The residential property department at Fraser Brown has been shortlisted as finalists for two categories in the 2014 Law Firm Services Conveyancing Awards.

The government has announced that the Presumption of Death Act 2013 will come into force on 1 October 2014.

The government have given recommendations that aim to ensure businesses and customers get a better deal from failing companies.

From 30 June 2014, fees have been introduced for people applying to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS).

The new Flexible Working Regulations 2014 officially come into force today, 30 June.

On 13 June, the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 came into force

Fraser Brown’s commercial property and licensing departments have recently worked with Matt Saunders, founder of the Fat Cat chain of bars on his latest venture.

With help from the licensing department at Fraser Brown, a hotel in Nottingham city centre has been granted later hours, additional rooms have been licensed and 9 pages of conditions and restrictions have been removed from the licence.

Moving house is generally accepted to be one of the top five most stressful events we can experience - but millions of us do so.

A recent case has seen the European Court of Justice (ECJ) consider whether a deceased worker was entitled to a payment in lieu of untaken holiday.

A significant change is set to take place regarding hourly rates charged by law firms undertaking litigation work.

Any gambling operators that transact with or advertise to British consumers will now need to have a licence. This also applies to remote gambling which is advertised through a British facing business.