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Osbourne Pinner UK Immigration and Family Law Solicitors in the heart of London. UK Immigration and Family Law Solicitors in East London.

We provide competitively priced legal services to our clients having Family & Immigration Issues.

Is your child, or a young person you care about, under a care order and getting close to 18?It’s a worry many parents an...
13/10/2026

Is your child, or a young person you care about, under a care order and getting close to 18?

It’s a worry many parents and carers carry quietly. Does the order simply carry on? Does the local authority keep its say?

The answer is that a care order ends automatically when the young person turns 18, unless it has already been brought to an end. It can’t be extended beyond that.

But 18 isn’t a cliff edge. Care leavers can get help from a personal adviser up to the age of 25 and many can stay with their foster carers until 21 under Staying Put. A care order can also end earlier, so it’s worth understanding your options well before the birthday arrives.

If you’re facing care proceedings or hoping to bring an order to an end, speak to a specialist early.

We offer a free 30 minute consultation with a senior solicitor. We don’t offer Legal Aid.

Full breakdown here: https://osbournepinner.com/blog/care-order-after-18/

A complicated commercial property matter can quickly spiral, especially when you're not sure who to trust to actually so...
06/10/2026

A complicated commercial property matter can quickly spiral, especially when you're not sure who to trust to actually sort it out.

That's the position this client found themselves in, before turning to our property team.

"Great property legal service. Osbourne Pinner successfully acted for me on a fairly complicated property matter, achieving an excellent outcome that I was extremely pleased with. The case was handled by solicitor Ibrar Ahmad, who was exceptional throughout, demonstrating outstanding professionalism and extensive knowledge at every stage. Ibrar managed the matter efficiently from start to finish and together with Barrister Dilwar Azad, I benefited from a highly capable legal team. I would strongly recommend Osbourne Pinner's property services." — Joynal Choudhury

Our commercial property team handles disputes like this regularly, drawing on barristers where a matter needs that extra layer of expertise, so you're never dealing with it alone. Every case gets a senior solicitor from the start, someone who knows the detail and keeps things moving.

If you're facing a commercial property dispute and want to know where you stand, we offer a free 30 minute consultation with a senior solicitor. No obligation, no cost.

Landlords have a new registration duty coming and it starts in under three months.On 9 September 2026, the government co...
29/09/2026

Landlords have a new registration duty coming and it starts in under three months.

On 9 September 2026, the government confirmed the next phase of the Renters' Rights Act. From 15 December 2026, a new national Private Rented Sector database begins rolling out region by region. Every landlord will eventually need to register each of their properties on it, with an annual fee of £65 per property.

The database isn't just paperwork. It's designed to give local councils better information to spot and act against rogue landlords and it lays the groundwork for tenants to eventually check who they're renting from before signing anything. Alongside it, rent increase disputes are moving away from the First-tier Tribunal to HMRC's Valuation Office, though the exact start date for that change hasn't been confirmed yet.

This builds directly on the Section 21 abolition from earlier this year. Together, they represent one of the biggest shifts in how the private rented sector is regulated in years and landlords who haven't started getting their paperwork and property records in order have a narrowing window to do it.

If you're a landlord unsure what this means for your properties or a tenant wanting to understand what protections are coming your way, now is a good time to get clarity.

Source: https://www.osborneclarke.com/insights/renters-rights-act-phase-2-introduces-landlord-database-and-rent-dispute-reforms-england

Not sure who to call first? 📱Whatever's going on, a divorce, a dispute with a tenant, a visa problem, a lease that's tur...
16/09/2026

Not sure who to call first? 📱

Whatever's going on, a divorce, a dispute with a tenant, a visa problem, a lease that's turned messy, you don't need to work out which specialist to chase. Call Osbourne Pinner and we'll point you to the right team from the first conversation.

We're a national firm with offices in London, Harrow and Manchester, and every matter is handled by a senior solicitor from the start. No junior handoffs, no getting lost between departments.

Not sure if it's even a legal problem yet? That's exactly what the free 30 minute consultation is for. Head to https://osbournepinner.com/ and we'll help you work out where you stand.

Did you assume your finances were sorted once your divorce came through?For most people going through it, the final orde...
08/09/2026

Did you assume your finances were sorted once your divorce came through?

For most people going through it, the final order feels like the finish line. It legally ends the marriage, so surely that's the end of it. It isn't. The final order says nothing about who keeps the house, the savings or the pension.

Court figures show why this matters. In 2025 there were roughly 110,000 divorce applications in England and Wales, but only around 47,800 financial remedy applications. Well over half of divorces finish without a legally binding financial order in place.

That gap is not a technicality. Until a financial order is sealed by the court, either former partner can bring a claim against income, property or a pension years, even decades, after the divorce is finalised. A private agreement written down between you isn't enforceable on its own. It only carries legal weight once it's turned into a consent order and approved by a judge.

If you're going through a divorce, or you finalised one a while ago without formally sorting the money, it's worth checking exactly where you stand.

