STEP has announced that the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) is changing its guidance in relation to the inclusion of express discretionary investment management clauses in Property and Financial Affairs Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA's).

Contrary to popular belief, your individual assets (whether obtained before marriage or during) may be taken into consideration as part of the ‘marital assets/pot’ for the purposes of financial provision on marital breakdown.

The full results of the Employer Confidence Survey 2022 gauging employers confidence in dealing with day-to-day issues.

The Office of the Public Guardian have recently published their updated safeguarding guidance and our Court of Protection team have created a useful summary below.

Last week saw a revolutionary change in the way divorce proceedings are dealt with in the jurisdictions of England and Wales.

Employers will welcome updates to the Acas guidance helping them deal with employees who have suffered a bereavement.

It is vital that where possible, parties try and amicably come to an agreement as to the division of finances on divorce. The new divorce law under the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 is widely being referred to as ‘No Fault Divorce’.

We've strengthened our Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury offering, as we welcome Nick Stojanovic, Associate and Ian Miles and Claire Exelby, Litigation Executives, to our Leeds office.