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1 February 2012
Mediation magic can mend your relationship for Marriage Week
Spring is traditionally a time for weddings but January and early February has earned a reputation for the best time to start divorce proceedings once the Christmas festivities are out of the way. But as Marriage Week gets underway in the UK (7-14 February) Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP is urging couples (in the best traditions of Mr & Mrs) to ‘be nice to each other’ and even if a split is on the cards and to consider mediation over courtroom conflict.
17 January 2012
Boundary disputes with squatters can hit homeowners for six
A sluggish housing market with sky high prices to buy or rent has led to a growth in the home improvements market on the one hand and squatting on the other.
16 January 2012
Freefall turns into windfall and delivers happy landings for skydiver Sean
There was a welcome New Year windfall for local fundraiser Sean Kelley, when he dropped into Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP in Rotherham this week to collect a cheque for £260 for Victim Support following his successful charity skydive at the end of last year.
19 December 2011
Sobering news for businesses in 2012
As local business begins the countdown to the Christmas break, Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP is taking this opportunity to remind local employers to prepare themselves for government changes set for introduction over the coming year.
14 December 2011
Oxley & Coward secure Lexcel accreditation
Oxley & Coward solicitors LLP in Rotherham has now had its status as a Lexcel accredited firm confirmed – so now boasts the premier practice management standard from The Law Society.
29 November 2011
Are family assets a Lottery?
Rotherham’s Oxley & Coward solicitors LLP says that family finance is still fraught with pitfalls when it comes to divorce in the wake of recent conflicting decisions on the division of matrimonial assets.
18 November 2011
Don’t try legal DIY
Leading Rotherham solicitors Oxley & Coward LLP spend a great deal of time urging people to make proper provision for their estate and is currently advising everyone that while it is possible to apply for probate and deal with an estate without seeking a lawyer’s advice, such an approach, while intrinsically appealing, is not without risk.
7 November 2011
Get your head out of the clouds and protect electronic assets
Recent research shows nearly half of adults in Britain now own internet hosted assets; as Rotherham’s Oxley & Coward solicitors LLP advise, such assets must be securely passed on in a Will, or you risk them falling into a black hole - or worse - falling into the hands of fraudsters.
20 October 2011
Social media mistakes bring employees to Facebook?
The latest changes to unfair dismissal rights, designed to help employers deal with spurious claims and ease the burden on business may not have the desired effect.
3 October 2011
Joshua blows Keolia’s trumpet with a little help from Oxley & Coward
When looking to start his own Internet Service Provider (ISP) business, 16 year old local entrepreneur Joshua Walker together with his classmate and now colleague Samuel Sheldrick decided to get some business start up advice; they turned to Rotherham’s Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP for some guidance on putting their business on firm foundations.
30 September 2011
Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP secures Law Society’s new quality mark
Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP in Rotherham has secured membership to the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme - the mark of excellence for the home buying process.
16 September 2011
Watertight contracts will spring a leak unless they are realistic
Seemingly watertight contacts could have sprung a leak this week, as a new ruling shows that employers who try to evade minimum wage and other regulations through employee contracts could find themselves facing a flood of complaints.
23 August 2011
Parachute payment gives sponsored skydiver a lift
Rotherham based Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP is giving local 24 year-old charity volunteer and self confessed ‘adrenaline junkie’ Sean Kelly a financial windfall as he prepares to take on the challenge of a 12,000ft skydive on 11 September in aid of national charity Victim Support, thanks to Oxley & Coward sponsoring the £260 cost of the big jump.
15 August 2011
Can bothersome building work be harassment?
An Englishman’s home may be his castle as the saying goes and now there is a new weapon in the armoury to combat the proverbial ‘neighbours from hell’ when it comes to building works. Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP in Rotherham say that a new case from the Court of Appeals shows that home owners whose building work can be shown to torment their neighbours could find themselves in court for harassment.
