New research commissioned by SFE (Solicitors for the Elderly) and Newport legal firm Bellavia & Associates shows 81% of parents in Wales have no legal plans in place to make sure their children are looked after, should the parents die.

When solicitor Craig Shipp joined Newport law firm Bellavia & Associates just over a year ago, Covid-19 had only just started making the headlines and the nation was yet to experience lockdown.

The Westminster government estimates an eye-watering £23.4 billion worth of late invoices are currently owed to firms across Britain, impacting on businesses’ cash flow and ultimate survival.

One of the many unfortunate consequences of the 2020 Covid pandemic has been a worldwide increase in marriage and relationship breakdowns.

Here at Bellavia & Associates we have seen a considerable spike in the number of divorce cases being handled by our expert team.

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes’.

The latter has been a little questionable this year as HMRC has been somewhat benevolent during the Covid pandemic; with VAT cuts, furlough payments, grants for the self-employed and additional time to pay tax owed among its acts of apparent largesse.

Newport law firm Bellavia & Associates has added two more staff to its growing team of solicitors.

Lydia Clements and Keira Mruk have been appointed as legal assistants by the firm run by Zep Bellavia, one of Wales’ most experienced lawyers.

Irrespective of whether there is a second wave of infections – and we must all do everything we can to protect ourselves and others against the prospect – there is now a new ‘frontline’ in the Covid battle.

At Bellavia & Associates, we took the view early in lockdown that technology was the answer in order to continue to work as normally as possible and provide our usual top quality services to our clients.