Employment Rights Act 2025: Key Changes and What Employers Need to Know as Reforms Take Effect
The Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025) received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025. It amends the law relating to employment rights to enhance employee protections, bringing major changes throughout 2026 and 2027. With key provisions now in force and further reforms due to take effect throughout 2026 and 2027, our Employment Lawyers outline the...
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What Can You Do If Your Tenant Fails To Pay The Service Charge?
If a tenant fails to pay their service charge then this can have a huge effect on the landlord or management company, particularly if they have already incurred the costs. Therefore, it is important to take action quickly if there are arrears. If a tenant fails to pay their service charges then the landlord or management company could: Obtain a...
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My Tenant Failed to Make Payments Under the Terms of the Lease. Can I Pursue a Former Tenant, Guarantor, or Tenant?
If you are a landlord of commercial premises and your tenant has failed to make a payment due under the terms of the lease; such as rent, insurance or service charge then in addition to pursuing your tenant for non-payment, you may also be able to pursue a former tenant or former guarantor as well as any existing guarantor to recover the sums...
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Keeping your Contact Details up to date with the Land Registry
Although it may not be high on your list of priorities, it is very important for property clients to keep their contact details up to date with the Land Registry. The Land Registry does not know when you move house or change office address unless you tell them, and if they need to contact you, they will attempt to do so at the address originally...
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Extensions of Time and COVID-19
We are currently receiving a large volume of enquiries in relation to the impact the Coronavirus is having on construction projects. One of the key issues relates to whether there is an entitlement to an extension of time to the completion date and or the recovery of loss and expense. A construction contract would usually expressly state that a...
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Property Protection Trust Wills
Firstly, a Trust is a legal vehicle where the ownership of the asset or assets is separated from the person or persons who will benefit from the assets. The legal owner is called the "Trustee", and the person who benefits from the asset is called the "Beneficiary". The Trust itself is the terms on which the Trustee holds the assets for the...
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Residential Service Charges- Is Your Demand Valid?
The overriding principle when considering residential service charges are: A landlord or management company is not obliged to provide any service which are not expressly set out in the lease; and A landlord or management company cannot raise a service charge demand and the tenant is not obliged to pay for anything that is not covered in the...
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New Guidance To Help Prevent Harassment In The Workplace
Harassment can occur in many different forms and can include facial expressions, mimicry, pranks or graffiti. Victimisation can occur when a worker is treated badly because they have complained about harassment. Both are unlawful as a result of the Equality Act 2010. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have issued new guidance to give...
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Investors’ Relief – What Is It And How Does It Work?
We recently published a blog about various established government-backed, tax benefit schemes open to investors, namely the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS). An alternative scheme which is open to investors, and which also offers attractive but different tax benefits, is Investors’ Relief ( IR...
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Joint Ownership in Copyright
The Court of Appeal’s recent decision in the case of Kogan v Martin and others [2019] EWCA Civ 164 has provided some welcome guidance on the law relating to joint ownership of copyright works. Background to the case This case concerned a dispute over who were the authors of a screenplay about the life of Florence Foster Jenkins ( FFJ ). FFJ...
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SEIS and EIS for Start-ups – Getting it right
Raising capital is an important, but often daunting and difficult, task for entrepreneurs who are just starting out in a new business venture. Private investment can be an effective alternative way of raising capital than debt and businesses can benefit from not only the investor’s money, but also their expertise. However, private investors can...
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Top 10 Tips for Business Start-ups
Setting up your own business can be exciting and daunting all at the same time. With so many initial considerations, it can all seem a little overwhelming, and that’s before you get to the legal documentation. We’ve set out our top tips which cut out the legal jargon, getting to the heart of the legal issues new start-ups should consider...
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Myerson Shortlisted For Three Prestigious Business Masters Awards 2020
The shortlist for the Business Masters Awards 2020 have been revealed and Myerson have been shortlisted for not one, but THREE prestigious awards. Myerson Solicitors have been shortlisted for categories; Property Business, Professional Services and the Large Business Award . The firm will be competing alongside strong competition including...
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