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Hearing loss can end your military career and leave you with ongoing difficulties in your daily life. A military deafness claim can allow you to get fair compensation for the...
https://wolferstans.com/military-deafness-claims-landing-page/
If you’re looking for friendly, effective personal injury lawyers, Wolferstans Solicitors are here to help. Our dedicated and experienced team are highly motivated and able to deliver the legal guidance...
https://wolferstans.com/personal-injury-experts-in-devon-and-cornwall/
The death of a loved one is always devastating, but when the cause was an accident that could have been avoided, it can be even more difficult to come to...
https://wolferstans.com/fatal-accident-claim-landing-page/
Our award-winning, specialist medical negligence team act exclusively for patients who have been injured in the course of their medical treatment. Every year we recover millions of pounds in compensation...
https://wolferstans.com/medical-negligence-claim-experts/
Being injured at work could leave you unable to do your job as well as struggling to carry on normal life. The financial and personal impact of this can be...
https://wolferstans.com/accident-at-work-claims-landing-page/
Well, it turns out that in certain circumstances, yes, you can dismiss an employee for being late, as shown in the recent case of Tijani v House of Commons Commission. What...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/can-i-dismiss-an-employee-for-being-late/
Have you worked in one of these trades over the last 50 years? You may have been exposed to asbestos
Asbestos exposure would have been inevitable for many over the last 50 years. And for those who had been exposed, they may be at risk of developing an asbestos related...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/have-you-worked-in-one-of-these-trades-over-the-last-50-years-you-may-have-been-exposed-to-asbestos/
As an overall trend, advances in technology have always correlated with improvements in client experience. Do you remember the amazement, when you could first speak to your bank without leaving...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/national-customer-service-week-the-human-tech-interface/
This year we have seen a reported increase in “Never Events” in the NHS. These are events that should never happen due to prevention guidelines and protocols, which are applied...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/shocking-events-that-should-never-have-happened-during-medical-treatment/
The Government recently announced the Queen’s funeral will take place on 19 September 2022 at 11am. The day will be given a bank holiday status to honour the national period...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/do-i-need-to-give-my-employees-the-day-off-for-the-queens-funeral/
Home Information Packs – New Changes from 2009 The Government has announced further changes to the Home Information Pack (HIP) regime by introducing the necessity for a ‘Property Information Questionnaire’...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/home-information-packs-more-changes/
Co-Writer of 1960s Hit Wins Share of Royalties More than 40 years after the Procol Harum song ‘A Whiter Shade of Pale’ topped the UK charts, organist Matthew Fisher has...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/procol-harum-co-writer-wins-share-of-royalties/
Wolferstans has been instructed by a number of clients who have expressed concerns about treatment they, or their loved ones, have received from Dr Joseph Motwani, who was employed as...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/pioneering-plymouth-heart-doctor-to-face-misconduct-hearing/
A recent case involving the VAT treatment of listed buildings illustrates a potential trap for those who convert such buildings. A listed building which has been ‘substantially reconstructed’ is a...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/hmrc-set-listed-building-vat-trap/
There has been much press coverage recently regarding the Court of Protection. The Court of Protection is a body designed to protect those people who lack mental capacity to make...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/taking-control-of-your-future/
A developer whose planning permission was subjected to judicial review, instigated by a firm which had an interest in the outcome, found that the Court of Appeal was unwilling to...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/application-for-judicial-review-of-planning-not-actionable/
When you do business with someone else, it is important to agree the applicable terms and conditions – merely exchanging terms can be a recipe for dispute, as a recent case...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/when-you-agree-terms-and-conditions/
We are pleased to announce that The Stroud Stitson Partnership has joined Wolferstans Solicitors from the close of business on the 30 September 2011. Brian Stitson will continue to work...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/the-stroud-stitson-partnership/
Wolferstans Solicitors are pleased to announce that Samantha Buckthought, Partner and Head of the Wills and Trust Department has been appointed to the Official Panel of Professional Deputies for the...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/court-of-protection-panel-deputy-appointed/
In a recent case, the Court of Appeal ruled that the estranged daughter of a woman who left most of her estate to charity could make a claim against her...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/estranged-daughter-succeeds-in-claim-against-mothers-estate/
