Christmas and New Year Hours

The opening hours for the Christmas and New Year period are as follows:-

Friday 16th December: 09:00 - 16:00

Friday 23rd December: 09:00 - 16:00

THE OFFICE WILL THEN BE CLOSED UNTIL:-

Tuesday 3rd January 2012: 09:00 - 17:00

The Team at Hardmans would like to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas, and a Prosperous New Year.

New Privacy Rules

Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

On 26th May 2011, the amended Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations came into force which covers electronic marketing such as emails, faxes and text messages. There is also a change to the rules in relation to the use of Cookies on websites. New powers have been introduced for the Information Commissioner to serve monetary penalties and to investigate when the law may have been broken.

We have provided some links here which take you to the ICO website and explained more about cookies, and the new law:

• New PECR rules - what do they mean for me?
• New ICO's powers and their approach to enforcing the regulations.

Hardmans response

Hardmans will work hard to ensure our website complies with all privacy rules. We will over the next few months complete a full assessment of our website to ensure we comply with the new rules.

We do not collect personal information unless you specifically complete a contact form on our site. This form is your authority to send us your details in order for someone in our office to contact you. All information you supply to us is covered by our Data Protection Policy which is available to view on request at any time.

In the meantime, we urge you to view our Privacy Policy which explains how we use information. This policy will be updated once we have had a full assessment of our website.

Gay Wedding Show - Brighton

Hardmans Solicitors will be attending the 2011 Gay Wedding Show which is being hosted at The Grand Hotel in Brighton on 30th October 2011. The show opens at 12pm and will go on until about 4.30pm.

Hardmans feel it is important to highlight all of the areas of law which may be called upon when entering into a Civil Partnership. As everybody's situation is different, there are many things to consider, for example, making a new Will (your existing Will may be invalid after your Civil Partnership), perhaps you have been married before or been in a Civil Partnership before and need to understand what your options are so you can enter into a new Civil Partnership. You may have children and wish to have your new Partner adopt them, or you simply wish to buy a house together. Whatever your situation, we can help you every step of the way.

Hardmans Solicitors have years of experience and our expert Solicitors will be on hand at the Wedding Show to offer guidance in the next steps of your relationship.

Why not come and see us, you can even enter our draw to win a bottle of champagne, and for everyone who does come to see us at our stand, we have a small goodie bag for you to take away.

For more information about Civil Partnership advice, visit our website on www.civilpartnershipadvice.co.uk