Myerson Celebrates Four Nominations at the Manchester Legal Awards 2026
Myerson Solicitors has been shortlisted in four categories at the Manchester Legal Awards (MLA) 2026 , one of the region’s most prestigious celebrations of legal excellence. The ceremony will take place on Thursday 2nd July at a gala event bringing together the North West legal community.
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Zurich reports 1.7 million drawdown retirees at risk without Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA)
The government scrapped the rules compelling retirees to buy an annuity, more than 345,000 are using income drawdown to fund their retirement. Yet, four in five retirees have not made a LPA to authorise a trusted person to make decisions on their behalf if they lose mental capacity and cannot make decisions themselves. A common misconception is...
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Can high heels, make-up and manicured nails be required at work?
There has been a lot of media attention over the last couple of years on the issue of dress codes at work, ranging from female receptionists being required to wear high heels, to a claim about a Muslim head scarf ban making it all the way to the European Court of Justice in Achbita v G4S Secure Solutions. The risk of provoking such problems begs...
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Structuring Residential Leasehold Development Schemes - Part 2
Our first blog in this series of blogs on ways to structure a residential leasehold development scheme focused on a developer retaining both the reversion and the management of the building. In this second blog, the focus will be on the developer who wishes to retain the reversion but wants to contract out the management and provision of services...
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New laws on itemised payslips
The Order amends the Employment Rights Act 1996 to provide all workers with a right to an itemised payslip. This will alter the current position whereby only those classified as ‘employees’ are entitled to receive a payslip. Employers will also...
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Structuring Residential Leasehold Development Schemes - Part 1
There are a number of ways in which a developer can structure a leasehold development scheme. This is relevant where a freehold building is built or converted and comprises a number of residential units that will be leased on long leases. A leasehold scheme is essential where there are common parts of the property which will need to be...
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Key practical considerations when buying a commercial property with your SIPP or SSAS
Create your SIPP or SSAS as soon as possible, you should allow 10 to 12 weeks for the SIPP or SSAS to be created first. The legalities for the property purchase process will then start after the creation of the SIPP or SSAS. The SIPP or SSAS provider will have set procedural requirements that must be complied with and this could have an impact...
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When can we have our money?
A question which often arises when dealing with taxable estates is the question of when the executors can be sure that HMRC won’t ask for more money. Sensibly, they want to know for definite before paying out all the money. Until now the question has been buried in HMRC procedural rules, but essentially the answer has been 6 months after the...
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Farmer Didn’t Want a Wife: Unmarried partner left homeless
Miss Thompson had lived with Wynford Hodge for 42 years. The couple had never married but had cohabited as a couple for this period. In previous Wills, Mr Hodge had made provision for Miss Thompson, but in his most recent Will, he left her out completely. Mr Hodge left a letter of wishes with his Will explaining that one of the reasons that he...
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Purchase of Commercial Property by a SIPP or a SSAS
The legal process for the purchase of a commercial property by a SIPP or a SSAS does not differ from the process involved when acting for a company or an individual. There are, however, a couple of specific points which we need to consider to allow the transaction to run smoothly. Connected party transactions Conflicts of interest can...
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How to comply with the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards: funding or exemption?
The MEES are a set of legal requirements that landlords must comply with to improve the energy efficiency of privately rented properties across the UK. They apply to certain private rented properties that are legally required to have an Energy Performance Certificate, both domestic and non-domestic, with leases of longer than 6 months and shorter...
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Interfering with Rights of Way
The subject of rights of way is highly complex and consequently there is a great deal of case law on the subject. Clients may be interested to note that the High Court has recently decided a curious case which has helped to further clarify exactly what is classified as substantial (and therefore actionable) interference by a land owner with an...
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