by Charles Millett
22 February 2024
Official menopause guidance issued to employers
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has issued guidance to employers in order to clarify their legal obligations towards their workers who are going through the menopause. Consideration was given at parliamentary level last year as to whether the menopause should be given a special status under employment law, such as automatically qualifying as […]
3 January 2024
Morecrofts have promoted five of its senior team to partner
Senior associates Carly Philp, Michael Lamb, Eleanor Cockrell, Rhea Munro and Peter Pownall all become partners in the firm from 1 January 2024. Eleanor Cockrell and Rhea Munro are members of our award-winning family law team, which has a higher number of solicitors on the Law Society Children Law accreditation scheme than any law firm […]
14 December 2023
Morecrofts mark a decade in Allerton
This year, we are celebrating the tenth anniversary of our office in Allerton. Since opening in 2013, the office has doubled in size and now accommodates up to 15 lawyers and support staff working across a range of legal matters including property conveyancing, family and employment law. During its first decade, staff at the Allerton […]
6 March 2023
Widening of Legal Aid Eligibility for Domestic Abuse Applicants
As of Friday 3rd March 2023, domestic abuse applicants no longer need to see their GP in person to obtain supporting evidence for their Legal Aid application – a telephone or video consultation will suffice. As a law firm who specialise in domestic abuse, we are all too familiar with the dreaded evidence requirements we are required […]
by Aaron Ocquaye
17 December 2021
Landlord Licensing Scheme
Liverpool City Council have recently announced the revival of the Selective Licensing Scheme for private landlords in the Liverpool City Region. The scheme will cover 18 wards in the Liverpool City Region, namely Anfield; Central; County; Everton; Fazakerley; Greenbank; Kensington & Fairfield; Kirkdale; Old Swan; Picton; Princes Park; Riverside; St Michael’s; Tuebrook & Stoneycroft; Warbreck; […]
13 December 2019
NEWS: The Domestic Abuse Conference returns to Liverpool in March 2020
The Domestic Abuse Conference 2020 The conference will take place at The Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2 St Nicholas Place, Liverpool L3 1QW, on Thursday 5th March from 9.00am – 5.00pm. This full day multi-agency conference will educate, inform and inspire delegates as well as provide insight into a cross section of professional practices relating to […]
30 October 2018
Morecrofts invests in Knowsley with new Prescot office
We are delighted to announce that we are opening a new office in Prescot town centre. The new space on Warrington Road, adjacent to Prescot Town Hall, will offer our full range of award-winning legal services, including family law, conveyancing, employment and commercial law.We are due to open the doors to our new office in […]
9 February 2018
Lasting Power of Attorney – refund of fees
The Government has launched a scheme to enable people in England and Wales to claim back excessive fees which they paid to the Office of the Public Guardian (“OPG”) for Lasting Power of Attorney and Enduring Powers of Attorney application. The OPG refund scheme is for fees payments made between 1st April 2013 and the […]