Full breakdown here: https://osbournepinner.com/blog/divorcing-couples-without-financial-orders/

A BBC Panorama investigation this week has put the Child Maintenance Service back under serious pressure.The programme f...
25/08/2026

A BBC Panorama investigation this week has put the Child Maintenance Service back under serious pressure.

The programme found parents, mostly mothers, chasing thousands of pounds in unpaid maintenance, with one mother telling the BBC she had to rely on food banks after her ex-partner built up arrears of nearly £10,000. Fathers also came forward describing administrative errors at the CMS that left them distressed. The CMS's own director responded that the service has "worked pretty effectively", a response that has done little to quiet growing calls for wilful non-payment to become a criminal offence.

For now, non-payment of child maintenance isn't itself a criminal offence, but the CMS already has real enforcement powers, including deducting money directly from wages or bank accounts, liability orders, forcing the sale of a paying parent's property in serious cases or disqualifying them from a driving licence or passport. The problem this investigation points to is enforcement in practice, not a lack of legal tools on paper.

If you're the parent chasing unpaid maintenance, or a paying parent facing enforcement action you believe is unfair, it's worth understanding both what the CMS can already do and where a solicitor can move things forward faster, whether through the CMS route or a separate court application.

Trying to sort a sponsor licence and staff visas on your own can feel like an uphill battle.That's exactly the position ...
18/08/2026

Trying to sort a sponsor licence and staff visas on your own can feel like an uphill battle.

That's exactly the position this client found themselves in, before turning to our corporate immigration team.

"We worked with the corporate Immigration Team to support our Company's sponsors licence and our employees Tier 2 General visa application process. We had attempted to do this ourselves but professional guidance from Samina & her knowledgeable colleague Maria and advise took so much stress and anxiety out of the already confusing process. Thank you so much." — Martin Laker

Our business immigration team handles sponsor licence applications and skilled worker visas day in, day out. We know exactly what the Home Office expects, so nothing gets missed.

Thinking about sponsoring overseas talent, or already stuck partway through an application? Speak to us. We offer a free 30 minute consultation with a senior solicitor.

Tired of jargon instead of answers?Legal problems are stressful enough without a solicitor who talks over your head. At ...
11/08/2026

Tired of jargon instead of answers?

Legal problems are stressful enough without a solicitor who talks over your head. At Osbourne Pinner we skip the jargon and give you plain, practical advice you can actually use.

We're a national firm with offices in London, Harrow and Manchester, and every matter is handled by a senior solicitor who knows your area of law inside out. No handing you off to a junior. No guessing what happens next.

Whatever's brought you to us, from a family matter to a commercial dispute, we start with a free 30 minute consultation so you can ask your questions before committing to anything.

Head to https://osbournepinner.com/ to get started.

If you're a landlord, the no-fault eviction is now fully a thing of the past.Section 21 "no-fault" evictions were abolis...
04/08/2026

If you're a landlord, the no-fault eviction is now fully a thing of the past.

Section 21 "no-fault" evictions were abolished on 1 May 2026 under the Renters' Rights Act. For a short window after that, landlords could still enforce a Section 21 notice served before the change, but only if a possession claim reached the court by 31 July 2026. That deadline has now passed.

So where does that leave things? Any Section 21 notice that wasn't taken to court in time has now lapsed. The tenancy rolls into an assured periodic tenancy, and from here every possession claim has to go through the Section 8 grounds. That means a landlord needs a specific legal reason to seek possession, and has to evidence it.

The Section 8 route isn't a dead end. The grounds were expanded to give landlords more defined reasons to recover a property, from rent arrears to a genuine intention to sell or move back in. But it's a different process to the one many landlords were used to, and getting the ground and the notice period right matters.

If you were relying on an old Section 21 notice, or you're not sure which Section 8 ground fits your situation, it's worth getting proper advice before you serve anything.

Did you buy a business on the strength of its accounts, and now you're worried the figures were invented?It's one of tho...
28/07/2026

Did you buy a business on the strength of its accounts, and now you're worried the figures were invented?

It's one of those situations most people never expect to be in, until they are. Someone tells you something to get you into a deal, you rely on it, and later you find out it wasn't true. The question then is whether you're just stuck with it.

Often, you're not.

When a false statement is made dishonestly to pull someone into a contract, the law treats it far more seriously than an ordinary broken promise. It's called fraudulent misrepresentation, and the remedies are among the most powerful the civil courts offer. You may be able to unwind the deal entirely, recover the losses that flowed from it, or both.

It's harder to prove than other claims, because it turns on showing the other side was dishonest. But there's a protection worth knowing about: where fraud is involved, the time limit to claim doesn't necessarily start when the deal was signed. It can run from when the truth came to light. So a deception that's only just surfaced isn't automatically too late.

Our new guide walks through what fraudulent misrepresentation is, what you have to prove, the remedies available, and the practical first steps if you think you've been deceived.

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