Moving home - our checklist
Even the best 'list writer' can get a little lost when it comes to who you need to notify when you're moving home. After spending time finding the perfect property to buy (and selling your own if you're not a first time buyer), going through the removal process and...
A step-by-step guide to buying your first home
If you're looking to enter the property market, there are a few things to be considered. It can be a confusing and sometimes daunting process, but hvaing a plan and a check list can make it so much easier. Our property team at...
Ferbrache & Farrell’s dispute resolution team features in market leading practice guide resource
Ferbrache & Farrell's dispute resolution team features in this year's edition of Market Intelligence - Dispute Resolution 2021 published by Lexology Getting The Deal Through. Read an extract chapter featuring Martin Jones...
The practicalities of family separation
It is a sad fact of life that many people have either been through a separation or divorce, or know someone who has. It is inevitably an emotional time, but with the right attitude and legal support the process can be made much...
Working from home in a post-pandemic world
As the world begins to return to some form of normality, the issue of how – and whether – to continue facilitating flexible working from home is increasingly being considered by employers. There is some evidence that employees...
Ferbrache & Farrell partner Gavin Farrell recognised by Best Lawyers
Ferbrache & Farrell partner Gavin Farrell is one of eight Guernsey Advocates recognised by Best Lawyers - a leading guide to lawyers based on peer review. Advocate Farrell is the only lawyer in the corporate category from a...
UK property: SDLT rates and market trends
Despite the government withdrawing the incentives, as we emerge from the pandemic, the English residential property market’s activity and growth are sustainable. The extended SDLT holiday (till the end of June 2021) and the...
Ferbrache & Farrell assist on first limited partnership migration out of Guernsey using new legislation
Ferbrache & Farrell were instructed in the first migration out of Guernsey of limited partnerships under the new Limited Partnerships (Migration) Regulations 2020. The structure that migrated from Guernsey consisted of a...
Leasehold flat ownership in England: when will we see an end to unsafe cladding?
It is fair to say that the cladding crisis in the UK in 2021 is an ongoing legal, financial and social emergency that has followed the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. The Grenfell tragedy has highlighted the issue of the...
Changes to the court’s powers for financial orders on divorce
The Matrimonial Causes Division of the Royal Court of Guernsey has jurisdiction to deal with applications for financial orders on divorce, as well as matters involving where the children of the marriage will live, and any...
Vaccinations and the workplace - no jab, no job?
Following the successful trials of the vaccination for Covid-19, those vaccinations are now being steadily rolled out among the general population. This gives many people hope that there is an end in sight to the global...