A beautiful moment of former ballerina with Alzheimer’s, Mata C. Gonzalez, recognising the sound of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake has been shared by thousands of people across the globe. This has further raised the importance of music to all those who have been affected by this year’s national lockdowns. It has also shown us that all is not lost for those who may have issues regarding mental capacity.

During the period of 1970 and 2015, 931 allegations of child sexual abuse in the church were made by 1,753 individuals. This involved more than 3000 instances of alleged abuse made against 931 perpetrators, the ongoing Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has found.

Head of Litigation at Ramsdens, Nick Armitage explains the current position on the recovery of commercial property due to rent arrears and also on the recovery of those rent arrears.

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“the scheme”) was, at the last minute, extended in October from 5 November 2020 for a month, with little to no guidance available at the time as to how this would work in practice.

Ramsdens Solicitors is delighted to announce that we have been Highly Commended at the Legal Business Award 2020 in the Regional Firm of the Year category.

Yesterday (12 Nov) we held the first of a series of webinars focusing on protecting our vulnerable and elders. ​

​First-time homebuyers and developers will welcome launch of a new version of the government’s Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme, to run from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2023.

Amnesty International (UK) states that the sending of 25,000 elderly patients into care homes in England at the start of lockdown to clear NHS beds was a violation of their human rights, due to many not being tested for COVID-19.