A website has recently been set up to help families and close friends having problems visiting a loved one who is autistic and/or has learning…
Lucille Macleod16th October 2020
Southerns Solicitors is seeking to recruit a legal secretary to join our highly successful mental health department based at our Cooper House office on Hargreaves…
Lucille Macleod7th September 2020
New guidance has recently been published by the NHS to help safely discharge patients into the appropriate setting as services start up again. The document…
Lucille Macleod26th August 2020
Wills that have been witnessed by video-link are to be legalised following huge changes in probate legislation that are soon to be introduced by the…
Lucille Macleod18th August 2020
The full implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards (the LPS) has been delayed until April 2022 after the government accepted that its planned October 2020…
Lucille Macleod17th July 2020
A female disabled renter successfully challenged an estate agent’s ‘No DSS’ policy on grounds it indirectly discriminated against her because of her sex and disability.…
Lucille Macleod17th July 2020
We are excited to announce that we are using this time to extend, modernise and refurbish our offices for the benefit of all of our…
Lucille Macleod14th July 2020
The public law team at Southerns has shown true dedication and resilience throughout the covid-19 pandemic to date, building on the firm’s already well established…
Lucille Macleod1st July 2020
The health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has overhauled the government’s previous approach to determining ordinary residence in Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) aftercare.…
Lucille Macleod30th June 2020
Our very own accounts assistant, Nathan Heywood, will be walking from Burnley to Chester Zoo over two legs on July 18th and July 25th in…
Lucille Macleod30th June 2020
The Courts have recruited extra staff to deal with the expected rise in Probate applications as a direct result of the Covid 19 pandemic. The…
Lucille Macleod30th June 2020
