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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Charlotte Tilbury Wins Copyright Battle Against Aldi
In a recent High Court decision, makeup artist to the stars Charlotte Tilbury (CT) has been successful in a copyright claim against the budget supermarket Aldi. The claim related to makeup palettes. It was CT’s case that Aldi had started selling a replica of her famous Filmstar Bronze and Glow Palette. CT’s Palette had been on public sale for...
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What does the new Electronic Communications Code mean for landowners?
The Electronic Communications Code (“ECC”) came into force on 28 December 2017 and promised to change the dynamics in the relationship between landowners and the providers of electronic communications services (operators). The aim of the ECC was to provide operators with greater flexibility and increased rights to install apparatus in, over, and...
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Can an employer be liable for the social media activity of its staff?
In the age of social media, it is increasingly easy for the line between personal and professional life to become blurred. Where an employee makes an offensive post on an apparently private social media account, you would be forgiven for assuming that it is not the employer’s responsibility and it cannot be held liable for any wrongdoing...
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Rights of Minority Shareholders
If you are a minority shareholder (with less than 50% of the shares of a company), you may sometimes struggle to have your business interests heard and to have these taken into account when key decisions are being made regarding the company’s strategic direction. It is, therefore, important to understand and defend your legal rights as a...
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Secret Trusts
A person’s last Will and Testament becomes a public document once probate has been granted. The Wills Act 1837 is an anti-fraud device to make sure a Will is genuine by complying with certain formality requirements. Section 9 of the Act outlines that a valid Will should be: In writing; Signed by the testator with intention; The signature is made...
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What if an employee hides their disability?
For most disability discrimination claims, an employee must show that the employer was aware of their disability. If an employer is dealing with an employee who withholds information about their medical condition, you would be forgiven for thinking that the employer could not then have the necessary knowledge of their disability. However...
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Why do I need a Professional Trustee?
In principle, any person can be a trustee except an individual under 18 years of age. Your trustee should be somebody who you can, literally, trust to manage the trust in the best interests of the beneficiaries. Different types of trustee offer different advantages. The options are: An individual trustee, eg. someone who knows you and your family...
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Why do I need a Professional Attorney?
There are different types of power of attorney for different circumstances. Ordinary powers of attorney give someone the authority to make decisions or take actions about your finances while you still have mental capacity. Enduring powers of attorney were repealed on 1 October 2007, so it is no longer possible to make a new one but any created...
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The ABC’s of alphabet shares
Alphabet shares are common in owner-managed businesses (OMBs) and small and medium enterprises (SMEs). They are beneficial to the initial shareholders for a variety of reasons, including preserving control, tax planning and allowing flexibility in the day to day management of a company. Shares can be split into classes. The most common classes...
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How can Professional Executors protect your interests?
When a person dies, it is necessary to identify who has the authority to deal with the deceased's affairs which comprise all the deceased's property and their finances (the deceased's estate ) and obtain a grant of representation to administer the estate. This person is referred to as the personal representative . Where the deceased left a will...
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The Definitive Guide To Vacant Possession
Vacant possession is a term heard repeatedly in real estate. Under landlord and tenant law, sale and purchase of freehold property, and property development, most property contracts will include a requirement for vacant possession. But what does this term mean? And, if the vacant possession term is breached, are there legal remedies available? In...
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Entrepreneur’s Relief: Stephen Warshaw v HMRC
Entrepreneur’s relief (ER) enables individuals to qualify for a lower rate of 10% for capital gains tax arising on a sale of shares, subject to certain requirements. One of the key requirement for shareholders to benefit from ER is that they have owned 5% of the ‘ordinary share capital of the company’ for two years. Ordinary share capital is...
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