Blog - Cognitive Law

Nov

Eastbourne Family Solicitor marks Good Divorce Week 2020 with free family appointments

Family law professional Brigitte Shakespeare of Cognitive Law in Eastbourne is showing her support for Good Divorce Week 2020 by offering free telephone advice sessions to families later this month Good Divorce Week is an annual campaign that aims...

Nov

What makes Cognitive Law any different from any other law firm?

by Lucy Tarrant in blog

On the whole it is accepted that a law firm will deliver professional legal services, simply by virtue of being a law firm Law firms are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, and legally qualified fee earners such as Barristers,...

Nov

What laws do I need to know about when running a recruitment company?

by Lucy Tarrant in blog

Recruitment companies and the law I am often asked what laws apply to recruitment companies Or, what laws do I need to know about when running a recruitment company Much of it lies in contract and agency law, which is far too boring to blog about...

Nov

Thinking of doing business with a Japanese company? Quick guide to Japanese business etiquette

by Mayumi Hawkes in blog

The news that the UK and Japan signed a trade agreement last month is something we should celebrate more, and we should look out to see how we could benefit from it from 2021 Having been born, raised and worked in Japan up until my late twenties,...

Nov

Why bother with wellbeing?

by Claire Carson in blog

In short, stronger, healthier and more resilient employees will work smarter and ultimately produce better results When people are stressed, they might be present but they’re not necessarily contributing fully They are also less tolerant to...

Nov

Extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

by Annabel Cole in blog

As you have probably heard the Job Support Scheme, which was scheduled to come in on Sunday 1st November, has been postponed Instead, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), also known as the Furlough scheme, has been extended to the end of...

Nov

Helpful tips on funding your divorce

by Brigitte Shakespeare in blog

For many people, one of the biggest concerns they have when facing divorce proceedings is how to pay for their legal costs For some, the family finances as a whole will already be limited and any extra expenditure will exceed income; for others,...

Oct

Wellbeing at Work

by Claire Carson in blog

Mental Health continues to be a concern with cases on the rise, according to various sources Of course, Mental Health does not exist in a vacuum but is part of overall health and wellbeing From my own research there seems to be a common theme of...

Oct

Extensions made to some of the Coronavirus Corporate Insolvency Provisions

by Darren Stone in blog

Four sets of extensions were granted by the Government on 29 September 2020 to the temporary provisions introduced by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 which had been due to expire on the 30 September 2020 This will be of particular...

Sep

Change, and your world changes with you: Stand still, and you stand alone.

by Lucy Tarrant in blog

Change Some people love it, some people loathe it In my experience, lawyers are not great with it But change happens, and there is a lot of it about at the moment Whether it is working from home, reducing working hours, or even redundancy, the legal...

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