17 May 2021 may be an important date in the Government’s ‘roadmap’ of measures to ease Coronavirus restrictions, but it also marks the deadline for responses to the Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ’s) consultation on proposals to increase selected court fees and Help with Fees income thresholds.

Businesses who lease premises but whose workforce may not all return to work when COVID-19 restrictions are eased are considering whether to look for smaller premises, or to reduce the space they rent – but need to know how they can get out of their existing lease, or vary it, to achieve what they want.

The pandemic caused by Covid-19 and the resulting restrictions has touched all of us personally and in the way we conduct business. For some, the future will bring a change of direction and for others a renewed ambition to take our businesses to a new level. Change they say is a constant and never has that been more true.

Ramsdens Solicitors very own Queen of adrenaline, Julie Ellam from our Litigation team took to the skies…all for charity.

Two new types of insolvency procedure will come into effect on 4 May 2021, both intended to give a breathing space, or short period of respite, for people in problem debt.

Over the last year many home owners have been using the time and money that would otherwise have been spent on holidays and even commuting on home improvement projects.

​Our Litigation team including Nick Armitage, Partner and Head of Department and Emily Walker, Solicitor, featured in The Sunday Times discussing the “huge rise in neighbour disputes over the past year”, after many have been spending more time in the home and noticing discrepancies with other people living close by.

The pandemic caused by Covid-19 and the resulting restrictions has touched all of us personally and in the way we conduct business.