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Divorce laws to be rewritten following the Supreme Court’s 2018 Judgment in Tini Owens v Hugh John Owens

Comments from Simon Beccle, Family Partner at Payne Hicks Beach and solicitor for Tini Owens, feature in an article in The Times announcing that the Government intend to modernise divorce ...

Divorce laws to be rewritten following the Supreme Court’s 2018 Judgment in Tini Owens v Hugh John Owens

08 February 2019
Comments from Simon Beccle, Family Partner at Payne Hicks Beach and solicitor for Tini Owens, feature in an article in The Times announcing that the Government intend to modernise divorce ...

Changes to Entrepreneurs’ Relief

05 February 2019
Entrepreneurs' Relief ("ER") is a valuable relief from capital gains tax for individuals (and some trustees) who sell their business. ER is available on qualifying gains of up ...

Faking it: The rise of social media impersonators and how you can be protected

30 January 2019
Article by Edward Smith, Employed Barrister in the Dispute Resolution department at Payne Hicks Beach, on parody social media accounts and the action that can be taken upon discovering ...

Justice for the few?

25 January 2019
Article by Dominic Crossley, Head of Dispute Resolution and privacy and media law specialist at Payne Hicks Beach, first published in Spear's magazine (p254) ...

Stylist magazine: Catherine Costley shares her best money advice

23 January 2019
Comment from Catherine Costley, associate in the Family department, in the article "7 women in the know share their best money advice they've ever received ...

Canary Wharf v EMA - Brexit lease battle begins

18 January 2019
Comment from Scott Goldstein, Associate in the Dispute Resolution department and property litigation specialist at Payne Hicks Beach in light of a dispute between the European ...

Home Office begins accepting EU Settlement Scheme applications from 21 January 2019

11 January 2019
EU Settlement Scheme When the UK leaves the EU, EU/EEA citizens and their non-EU/EEA citizen family members will need to make an application for an immigration status to ...

The Sunday Times: Home Help: Can a restrictive covenant be ignored?

09 January 2019
Answer by Matthew Spring, Dispute Resolution partner and property disputes specialist, to the reader question concerning restrictive covenants, first published online in The Sunday Times on 6 January 2019 ...

Why £10m-plus trophy estates are booming

10 December 2018
Comments by Robert Brodrick, Partner in the Private Client department at Payne Hicks Beach, first published in The Sunday Times online on 2 December 2018 and reproduced ...