead to a...
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    Landlords in distress

    Until 6 April 2014 it had long been a cornerstone of a commercial landlord’s powers that, in the event of default in payment of rent, a landlord was...
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    Are there benefits to Alternative Dispute Resolution?

    Written within the lecture notes of a nineteenth century lawyer named Abraham Lincoln are the words “Discourage litigation. Persuade your...
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