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HMRC Provisions Temporary Arrangements for the Stamping of Stock Transfer Forms During the Coronavirus Lockdown

James Hopgood, Solicitor, Corporate & Commercial, Spire Solicitors LLP, comments on HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) temporary arrangements for the stamping of Stock Transfer Forms...

UK Supreme Court Hands Down Judgment in WM Morrison Supermarkets Plc V Various Claimants

James Hopgood, Corporate & Commercial Solicitor, Spire Solicitors LLP, comments on the Supreme Court handing down its judgment in case of WM Morrison Supermarkets Limited...

Impacted Home Movers Due to Coronavirus To Be Offered Mortgage Extensions by Lenders

In the current market, we will see an impact in timescales to complete and exchange with uncertainty on expiring mortgage offers for people currently in...

COVID-19 – The Impact on Commercial Contracts

The myriad and rapidly evolving impacts of COVID-19 are being felt throughout the globe, and have been since it first emerged in China at the...

COVID-19 Employment Law Developments – Employees Allowed To Carry Over Holiday Where It Has Not Been Taken Because of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Working Time Regulations have been amended to relax the restriction on carrying over untaken holiday into the next holiday year where leave has not...

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

On Friday 20 March 2020, the Chancellor announced a new “Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme” (the Scheme) to help pay people’s wages. Employers will be able...

Spire Solicitors LLP Donates Over 2,000 Easter Eggs to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Staff

Spire Solicitors LLP is pleased to announce the donation of over 2,000 Easter Eggs of various sizes to the staff at the NNUH today (18/03/2020)....

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update

With the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we would like to take the time to confirm to our clients that we’re equipped to continue...

Change to Intestacy Rules See a Rise in the Statutory Legacy

Written by Josh Dunstone, Solicitor at Spire Solicitors LLP. What is intestacy? When someone dies without having made a Will, there are laws in place...

Probate – Can I Do This Myself?

Written by Sarah Fiddy, Associate Solicitor at Spire Solicitors LLP. Probate is the legal process for dealing with the estate of someone who has died....

Sunak Splashes the Cash in Post-Brexit Budget

New chancellor promises to support individuals and business as country tackles coronavirus threat. Business rate cuts, cash grants for small enterprises and support for both...

The Bank of Mum and Dad

Written by David Percival, Chartered Legal Executive at Spire Solicitors LLP. As a result of high rental costs and soaring property prices, more parents are...