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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How Will the 2026 Changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief Affect Gifts to Younger Family Members?
Significant inheritance tax changes are coming into effect from 6 April 2026 that will affect farmers and rural business owners. The changes are in relation to the reduction of availability of Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR) in relation to Inheritance Tax payable on lifetime gifting and on death. Our...
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Navigating Christmas Parties in Hospitality and Leisure: Prevention of Sexual Harassment (‘POSH’) Duties for Employers
The festive season is often viewed as a financial highlight for many businesses in the hospitality and leisure industry, with UK consumers forecast to spend £ 12.6 billion over the Christmas period in 2025. However, for hospitality and leisure employers, the Christmas period also brings with it a heightened risk of employees experiencing sexual...
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Implementation of ECCTA Reforms: New Companies House Identity Verification Requirements Explained
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA) HAS introduced new laws to tackle economic crime and deliver a more reliable companies register to underpin business activity. Central to these changes are new identity verification (IDV) requirements and updates to the way companies maintain their internal registers, which will be...
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Navigating The Legal Process As A First-Time Buyer
Taking your first step onto the property ladder is an exciting milestone, but it can also feel overwhelming when faced with unfamiliar legal terminology and procedures. Between mortgages, surveys, and legal paperwork, it is easy to feel unsure about where to start. Our Residential Property Solicitors explain everything you need to know about...
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Myerson Advises on the Sale of Birkett Long to Knights
Myerson has advised the equity partners of Essex-based law firm Birkett Long LLP on the sale of their equitable interests to Knights Group for a total consideration of £16.6 million subject to working capital adjustments and on a cash and debt free basis. Established over 200 years ago, Birkett Long provided a broad range of services for business...
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Government Consults on Stronger Dismissal Protections for Pregnant Women and New Mothers
Earlier this year, we discussed recent data from the campaign group Pregnant Then Screwed, which revealed that approximately 74,000 women a year lose their jobs simply for being pregnant or for taking maternity leave . Research by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) found that 11% of new mothers felt forced out of their jobs, either...
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Compliance for Online Businesses Under the DMCCA
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 ( DMCCA ) came into force earlier this year on 6 April 2025 as a significant update to the UK’s consumer rights regime. Businesses that sell to consumers must ensure that they comply with the statutory requirements for consumer contracts, including the prohibition of fake reviews and other...
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Gifting Shares and Family Wealth: Legal Guidance and Protection
Many people consider how best to share their success with loved ones, from transferring property or company shares to gifting luxury items or substantial cash sums. While generosity is often well-intentioned, large gifts can have lasting legal, financial and personal consequences. In this blog, our Corporate , Residential Property and Family...
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Good Divorce Week: Promoting a Constructive Approach to Separation
Each year, Resolution promotes Good Divorce Week to raise awareness of the importance of managing separation in a constructive way. Too many families going through divorce or separation become involved in avoidable and acrimonious court proceedings. It does not have to be this way - there is a better approach. Resolution is a community of family...
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The Process for Assigning Your Commercial Property Lease
An assignment of a lease is essentially a sale or transfer of the lease to a third party. There are several circumstances when a tenant may want to assign their lease to another individual or company, for example, if they are selling their business, or they need to move to different premises before the term of the lease has ended. Our Commercial...
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Myerson Solicitors Advises on the Refinancing of Marshall’s Yard Gainsborough
Myerson has advised long-standing client Marshalls Yard Limited, a joint venture between Dransfield Properties and Prospect Estates, on the strategic refinancing of Marshall’s Yard in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, a landmark mixed-use development that has become a model for regeneration and heritage-led placemaking. The transaction was supported by...
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Inheritance Tax Changes for Farmers and Rural Businesses: What They Mean for You
Significant changes are coming to inheritance tax (IHT) that will affect farmers and rural business owners from 6 April 2026. Agricultural property relief (APR) and business property relief (BPR) are very valuable reliefs from IHT. However, in the 2024 Autumn Budget, the government announced major changes to the relief , which have sent...
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