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2013
Report child abuse or face criminal charges if you don't, says leading child abuse lawyer
May 1, 2013One of the UK’s leading experts on child abuse, Stockport based Peter Garsden, and four further survivor charities, are petitioning Education Secretary Michael Gove to introduce a new law forcing schools, faith groups, sports bodies, the NHS, and nurseries, to inform their local authority of all allegations and incidents of suspected and known abuse.Legal aid reforms will lead to more fathers losing contact with their children
April 1, 2013QualitySolicitors warns that low-income parents may be left unable to afford necessary legal representation to secure contact rights with their children following divorce.Leading child abuse lawyer welcomes proposed shake up in child abuse investigations
March 6, 2013QualitySolicitors Abney Garsden lawyer, Peter Garsden, supports the formation of a panel to review historic sex abuse allegations.
2012
DNA released to establish dead soldier’s paternity
November 27, 2012A battle to recognise a soldier killed in a Taliban bomb attack in March as the father of a five month old Warrington baby girl has finally been won.Human rights victory to help parents unjustly jailed by CSA
October 30, 2012Two North West lawyers have won a major human rights battle at the Court of Appeal to protect parents from being unjustly jailed by the Child Support Agency (CSA).‘Supermarket fatigue’ grips UK public
October 22, 2012• More than a third of people wish stores would go back to basics
• Over 45% would swap supermarket convenience for a good local high streetLondoners offered free legal advice as part of campaign to keep solicitors local
October 19, 2012Solicitors from London branches of QualitySolicitors hit the streets of Covent Garden yesterday, offering free legal advice to the public as part of a new campaign to keep solicitors local.SMEs should prepare early for mandatory pensions to avoid costly pitfalls
September 26, 2012Mandatory pensions for all SME staff from 2014 may dent the bottom line but it needn't be a legal minefield if companies prepare early, according to QualitySolicitors.Mandatory pensions: the flexible work force should know their legal rights
September 26, 2012From 1st October 2012, all companies who employ 250 or more employees will be required by law to include all those employees in a UK pension scheme.QualitySolicitors partners with Barnardo's to launch ‘Will Week’
September 25, 2012National charity and legal group unite to promote will writing and legacy donations.Legal brands to “revolutionise” legal services
September 20, 2012Leading US and UK legal brands, LegalZoom and QualitySolicitors, partner to provide “best of both worlds” complete legal solution.Just discussing 50 Shades of Grey in the workplace could lead to disciplinary action
August 17, 2012You may not have read it but it’s unlikely you’ve been able to get through the summer without hearing something about Fifty Shades of Grey. The success of the novel has taken everyone by surprise and its graphic content has become a top water cooler conversation.Employers can say no to last minute holiday requests says QualitySolicitors
August 2, 2012With London 2012 successfully underway Craig Holt, Chief Executive of QualitySolicitors, explains your rights to getting those last minute holiday requests approved so you can follow Team GB.QualitySolicitors welcomes cutting of red tape for SMEs in new Enterprise Bill
July 18, 2012The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill published today will help SMEs reduce workplace disputes by cutting regulatory red tape, according to QualitySolicitors, the UK’s fastest growing legal brand.Increasing number of SMEs need advice on employment law
May 16, 2012Almost two thirds of SMEs seeking legal advice in the UK are concerned about terminating the employment of under-performing employees, according to a survey of 400 solicitors around the country. This particular issue topped the scale of most problematic legal challenges currently experienced by SMEs.Public hails To Kill a Mockingbird’s Atticus Finch as favourite fictional lawyer
May 1, 2012The character of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird was named as the public’s favourite fictional lawyer, according to an online YouGov survey commissioned by QualitySolicitors, the UK’s fastest growing legal brand.£15m QualitySolicitors campaign brings legal services to the high street
March 26, 2012Local law firms around England and Wales have united under the QualitySolicitors brand and launched a multi-million pound, national campaign last night designed to shake up the legal world and help make solicitors’ services more accessible to everyone.