Latest News

The High Court finds in favour of the Policyholders in the FCA Business Interruption Clauses legal case against Insurers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) the regulating body 59,000 financial services firms and financial markets in the UK, recognised early on in the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic that the controversy surrounding the business interruption...

How will a no-deal Brexit affect Cross-border Divorce

How the UK will finally leave Europe will define the way cross-border divorce cases are dealt with in the future. The spectre of a no-deal Brexit is closer than ever and the consequences will have important implications for cross-border divorce...

The Changing Face of Cross-border Dispute Resolution after Brexit

Updated 22.07.2021   On the evening of 31 December 2020, the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018 came into effect which rescinded all EU law that was currently effective in the UK with the exception of a  considerable amount of EU law that...

Giambrone's Family Law Team have successfully obtained a Substantial Settlement through Mediation

Nearly everyone understands the importance of taking legal advice and enshrining the terms of a commercial transaction in a comprehensive legal agreement. Unfortunately, when it comes to personal relationships often a verbal promise is often taken at...

The Brexit transition period ends soon, act now to start your Application for Dual Italian Citizenship

As the Brexit transition period is rapidly drawing to an end, British citizens will lose the right of trouble-free travel, work and residency in Italy.  The increasing possibility of a no-deal Brexit will further cement the obstacles for British...

The Benefits of Mediation

Mediation is increasingly the first choice as a method for resolving disputes.  Giambrone’s lawyers in the litigation team have extensive experience of successfully obtaining satisfactory conclusions for our clients in a wide range of contentious...

Legal recognition of Video Conferencing to enable a Will to be witnessed

The coronavirus crisis and the high level of fatalities have resulted in uncertainty and concern leaving many people recognising the urgent need to make a will.  The significant restrictions of lockdown including social distancing and shielding...

Whistleblowers highlight the Firms forcing Employees to work whilst on Furlough

As the measures the government took to assist businesses at the height of the coronavirus crisis are slowly being phased out and furloughed employees are being brought back into the workplace, it has been discovered that approximately six million of the 9.4...

A Pre-nuptial Agreement could avoid costly Legal Battles after Divorce

Pre-nuptial agreements in various forms have been in existence in certain countries since ancient times. In modern times they have been widely acknowledged as valid across a number of European countries as well as in Canada, Australia and the USA. ...

What can be done if your Reputation has been Attacked

A reputation is hard to win and easy to lose. Information travels fast, there is now a situation which has been created where, to paraphrase Shakespeare, information can go around the world in forty minutes. The span and online presence of social...

When Banter turns to Bullying in the Workplace

A large number of employers have the challenges of rebuilding the business after the coronavirus lockdown and others also have to ensure that they have a plan to navigate the possibility of a no-deal Brexit. The last thing that is needed is an...

Help with creating a Family - make sure all Parties understand the Arrangement

The judgment in the High Court made by Mrs. Justice Theis with regard to a sperm donor’s battle to be permitted to contact his six-year-old daughter illustrates the vital importance of taking the trouble to have a legal agreement drafted and agreed...

Surviving the Perfect Storm of Brexit and the impact of Coronavirus

It is predicted that Britain will fall into recession this week. The threat of recession, and it is difficult to see how a significant recession can be avoided in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, is not a new experience. Britain and Europe face the...

Italy widens criminal corporate liability with a new Decree No. 75 to harmonise with the EU

The Italian government issued a Legislative Decree No. 75 on 15 July 2020 in order to implement EU Directive 2017/1371, also known as the PIF Directive which is intended to support the ongoing harmonisation of the EU Member States’ criminal...

What will happen at the EU and UK borders after December 2020

British businesses doing business in Europe must now finalise their preparations for the final phase of Brexit at the same time as managing the wide-ranging effects of the coronavirus pandemic. In light of the fact that the negotiations between Britain and...

Non-disclosure Agreements and Confidentiality Clauses

Non-disclosure agreements (NDA) are used to seal the lips across a range of situations in nearly all industry sectors. Organisations, particularly the many industry sectors that depend on constant innovation and new developments, need to ensure that their...

If you would like to live in Italy the Visa route may be best

If you would like to live in Italy but do not have any of the required criteria that grants dual nationality it still is possible to gain the right to live in Italy.  There are several options available; as Britain has left the EU some paths to...

Who gets the Pet in Divorce?

The immense disruption divorce brings with it is often caused by such issues as the separation of assets and the custody of any children of the marriage and is one of the most challenging things that a couple can go through. Increasingly another aspect...

The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 - the long waited No-Fault Divorce

Royal assent was granted to the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill on 25 June 2020 heralding the hotly anticipated “no-fault divorce”. Whilst the Act is unlikely to come into force before Autumn 2021, at the earliest, it is...

Help with Medical Negligence Compensation Claims Abroad

Irrespective of where you are in the world the expectation of the duty of care owed by medical professionals to their patients should be to the highest standards and consistent. The current coronavirus crisis has sharpened the awareness of medical risk in...
  • Page 27 of 48