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When recruiting and managing employees, employers want to know that their employees are up to the job. While asking questions about an individual’s health at the wrong time may result in a disability discrimination claim, ignoring the signs of a...
If a loved one, or someone you were financially dependent on, has died and either left you out of their will entirely or failed to make adequate financial provision for you, then it may be possible for you to get the terms of the will varied so that...
Appointing a commercial agent is one way of entering a market for your business, and it can be a good way to test the water in a foreign country without the commitment of employing somebody. In broad terms, an agency relationship is one which...
The steady rise in life expectancy means it is more important than ever that people appoint someone to take control of their financial and healthcare decisions if they are no longer able to do so themselves through ill health. This is done by appointing...
Congratulations to Silviya Maclean, in our Private Client department, who became a Partner on 1 st September 2019. Here’s a little more about Silviya and her background! Silviya studied Law and qualified with a LLB (Hons) and...
Are you considering a career as a solicitor and would like to know more about what your day to day dealings would entail? We asked one of our Trainee Solicitors here at Morlings in Maidstone, Rezwana Dithy, what her experience has been like so far! ...
Hot on the heels of changes in relation to stamp duty land tax, from 1 June landlords face another set of new rules under the Tenant Fees Act 2019. This includes obligations relating to deposits, charges and membership of client money protection...
The default response of most businesses owed money by a company is to follow their standard debt recovery procedure, which typically involves chasing payment by letter and then issuing court proceedings to obtain an enforceable judgment. Few will consider...
Our Criminal Defence Partner, Keith Middleton, is seen presenting the Morling’s Cup to the Captain of St Augustine Academy, whom won the Morling’s Cup for the winner of the Mock Trial Competition held at Maidstone Magistrates’ Court on 23...
Many people are aware that there were major changes to the Legal Aid Scheme in 2013 but there is a great deal of confusion as to when and how Legal Aid is available in family matters. If you are a parent (and in some limited circumstances another relative)...
Engaging solicitors to both draft your will and store it safely until it is needed really is the only sensible course to take. In a case where such wisdom did not prevail, the High Court had to decide whether a missing will had been deliberately destroyed,...
If you are arrested at the road side following police stopping you, or following an accident, you ought to provide a road side specimen. Failing to do so will result in your likely arrest. Even if you turn out to be under the legal limit when you...
Appointing loved ones as executors of your will may seem the natural thing to do, but there are very good reasons why it is often wiser to employ professionals. A case on point concerned two sisters who fell out bitterly after one of them arranged their...
Giving away assets to your loved ones with warm hands, when you are still fit and healthy, is a readily available means of reducing Inheritance Tax (IHT) liabilities. However, as a guideline Court of Appeal decision illustrated, such gifts must be made...
I often hear “I haven’t got any money to leave my kids so why should I bother?”. My response is “You have kids? If they are under 18, you definitely should have a Will to leave your kids to someone”. As loving...