Wolferstans are delighted to announce five associate promotions. Paul Woods, Senior Partner, comments: ‘Congratulations to all. Once again we have deservedly rewarded members of our hard working and dedicated staff...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/new-associates/
If an employer is ‘proposing to dismiss as redundant’ 20 or more employees at one establishment, within a period of 90 days, the collective consultation provisions of Section 188 of...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/collective-redundancy-the-election-of-employee-representatives/
Kate Westmacott, Practitioner member of the Law Society Panel. Kate Westmacott has been a member of Wolferstans’ Family Department since 1993. In 2008 Kate undertook the Family Mediation Training and...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/kate-westmacott-practitioner-member-of-the-law-society-panel/
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have announced changes to pensions rules to allow those aged 60 or over to take a lump sum from personal pensions with a value of...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/lump-sum-option-for-small-pension-plans/
A property manager from Cardiff has been fined for failing to comply with the duty to manage the risks from asbestos at premises on the Penygraig Industrial Estate, Rhondda.Richard Hayward,...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/property-manager-fined-for-failing-to-manage-asbestos/
A company director who was misled into signing a guarantee over a lease, when he thought he was merely witnessing his fellow director’s signature, has escaped liability under the guarantee....
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/2141-2/
In any family business, when the owners wish to retire and pass the business on to the next generation, as opposed to selling it, there are many aspects to consider....
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/when-it-is-time-for-the-young-ones-to-take-over/
When a developer obtained planning permission to demolish the existing house on a site overlooking the sea and to build three new detached houses, he had to apply for a...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/covenant-limited-to-land-not-personal/
As you might be aware, the Government is reforming the child maintenance system, aimed at shifting parents away from the CSA and towards family-based arrangements. For those parents who are...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/child-maintenance-service-reforms/
The European Court of Human Rights has not had a good press of late. Its decisions in the cases of Abu Hamza’s extradition, or the issue of prisoners being allowed...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/crosses-to-bear/
Family Law will see one of the biggest changes in decades in April 2013 with the availability of Legal Aid reducing dramatically. Traditionally Legal Aid has been available for those...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/the-future-of-family-law-2013-and-onwards/
Last week, Derriford Hospital received an unannounced visit from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The visit follows an unusually high number of medical errors known as Never Events, in the...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/plymouths-derriford-hospital-is-under-investigation/
At first glance, this may appear to be a simple question – but is it the start date listed in the contract, is it the employee’s first day in the...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/when-did-my-employment-start/
If you own a family business, the structure of your business interest will have an impact on the value of your estate when you pass away. With appropriate advice there...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/business-property-relief/
Two members of the Commercial department at the local law firm Wolferstans have been promoted to the position of partner. Samuel Woods and James Twine have been associates with the...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/wolferstans-appoint-two-new-partners/
I often like to ask at seminars how many managers have ever successfully dismissed someone for poor performance. Generally only one or two hands will go up, which comes as...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/staff-dismissals-by-eoin-fowell-partner/
Sitters and Co was set up by Norman Sitters some 70 years ago and has served the people of Plymouth, the surrounding area and members of the Armed Forces ever...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/local-law-firm-sitters-co-joins-wolferstans-solicitors/
James Walsh, Partner and Solicitor at Woflerstans comments on the BBC News Devon story: “If we thought asbestos was no longer being used in these modern times we have to...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/bbc-news-devon-hatherleigh-cattle-market-fire-prompts-asbestos-fears/
The Brain Injury Group, a national network of specialist brain injury solicitors and support services, are linking up with local primary schools to run a Beep! Beep! Day focused on...
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/road-safety-week-18-24-november-beep-beep-day/
Christmas and New Year Closing Dates Closed 12.30pm Monday, 23 December 2013 Closed 24 to 27 December 2013 Open 30 to 31 December 2013 until 4pm Closed 1 January 2014 Re-open 2 January 2014
https://wolferstans.com/knowledge/christmas-opening-times/
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