28 July 2011
Bring home the bacon in Rotherham with business networking breakfasts
Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP in partnership with HSBC’s local team in Rotherham is hosting a second Business Breakfast on August 4 – a networking event open to local business people.
15 July 2011
Words must be weighed and not counted
As the Mad Hatter told Alice, saying what you mean and meaning what you say are not the same at all and businesses need to be careful when drawing up documents like contracts of employment, to ensure that key words are clearly defined in the document itself.
12 July 2011
Oxley & Coward and Rosemary Rodgers in bionic effort to combat industrial deafness
Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP has long campaigned on behalf of those suffering from industrial deafness and is continuing this work by inviting the Bionic Ear Show from national charity Deafness Research UK to the Carlton Park Hotel in Rotherham.
7 July 2011
National experts join forces to fight deafness in South Yorkshire
Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP has long campaigned on behalf of those suffering from industrial deafness and is continuing this work by inviting the Bionic Ear Show from national charity Deafness Research UK to the Carlton Park Hotel in Rotherham on 15 July.
24 June 2011
Howzat! Local cricket team bowled over by support from Oxley & Coward
Leading local law firm Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP has renewed its shirt sponsorship with Whiston Parish Church Cricket Club.
21 June 2011
Local solicitor says don’t be ‘tempted’ to scrimp on temp workers’ rights
Businesses need to prepare to deal with new regulations controlling the rights and benefits temporary workers are entitled too, says Rotherham’s Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP.
16 June 2011
Web law closing in on local businesses
With everyone talking about privacy laws and the need for Parliament to legislate for the problems raised by the new online communities such as Twitter, online privacy has never before seen such scrutiny.
7 June 2011
Fake your will at your peril
As people digest the extraordinary story of a woman found guilty of faking the Will of her late lover when she discovered his divorce had never been finalised, local solicitor Oxley & Coward LLP is advising people to resist the temptation to ‘cook up’ a fake Will, as you are more likely to receive a fair settlement from good legal advice, rather than taking the law into your own hands.
1 June 2011
OXLEY & COWARD TEAMS UP WITH ST JOHN AMBULANCE
Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP of Rotherham, South Yorkshire have started the summer in a positive mood after successfully tendering for a prestigious new contract for the provision of Commercial Property Legal Services with the nation’s most respected first aid organisation, St John Ambulance.
22 April 2011
Employees have rights, even when a company is insolvent
Companies entering so-called pre-pack administration arrangements will still have to deal with TUPE rights (Transfer of Undertakings – Protection of Employment) for employees, says Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP of Rotherham.
20 April 2011
Failure to consult with tenants can result in landlords paying the price
Landlords who fail to consult with their flat owners before carrying out works cannot expect help from the courts if the tenants refuse to contribute to the expense.
15 April 2011
'‘Big Society’ hits Rotherham in form of Business networking breakfasts
The much talked about and misunderstood concept of Big Society received a boost last week in the form of a business networking event made possible by Oxley & Coward Solicitors in partnership with HSBC’s local team in Rotherham.
11 March 2011
Local solicitor supports national charity in quest to combat deafness
Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP of Rotherham is supporting national charity Deafness Research UK by providing an educational grant to enable the country’s leading medical research charity to design and print vital information leaflets, providing much needed advice for the public on hearing loss.
1 March 2011
Beer we go as solicitors sponsor Rotherham Real Ale Festival
It’s beer we go again as Rotherham’s Oakwood Beer Festival opens its doors this week with a new name in a new venue, but with one regular sponsor in the shape of Oxley and Coward Solicitors LLP returning to refresh the parts other solicitors cannot reach.
9 February 2011
Is bad debt killing your business?
In times when profits are being squeezed, cash flow becomes all the more important, especially to small, owner-managed businesses and for this reason, Rotherham's Oxley & Coward solicitors have a few tips for keeping the cash flow flowing and delivering business from debts in the form of late payment.
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