It is human nature to think “it will never happen to me”, but it is a sad fact of life that an increasing number of us may, at some point, have a loved one that may go into a residential care home or require care and support in their own home. This may be due to illness, old age or perhaps as the result of personal injury or an accident, and it often happens at the most inconvenient of times.
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Whether you’re a business owner, an expectant parent or someone looking to adopt, we can provide practical advice on how parental leave impacts you.
Today, parents and adopters have the option to choose how to share their parental leave and pay. At Giles Wilson, we can advise you and your partner on how this applies to your situation, safeguard your rights relating to your current employment status, and ensure that you are treated fairly by your employer.
As local specialists in fertility law, we can also advise on regulations that grant legal rights to couples becoming parents to a child born through a surrogacy agreement, and how these affect you.
And because parental leave can also be a tricky issue for employers, our team can offer guidance to business owners on how to best deal with requests for parental leave, as well as clarify your duty and rights.
Featured Insights
The headlines around inheritance tax following the budget were noisy on how farmers will be affected, on pension pots and on the fact that there is no rise on the nil rate band in the near future. However, in the small print there is an important change: that is the amount of interest charged on unpaid tax liabilities.
Our Managing Partner Melinda Giles helps younger listeners understand the law around someone passing away in her appearance on the Kids Law podcast.
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The expertise of our solicitors is regularly recognised by some of the profession’s most distinguished organisations. As well as being a member of a number of Law Society schemes, we have won awards at the Law Society Excellence Awards, the Halsbury Legal Awards and the Modern Law Awards.
We have also received recognition in the form of the Lexcel mark of quality, a Legal 500 listing and a place on the shortlist of The Lawyer’s Boutique Firm of the Year.
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