Timms Solicitors, Author at Timms Solicitors

What is a PLO and What Can I Expect?

3 minute read

10 Jun - 2024

A PLO meeting is often referred to as a Public Law Outline or a Pre-Proceedings Meeting. The purpose is to consider what needs to be done to protect a child...

Care Planning within Care Proceedings

By Timms Solicitors

2 minute read

Family, Care and Divorce

10 Jun - 2024

When a child is made the subject of an Interim Care Order, the Local Authority has a duty to compile a Care Plan. This plan is shared with the child’s parents and sets out how the Local Authority will meet its legal obligation to provide a reasonable standard of care to the child.

My Social Worker Says Things I Don’t Understand...Pre-proceedings

By Timms Solicitors

4 minute read

Family, Care and Divorce

04 Jun - 2024

Following on from a previous blog, Timms Family Law expert, discusses common terms that are used during pre-proceedings...

Suspected Child Abuse- What Happens Next?

By Timms Solicitors

4 minute read

Family, Care and Divorce

29 May - 2024

Following on from a previous blog 'What Is Child Abuse', Timms Family Law expert discusses what to do if you suspect a child is being abused..

What Is A Parenting Assessment?

By Timms Solicitors

3 minute read

Family, Care and Divorce

29 May - 2024

'What is a parenting assessment?' Timms' Family Law Solicitor discusses in their latest blog...

Gender Recognition Act: What Happens If A Beneficiary In A Will Changes Gender?

By Timms Solicitors

2 minute read

Wills and Probate

29 May - 2024

The Gender Recognition Act 2004 came into force on 4th April 2005 and enables people to obtain a Gender Recognition Certificate and change their legal gender in the UK.

What Are Quarter Days & Why Do We Use Them?

By Timms Solicitors

5 minute read

Commercial

24 May - 2024

In British and Irish tradition, the quarter days were the four dates in each year on which servants were hired, school terms started, and rents were due. They fell on four religious festivals roughly three months apart and close to the two solstices and two equinoxes.