Airbnb has threatened legal action against a Scots firm named Hairbnb, which offers holiday homes for dogs. It connects licensed dog sitters, boarders and walkers with people who need their pets looked after. Allan Ritchie set up the dog boarding business in 2018 and applied for a trademark from the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO). Airbnb were given…
We have recently seen an increase in clients seeking advice regarding a relationship breakdown due to domestic abuse that is not physical but falls into the category of behaviour referred to as “coercive control” Coercive control is defined as “an act or a pattern of acts of assaults, threats, humiliation and intimidation or other abuse…
A former soldier has begun his appeal to the Supreme Court against a decision to try him in a Diplock Court. A Diplock Court is a non-jury trial heard by a judge only. Diplock courts were introduced in 1973 in an attempt to deal with terrorist offences during the Troubles. The former soldier is due…
We will be attending the ‘Living Well’ event taking place at our Saddleworth Clinic in the 10th April in conjunction with the Saddleworth Churches group. Please do attend if you would like to talk to us about Wills and Powers of Attorney.
Lawyers for fashion designer Marc Jacobs have filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit made against him by the estate of the band Nirvana, which accuses him of copyright infringement. The designer’s collection features a cartoon “smiley face” similar to the one used by Nirvana as their logo, along with the word “Heaven” printed in the distinctive typeface used…
The Supreme Court, which is the UK’s highest court, has dismissed an emergency application from lawyers for Noel Conway, a retired lecturer who is paralysed from the neck down by progressive motor neurone disease, to hear a right-to-die case challenging the legal ban on assisted dying. The three Supreme Court justices acknowledged that the issue was…
Christmas and New Years Opening Times 2018 Please note the office will be closed from 5.00pm on Friday 21st December 2018 and will re-open 9.00am on Wednesday 2nd January 2019.
World War One Memorial at Oldham Parish Church The Poppies knitted by Louise Davies, PA to Senior Partner Vijay Srivastava, covered the rails of Oldham Parish Church near the memorial. This Sunday marks 100 years since the end of the First World War.
On Friday 28th September, we took part in the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Thank you to everyone who donated and took part in our #MacmillanCoffeeMorning In the pictures: 1) Gran Drake Owen of Glen Drake- Owen of Breakey Nuttall and Paul Harding 2)Irene Knaggs, Joyce Munro and Shirley Ibbotson 3)…