The break-up of a family is always stressful but particularly so over the Christmas period. Understandably parents and children want to spend time together over the holiday period and this can be difficult to arrange when parents are living apart. So, if your family cannot be together over the festive season due to a relationship breakdown now is the time to start discussing where the children will spend Christmas.
If you, or a loved one is unfortunate enough to suffer from a case of medical negligence, it is important you speak with a solicitor as soon as possible. Learn more about the time limit for filing claims in this blog.
Please be aware that our Stratford upon Avon office in Chestnut Walk will be temporarily closed for essential maintenance works from Monday 5th December until Friday 16th December.
What Paperwork is needed to sell a property? Which documents will you need, and how can a conveyancing solicitor help?
Motoring offences are not always straightforward. Many traffic laws can be complicated and require careful consideration to understand what is, and what isn’t legal.
Former breast surgeon Ian Paterson was convicted in 2017 of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three counts of unlawful wounding and is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence.
It tends to be only in Hollywood movies that a Will is read aloud, usually for dramatic effect where the contents of the Will are unexpected and lead to the sort of tensions which create a good plot. For example, in the 2019 film ‘Knives Out’ the patriarch cuts his entire family out of his Will in favour of his caregiver.
While such dramatic events are unusual in real life, it is becoming increasingly common for disputes over Wills to arise, particularly where someone who expected to inherit has been excluded or where the provision made for them is less than they had hoped to receive.
Alsters Kelley Solicitors Ltd is celebrating after three of their service areas maintained their rankings in the 2023 edition of The Legal 500. The publication is widely acknowledged to be the world’s largest independent legal guide.
2022 has not been a good year for NHS maternity services across the country. Rather than seeing them as one-offs, they are all too easily becoming the norm. This week saw the publication of an independent review, led by Dr Bill Kirkup, into the failings of East Kent NHS Hospitals University Trust between 2009 and 2020.
The news last night featured another case of medical negligence, this time at The Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and Spire Little Aston Hospital, both of which are in the West Midlands.
Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Mian Munawar Shah has been suspended and hundreds of his former patients between 2010 and 2018 have recently been contacted. This follows several complaints of botched shoulder operations, which have caused some people to lose use of their arms completely, whilst others have been living in constant pain since being operated on by Dr Shah.
Alsters Kelley Solicitors Ltd has recently awarded three training contracts to current staff from their Private Client team and the Children & Families Public Law department. Anika Rizvi from the Private Client department and Malika Bonafous and Paige Bell from the Children & Families Public Law department all commenced their contracts on 1st September.
Coventry and Warwickshire law firm Alsters Kelley Solicitors Ltd who has offices in Leamington Spa, Coventry, Nuneaton, Southam and Stratford-upon-Avon is celebrating after retaining the Law Society’s national award for its quality of service to clients. The firm first attained the national Law Society’s law management quality mark, Lexcel in 2011.
Coventry & Warwickshire law firm Alsters Kelley Solicitors has successfully secured their reaccreditation to The Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme for the eleventh year running.
Read our specialist advice on the new Highway Code rules, which came into force on 1st June 2022. Drivers may get a fine and/or receive several points on their driving licence, simply for letting an ambulance go past.
Huge congratulations to Sarah Darby, Wills & Probate Executive at Alsters Kelley Solicitors in Nuneaton who has recently become a trustee of The Mary Ann Evans Hospice which provides local people with care and support to those with life limiting illnesses.
Did you know that from July 7, any new car manufactured for sale in the European Union, must be fitted with speed limiters and a Black Box monitoring system?
The new regulations have been introduced in a bid to tackle the increasing number of people killed, or seriously injured, on our roads. Current cars on the road are not affected and even though the UK has now left the EU, the law still applies.
We all need a break from daily life and what better way than letting the children play in a pool on holiday. You would not think twice about this when you are in a relationship but what if you are separated or divorced? What if your name is different from the children, following divorce or separation? Does this have an impact on travelling abroad?
A look back at our brand refresh and new website which was launched in 2021 to better represent our brand ethos.
Every three minutes, one person in the UK develops dementia. If this happens, your relatives won’t be able to just walk into a bank and access your money, even if it is to pay for your care.
What if?
What would happen to you, your home, your ongoing care and your assets if you lost the mental capacity to make decisions by yourself? Alternatively, if you are in hospital with an ongoing illness, or struggling to get out and about following an operation, how would you be able to access your finances?
Who doesn’t enjoy watching property programmes on TV like Location, Location, Location, Grand Designs or Escape to the Country?
