Mike Travis with APS Salads
Chafes Solicitors LLP have assisted Alderley Edge tomato growers APS Salads to acquire a new site in Kent with funding from Yorkshire Bank
APS Salads produced 54 million packs of tomatoes last year and is the largest supplier of UK tomatoes to Tesco stores.
Mark Pearson, Managing Director of APS comments “This has been a ...
The skills for a Wilmslow Lawyer have been recognised by the UK’s leading family law group – Resolution. Anthony Jones, family lawyer at Chafes Solicitors has become a specialist family lawyer in advanced financial provision and cohabitation.
Originally set up in 1999, the scheme is designed to help people who are facing family breakdown to make an informed choice when deciding which lawyer to appoint. To become a Resolution ...
By Anthony Jones, Solicitor
What is the current position in relation to pre marriage assets upon divorce proceedings? Well, some guidance has now been given in the case of N v F 2011. The Judge in the case of N v F (Mostyn J) said the process should be :
By Anthony Jones, Solicitor
Divorcing or separating couples often argue over resolving finances, however, family pets can be just as important. This has been highlighted by Co-operative Pet Insurance who have revealed that one-fifth of separating couples have sought legal advice to try to keep custody of their pet.
Various arrangements can be agreed between the parties, such as one keeping the pet and the other seeing ...
By Jon Roberts, Partner
From the 6th April 2011, the Government introduced changes to the Law. Separating couples now have to consider mediation to settle disputes involving money or disputes with their children before they can refer the matter to a Court. The requirement is for couples to attend a media awareness session.
The Government’s thinking in introducing these changes was that mediation is though to ...
John Perez, who is Partner and Head of Finance Litigation at Chafes Solicitors LLP, has been asked to share his specialist knowledge with finance companies on the recovery of illegally-driven vehicles seized by the Police.
The new guidance helps provide clarity to finance companies seeking to recover vehicles under the Finance and Leasing Association’s (FLA) successful Vehicle Recovery Scheme. The FLA is the UK industry body for the asset finance, ...
By Anthony Jones, Solicitor
Divorce Online recently examined divorce petitions where the wife applied for a divorce on the basis of the Husband’s unreasonable behaviour. In 15% of these petitions the wives complained that their husband spent too much time playing computer games.
Where a Divorce Petition is filed on the basis of the other spouse’s unreasonable behaviour, details of the unreasonable behaviour must ...
By Anthony Jones, Solicitor
We have seen in the media recently the hot topic of Super Injunctions. The Human Rights Act 1998 was enacted in the UK following the European Convention on Human Rights. The Act gives you a number of human rights and freedoms, which if breached, entitle you to seek appropriate redress.
Whilst I am not going to include all the rights within this particular ...
By Anthony Jones, Solicitor
We have now reached the final installment in my series of how to get the best out of your lawyer. This installment is all about being realistic. Your solicitor will try their best to ensure that you get the best outcome possible, but you need to be realistic and realise that they are only human too.
•What do you want? What you ...
By Anthony Jones, Solicitor
We now get to the penultimate post in my series on how to get the best from your lawyer. This post is about costs. People assume that any service provided by a lawyer will be expensive, but that is not necessarily the case.
Ensuring that you communicate effectively with your lawyer, (as in the first part of this series) should mean that ...
