Christmas and New Year’s Opening Times 2020-2021
Please note the office will be closed from 5.00pm on Wednesday 23rd December 2020 and will re-open 9.00am on Monday 4th January 2021. Season’s Greetings from Wrigley Claydon.
Uncoupling in 2021? Aim for an amicable separation
January is traditionally one of the busiest months for family law solicitors. For some people it means the ending of a relationship that has perhaps not been working for a while, if that is you then taking early legal advice can pay dividends later. Making that first call to get some advice is often the…
Rugby World Cup winner Steve Thompson plans legal action after revealing he has dementia
Former England rugby player Steve Thompson revealed he can no longer remember winning the World Cup because of brain injuries he suffered playing rugby. He has joined former England player, Michael Lipman, and ex-Wales international Alix Popham, planning legal action for negligence against World Rugby, the Rugby Football Union and the Welsh Rugby Union, for…
Time to Make a Will?
During the current pandemic, sadly we have received a lot of calls from people whose minds have been focused on getting their affairs in order and enquiring about making a will. This is not a bad thing and a lot of clients have taken the opportunity to leave a gift in their will to charities…
COVID-19 vaccine: UK government gives Pfizer legal indemnity to protect it from being sued
The Independent newspaper has today reported that “the UK government has granted pharmaceutical giant Pfizer a legal indemnity protecting it from being sued, enabling its coronavirus vaccine to be rolled out across the country as early as next week. The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed the company has been given an indemnity protecting it from legal action as a result…
Harry Dunn’s parents lose high court legal challenge over immunity case
The High Court has ruled that Anne Sacoolas, who killed Harry Dunn, when driving her on the wrong side of the road, did have diplomatic immunity at the time of the crash. Anna Sacoolas was the wife of a US diplomat, left the UK following the crash. The US refused to accept a UK extradition…
Dementia in Football: Taskforce to be created by PFA to examine issue of brain injury diseases
A legal action over brain injuries allegedly caused in football and other contact sports has begun. Lawyers say they are working on behalf of a group of former players to establish in the courts whether sports governing bodies have done enough to protect them, and seek compensation if this is proven not to be the…
Economy Adviser initiates legal proceedings against the government over the closure of hospitality venues
Greater Manchester’s night-time economy adviser Sacha Lord has begun legal proceedings against the government over the closure of hospitality venues. He stated that a judicial review began on Tuesday 20 October 2020 into the legality of implementing emergency restrictions on the hospitality sector i.e. closing pubs and bars not serving food “without any evidence” it…
Elton John’s ex-wife Renate Blauel launches legal action against singer 32 years after split
Sir Elton John and ex-wife Renate Blauel have settled a legal dispute caused by the singer’s autobiography and film Rocketman. In June 2020 Blauel alleged that John had broken the terms of the couple’s divorce deal by publicly discussing the pair’s marriage which ended in 1988. In the legal proceedings Blauel had asked for damages of approximately £3m and an injunction preventing…
George Michael ‘s ex-boyfriend Kenny Goss in legal dispute over singers estate
George Michael ‘s ex-boyfriend Kenny Goss has reportedly commenced a legal claim pursuant to the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 for a monthly allowance of £15,000 from the late star’s estate, as he wasn’t left anything in George Michael’s will. The Act enables certain categories of people to apply to the Court and make a claim…