Rhianna joined us as a final-year student from Plymouth University. The firm supported her through her training contract and she’s now qualified as a Solicitor in our Family team.

Over recent years, the rate of non-fatal injury to employees has shown a flat or downward trend. However good this may sound at first, the statistics for work based injuries are still much higher than you’d expect.

We look into a recent case where a patient underwent surgery for a medical issue, but then issues persisted after the surgery. Was the surgeon to blame?

Clients will often ask me about the ‘rights’ of fathers and mothers. The question of grandparents’ rights comes up often as well. However, the correct legal answer is that no such ‘rights’ actually exist. The law that governs children’s relationships with the significant adults in their life is found in the Children Act 1989. This legislation took a very deliberate step away from considering any ‘rights’ of adults involved. Instead, it focused on the responsibilities of adults and the rights, and more specifically the welfare, of children.

Making Nash & Co Solicitors more sustainable and in turn reducing our impact on the environment is especially important to us. Everyone’s aware of the climate emergency that we face. Some very significant changes need to be made across the world, and the 14th-century proverb “Mighty oaks from small acorns grow” comes to mind.

The Government has launched a consultation on more effective ways to bring unused or underused public land in England back into use. The consultation is called ‘Right to Regenerate’. What is it and how could this change things?

An employer who argued that it had taken ‘all reasonable steps’ to prevent harassment by providing training to its employees, failed on the basis that the training had become ‘stale’.

Cycling is usually good for us. But what do you do if you’ve had a bike accident? Imagine you suffer an injury; it can be at the very least, an inconvenience. At the worst, it can be life changing. Good news, our Personal Injury solicitors in Plymouth can help you.

“I’m a parent and have been told I should have a Will. But I don’t understand why it’s so important.” No one likes to think about it, but unfortunately, death is a fact of life. It’s going to happen to us all at some point. However, if you’re a parent and you don’t have a Will in place, then you’re at risk of leaving your family horribly exposed, particularly if you have a partner and are unmarried.

The Supreme Court has unanimously allowed a recent appeal and clarified the law in relation to the duty of care owed by non-medical staff in hospitals.

When it comes to business, uncertainty can be incredibly damaging. And if you aren’t protected through up to date and appropriate agreements, this can make matters significantly worse

The Government have recently made important changes to Planning Use Classes. These changes came into effect on 1st September 2020, (although there will be a transition period until 31 July 2021). The measures have been introduced to make it easier to repurpose premises quicker and at less cost. This means that ‘the high street’ can be more adaptable to meet occupier demand and safeguard community assets.

During a conversation with a client, the inevitable question came up “So what do you do?”. Many first-time buyers are unsure what the role of the Solicitor is when it comes to buying a property. With so many tasks involved in the process it is often difficult to know who does what. The process can be (more or less) broken into stages from start to finish to let you know who deals with which part.

The London-based business, which has 5,000 employees, failed to properly enrol a number of its staff into the company pension scheme and made incorrect contributions for others…. and then failed to heed a penalty notice issued by TPR.

One of the biggest challenges facing first time buyers is saving for a deposit. With increasing rental prices and the cost of living, buyers often find it tricky to save enough funds to put down a 10% or even 5% deposit on a new property. There are a few options open to first time buyers to help them get that first step on the property ladder.

Currently, going on holiday is a little bit like a rubbish lucky dip – will we be able to go? If we can’t, will we get our money back? If we can, will some new restrictions come in part-way through the break meaning we have to quarantine on our return?

One of the biggest headaches for employers is managing the company’s annual leave.

The tricky task however is ensuring that whilst some employees are on annual leave, you’re left with enough people to carry out the day to day activities of the company, and that no real problems arise because staff are away.

The financial implications for our retail sector and commercial landlords arising from the Covid-19 pandemic are by this point obvious. Governmental restrictions, and reduced consumer confidence will leave highstreets and restaurants struggling for some time to come. Switching to a turnover rent is another option that could help tenants and landlords alike.

On the 20 May 2020, the Government introduced the Corporate and Insolvency Governance Bill. As with most of these type of documents, they’re not the easiest of bedtime reading! We therefore wanted to let you have a much easier to read update of The Insolvency Bill.

Most businesses will now either have returned from lockdown or planning a return to some form of normality. However, ‘business’ may be far from usual for a while yet. This is especially the case when returning to work means being confronted with mounting debts and disputes.