Home REIT Investors: You Are Not Alone – Smooth Law Can Help If you invested in Home REIT, you are not alone in feeling concerned, uncertain, or distressed about the future of your investment. Following intervention from the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), many investors have......
Landlords: Important Changes Are Coming. Are You Prepared? Significant changes to the private rental sector are on the horizon. With the Renters’ Rights Act due to come into force in May 2026, one of the biggest shifts for landlords will be the abolition of Section......
Living With Housing Disrepair or Financial Mis-Selling? You May Be Entitled to Compensation Living in unsafe or unhealthy conditions, or suffering financial loss due to poor advice, can be stressful, frustrating, and overwhelming. Whether your landlord has failed to address serious property issues or you’ve......
Hidden Energy Commissions – You Could Be Owed Money Many UK businesses have unknowingly paid inflated energy bills due to hidden commissions added to their electricity or gas contracts. In some cases, these commissions were applied by brokers or suppliers without being properly disclosed, leaving......
Reduced insurance rates Lower auto insurance prices were promised as a result of the measures by the government and insurers. They have utterly failed to deliver so far. According to the Office for National Statistics, the cost of auto insurance has grown by 19% since......
Our client’s elderly mother was in a Merseyside Care Home and over a period of time, the client’s son and external healthcare advisors became concerned at her deteriorating physical condition. The client’s mother was admitted to hospital where she was diagnosed with a number of......
Our claimant was a passenger on a London Bus which was involved in a road traffic collision with another vehicle. Our claimant’s head was caused to hit the window of the bus resulting in a number of injuries including temporary hearing loss, tinnitus and visual......
The well-documented reforms to whiplash claims have been postponed due to the Government determining more time is needed for implementation. The litigants in person portal, which is part of the Government’s reforms to how whiplash claims are handled, has been delayed until August, the Ministry......
In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, all employees of Smooth Law will be working remotely from Wednesday 18th March. We are actively monitoring the situation, with the safety of our staff and clients being the number one priority. During this time it is business as......
Figures released last year paint a worrying picture for those who work inside the Amazon UK fulfilment centres. “It’s a jungle out there” – A well-known phrase that can be used to refer to a threatening environment where it is difficult to survive. A threatening......
The changes to the small claims limit are fast approaching. Find out here what the changes are and how they may affect you. In November 2016, after a four-month consultation, the Government proposed plans to increase the small claims limit for personal injury claims. Nearly......
150,000 have been left in limbo abroad as a massive repatriation effort commences Thomas Cook was tasked last week with finding £200 million to satisfy its lenders in regards to underwritten funds. On the morning of Monday 23rd September, Thomas Cook went into administration after......