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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Collateral Warranties on Construction Projects
In this article, we consider collateral warranties, which are often used on construction projects, and we explain what they are, why they may be required, some alternatives to collateral warranties (such as third-party rights) and which parties are likely to give and receive collateral warranties.
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Prenuptial Agreements: Not Just for the Rich and Famous
Prenuptial agreement It is a common misconception that prenuptial agreements are for the very wealthy. However, prenuptial agreements should be used in every case where one party wishes to protect their pre-marital (or even expected) wealth. In England and Wales, prenuptial agreements are not strictly binding in the event of a divorce, but the...
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What Are the Grounds for Divorce?
A divorce cannot be applied for until a couple has been married for at least one year. Currently, in England & Wales, it is not possible to obtain a divorce immediately without alleging that the other spouse is at fault ( due to adultery or unreasonable behaviour). The person who starts proceedings (the ‘petitioner’) must prove the one and only...
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The Rise of Dark Stores and Dark Kitchens
The terms ‘dark stores’ and ‘dark kitchens’ may be new concepts to some. However, there are some rapidly expanding household names operating dark stores and dark kitchens around the UK, and it is unlikely that the concepts will have gone unnoticed by keen property investors looking for new opportunities. What are dark stores and dark kitchens...
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Flexible Commercial Leases
A shift in favour of flexibility The length of commercial leases have become shorter over the past decade in the UK property market, and a typical commercial lease is now just five years long. Market uncertainties and growing demand for flexibility have been the driver behind these shorter lease terms. Why are flexible commercial leases...
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Top Tips for Employers Within the Manufacturing Sector
Challenges within the manufacturing sector Off the back of the Covid-19 Pandemic and Brexit, the manufacturing sector is currently facing immense challenges, including recruitment and resource shortages. Manufacturing businesses rely on seamless supply and customer chains. From an employment law point of view, employers in the sector must...
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No-Fault Divorce: Ending the Blame Game
Ministers announced on 7th June 2021 that the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 would come into force on 6th April 2022. No-Fault Divorce The Act introduces no-fault divorce as it removes the requirement to establish a fact as to the reason for the divorce and allows either or both parties to a marriage to apply for a divorce order...
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Brand Protection Top Tips for the Hospitality and Leisure Sector
Brand protection Brand protection is vital for all hospitality and leisure businesses, no matter how new, old or well-known the business is. A strong brand helps a business to distinguish itself from its competitors, and it adds value to the business by enhancing consumer awareness and improving customer loyalty. This is particularly important in...
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Revocation of a Will
When a person has made a valid Will and wishes to cancel it, the law stated in section 20 of The Wills Act 1837; a Will can only be invalidated in three ways: marriage or civil partnership, making a new Will or Codicil, or by destruction (tear, burn, cancel, deface, obliterate or destroy). The term used is ‘ Revocation ’. Revocation of a Will...
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Common Excuses for Late Payment of Debts and How to Deal With Them
Dealing with excuses for late payments Most, if not all, businesses, regardless of the sector in which they operate, are likely to need to pursue an unpaid debt at some time. For most businesses, the collection of outstanding debts must be managed efficiently to assist cash flow. In this blog, we reveal the most common excuses for late-payments...
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Crane Oversail Licences
Freehold ownership of land usually includes the air space above that land. When a contractor needs to bring a tower crane onto a site in order to carry out works, it needs to consider whether the jib (the horizontal arm) of its crane will need to swing over or 'oversail' any adjacent land that does not belong to the developer. If so, the...
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How Can I Sign A Contract Transfer Deed If I Am Abroad?
There has been a substantial shift in the way that business is carried out in a virtual world following the peak of the pandemic last year. When the pandemic hit and once the property market opened up again, questions were raised as to how deeds could be witnessed and paperwork completed when strict lockdown rules remained in place. Mercury...
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