Shazmeen is a paralegal in our Residential Conveyancing team.
Shazmeen joined Machins in August 2023 as a paralegal in the Residential Conveyancing team. She studied LLB Law graduating from Middlesex University in 2014. She followed this by studying for the LPC at London Metropolitan University graduating in 2016.
Prior to joining Machins, Shazmeen has worked in a high street firm in 2019 as a conveyancing assistant/paralegal in the Conveyancing Department assisting with freehold sales and purchases, transfers of equity, remortgage, leasehold sales, and post completion. She has also dealt with undefended divorce and drafting LPAs.
It has been widely reported this week in the mainstream media that a couple had their divorce finalised in error following a mistake by solicitors which a senior judge has refused to overturn. The couple were separated and had applied for a divorce which had reached conditional order stage of the divorce. It would appear
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Millions of employees now have the right to request flexible working to determine where and when they work. The new rights are part of the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill, which came into effect on 6 April. Flexible working is a broad term and can relate to working hours or pattern including part-time, term-time, flexi-time,
Jeremy Hunt delivered his Spring Budget on 6 March, and it will probably be his last major fiscal announcement ahead of this year’s anticipated general election. With a focus on reducing tax for the working population and helping parents, there were several announcements in the Budget that affect businesses and employees which I consider and