According to figures released by property website Zoopla, 2020 marked a boom in the property market with both the total value of deals completed and the total number of buyers significantly outstripping their 2019 levels. By the end of the year, the total value of all British property deals will amount to £300 billion, a 26% increase... Read More
According to research conducted by high-street bank Halifax, house prices increased at the fastest rate since June 2016 in the month of November. This continues a sustained trend of rapid increases, with the past five months seeing house prices rise by 6.5 per cent, the biggest increase over that timeframe since 2004. In November 2020,... Read More
According to a survey conducted by property website Zoopla, the housing market is set for a pre-Christmas spike as buyers try to complete deals before the end of the stamp duty holiday in March. The website published data showing that the number of property sales is far exceeding the rates recorded last year, with the total number of new... Read More
As part of his Spending Review, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has pledged to increase justice spending to tackle the growing backlog of cases in the court system. Speaking in Parliament today, Sunak stated that the government will deliver a 3.3% real terms increase in funding annually. This constitutes an additional £145 million in core... Read More
Appearing on BBC West Midlands on Monday, Emma Gill, Head of Vardags Manchester, discussed whether it was possible to have an amicable divorce. You can listen to the full interview by clicking the link below. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_wm Read More
After weeks of speculation, Mr Justice Nicol has handed down his judgement: Johnny Depp has lost his libel claim against the publishers of the Sun newspaper for labelling him a wife-beater. The court held that, on the balance of probabilities, the Sun had proved the substantial truth of their allegations against Mr Depp. The case, which... Read More
Head of reputation and privacy, Alex McCready, recently shared her insights on the high-profile Johnny Depp and Amber Heard case in an interview with The Guardian. McCready described it as "the libel trial of the year, perhaps the decade," providing the public with a rare glimpse into the lives of these two Hollywood superstars.... Read More
Interviewed outside Southwark Crown Court, Rory Lynch discussed Boris Becker's current insolvency fraud case and explained the likely outcome. Becker is facing 28 charges, all relating to allegedly hiding assets from the Insolvency Service after declaring bankruptcy. If found guilty, he could face up to seven years in prison. You can... Read More
The legal sector has long been viewed as resistant to change. But, according to new research published this week, this may be about to change – and all because of Covid. On Monday, Luminance, a supplier of artificial intelligence platforms for the legal sector, released a report which documents a sea change in attitudes towards the use... Read More
With lockdown restrictions lifting across many areas of the country, life is returning to some semblance of normality. As part of this process, a raft of new legislation is about to take effect, including specific rules for our new normal and some previously announced policies which are yet to take force. In total, there are six new policies... Read More