Is an employee ownership model a way of “levelling up”?
This summer has seen strike action and a change in momentum in the national debate…
September 26, 2022 By Gavin Poole
Financial disclosure – does implied consent apply?
Following their separation, parties often remain living in the family home together until their separation…
September 26, 2022 By Stephens Scown
No Fault Divorce – What if I’m the Respondent?
The introduction of the long awaited no fault basis for divorce in the UK on…
September 26, 2022 By Sarah Atkinson
Stephens Scown plans St Austell office move
First founded in St Austell in 1938, our Firm has forged strong links with business…
September 26, 2022 By Stephens Scown
Conditional order – new divorce process?
Conditional Order is a new term from the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 which…
September 22, 2022 By Stephens Scown
Small Claims Paper Determination Pilot
Practice direction 51ZC of the Civil Procedure Rules came into effect on 1 June 2022.…
September 22, 2022 By Luke Richards
What is the legal definition of Agriculture?
It may seem obvious, but the legal definition of agriculture should be of great interest…
September 19, 2022 By Nigel Coveney
Trainee Tales – My Seat in Intellectual Property
Lucy Ferrat joined Stephens Scown as a trainee solicitor August 2017 before qualifying into the…
September 19, 2022 By Stephens Scown
Isolated countryside homes – should a farmhouse owner be forced into a ‘Granny Annex’
Guidelines show that local planning authorities should avoid new isolated countryside homes but what happens…
September 19, 2022 By Stephens Scown
Rural tenancies – issues to be wary of!
Farm Business Tenancies (FBTs) have been around for well over 20 years now but a…
September 19, 2022 By Ian Thomas
Commercial landlords beware of using s30(1)(f) to oppose renewals
A Supreme Court decision impacts the way commercial landlords have been using building works and…
September 19, 2022 By Mike Davies
Retiring from Farming – the exit lump sum and delinked payments
Thinking about retiring from farming but concerned about the tax implications? Throughout my time acting…
September 19, 2022 By Kate Theophilus