I have continued working in a number of areas including Non Molestation Order applications, Occupation Order applications, and Public and Private Law Children applications from Lewis Rodgers offices in Winsford and Macclesfield, Cheshire. As my Training Contract has progressed I have encountered various forms of new information. This includes: historical records and allegations, agreements regarding…
Happy New Year from Lewis Rodgers! The start of 2012 has definitely been busy. I have continued working in a number of areas including Non Molestation Order applications, Occupation Order applications, and Public and Private Law Children applications. I have visited court multiple times over the past two weeks. I assisted Counsel in a Public…
It is becoming a more common occurrence for individuals to be asked to voluntarily attend their local police station for an interview. Despite how informal this invitation may sound it is an interview, therefore this request is likely to relate to a possible involvement in an offence and anything you may say to the police…
I have continued to be involved in a wide variety of work these last two weeks including Domestic Violence applications, Injunction matters, Children matters and Conveyancing. I have also visited court to assist Counsel at a contested Finding of Fact Hearing. This hearing was very interesting as the one party was acting as a litigant…
Legal Aid Update from Lewis Rodgers Solicitors There are hopes that the government will make changes to a few of its legal aid reforms after peers have expressed strong disapproval during the second reading of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill. It has been reported in the Law Society Gazette that justice secretary…
I have been doing a wide variety of work these last two weeks including Domestic Violence applications, Injunction Matters and Children Matters. I have also visited court to assist Counsel and observe family proceedings as well as making my own applications for ex parte Non Molestation Orders, Prohibited Steps and Residence Orders and an application…
I have been doing a wide variety of work these last two weeks including Domestic Violence applications, Conveyancing Matters, Divorce Matters, billing, and blogging too! I have also visited court and observed family proceedings as well as making my own applications for an ex parte Non Molestation Order, an ex parte Prohibited Steps Order and…
Another two weeks in to my Training Contract and what a busy two weeks to report on! Time has been going very quickly and it’s hard to believe I have completed a month of my Training Contract already. I have continued to sit in on appointments with Jason Lewis and I have therefore been involved…
A Guide to Legal Aid from Lewis Rodgers Solicitors What is Legal Aid? The goverment provides funding to enable everyone access to legal advise and reprentaion and a chance at a fair hearing without there being risk of social eclusion or bias. As a legal aid specialist and having provided this service to the local…
Children’s Minister Sarah Teather has said that free parenting classes are to be trialled for two years for all parents withchildren under the age of six in Middlesbrough, High Peak and Camden. Parents with children under the age of six in this area will be offered vouchers for the classes from mid 2012. The classes…
