The Government Help to Buy ISA (“H2B ISA”) initiative will be closing to new applicants from Saturday the 30th November 2019. The H2B ISA is available to first time buyers and can be opened with between £1-1000. The scheme allows first time buyers to then save up to £200 per month until the time the […]
Award winning law firm, Jacksons continues to grow as it recruits a number of new staff in its Stockton and Newcastle offices. Jacksons Law Firm recently increased its staff numbers in both its legal and administration departments due to a surge in new instructions received from new and existing clients in the past few months. […]
Often the most difficult part of a separation is deciding how to split your children’s time between yourselves. Child contact is unfortunately a common argument between couples when they end their relationship however Jacksons can offer guidance and assistance in relation to agreements and preferred contact. In April 2014, the Child Arrangements Programme was brought […]
We are delighted to say that Heather Snowdon, Head of Family Law, recently completed the insightful and thought-provoking Resolution Collaborative Practice Foundation Training Course, so she is now a Collaborative Practitioner. Collaborative Practice offers family clients a way to reach informed decisions on separation, whilst maintaining some control of the outcome for their family. The process […]
It seems that we currently do not go a week without reading about a high street brand or well-known company that is going through difficult times or facing the threat of administration, with Thomas Cook being the latest to fall. Further financial uncertainty and concerns that the UK might be facing another recession (not to […]
Associate Solicitor, Richard Flounders and Solicitor, Kirsty Allen join the firm as it continues to grow its numbers in the Tees Valley and Newcastle. Richard, from Hartlepool, gained his law degree whilst at Newcastle University before completing his LPC at Northumbria University. He qualified while working in a Newcastle firm ten years ago, and spent […]
Farm safety is under the spotlight as fatalities increase in the last year. Agriculture has 18 times more fatal accidents per 100,000 workers than all the other major industries with significant risks associated with working on farms and country estates. In 2018/19 there were 39 fatalities in the industry, 6 more than the previous year, […]
Award winning law firm Jacksons, has boosted one of its property departments by appointing a residential conveyancing expert to head up its new build team in Newcastle. Solicitor, Isabelle Edmondson joins Jacksons after spending three years with a Scottish law firm in the outskirts of Edinburgh. Originally from Consett, Isabelle left the North East to […]
Jacksons Law Firm is delighted to announce that they have been awarded Team of the Year, Property (Commercial) at this year’s Northern Law Awards. The firm’s property team was shortlisted earlier this year after submitting its nomination and was selected following an interview by a judging panel consisting of business leaders from the region. The team […]
Suspending Employees – Should employees be suspended when they commit acts of gross misconduct? It has become common for employees to be automatically suspended following allegations of gross misconduct, however, recent decisions including the judgment by the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Uwalaka v Southern Health Foundation NHS Trust have highlighted that more care needs to […]
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