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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Parenting Arrangements in Farming Families: Balancing the Paddock and Parenthood
Parenting is never a one-size-fits-all journey, and for farming families, the landscape of raising children looks distinctly different from the suburban norm. With early mornings, seasonal demands, and the realities of rural life, parenting arrangements require a unique blend of flexibility. Our Family and Agriculture lawyers explore and explain...
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Surrogacy Law Explained: Lessons from Emmerdale’s Sarah Dingle Storyline
ITV soap Emmerdale has recently attracted attention with an emotionally charged storyline centred on 19-year-old Sarah Dingle and her wish to become a mother. Having faced life-threatening health issues, Sarah's desire to have a biological child has sparked a family-wide conversation about surrogacy, along with off-screen discussions about...
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Myerson Appoints Dora Bumber as First Head of Risk & Compliance
Myerson is pleased to announce the appointment of Dora Bumber as its new Head of Risk & Compliance. This is a newly created role as the firm continues to scale its operations and enhance its governance infrastructure. Dora joins from gunnercooke llp, where she was Senior Compliance Manager. At gunnercooke, Dora oversaw firmwide compliance...
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Knowing Your Duties as a Company Director
When appointed to the board of a company, a director has seven general duties codified under the Companies Act 2006 ( Act ) which are legal obligations owed to the company ( Duties ). These Duties are in addition to any obligations owed under the terms of a director's service agreement. The Duties have developed over time through case law, and a...
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Benefits of Using Trusts and How Trusts Are Treated on Divorce
Trusts are a well-established legal mechanism often used in wealth planning and asset protection. Whether used to protect family wealth, assist vulnerable beneficiaries, or mitigate tax liabilities, trusts offer flexibility and control over the management and distribution of assets. However, the treatment of trusts becomes more complex in the...
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Understanding the Winding-Up Petition Process
Our experienced Insolvency Lawyers explain the winding-up petition process clearly and pragmatically, helping creditors understand how to take decisive legal action when a company fails to pay its debts. Whether you're considering enforcement following non-payment or need urgent intervention to protect your position, our team offers specialist...
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Launching Smart: What Every Tech Startup Must Know
Our Technology S olicitors regularly assist tech startups by providing hands-on, bespoke legal assistance throughout the journey of the startup business to facilitate growth and innovation. At the early stages of your startup , it is vital to the success of your business to receive a solid footing and the correct legal advice from the outset...
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Webinar: Tech Contracts: Risks and Opportunities
In this comprehensive and practical webinar, Richard Meehan (Head of the Technology Sector) and Jack Diggines (Commercial Litigation Associate) from Myerson Solicitors explore the most critical legal challenges in technology contracts today. Covering everything from software licensing and SaaS agreements to liability clauses and the evolving...
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Landlord Warning: Will you have to reimburse your tenant some insurance rent?
There has been a recent landmark decision in the case of London Trocadero (2015) LLP v Picturehouse Cinemas Limited [2025], which all commercial landlords need to be aware of, as it could mean they have to reimburse their tenants some of the insurance rent that has been paid to them under their lease. Our Property Litigation Solicitors explore...
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Supreme Court Clarifies Law on Non-Matrimonial Property in Divorce: Standish v Standish (2025)
In early July, the Supreme Court provided its judgment on Standish. This high-profile financial remedies case focused on non-matrimonial property and how it can be matrimonialised, that is, become an asset of the marriage (which can be shared) rather than an asset held in isolation by one of the parties (and retained as a result). Our Family...
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Probate Fraud in the UK: Lessons from the Christine Harverson Case
The BBC’s recent investigation into the case of Christine Harverson - where two sisters expecting to inherit their aunt’s estate were abruptly displaced by a man unknown to her family - has brought a prevalent but often under reported issue into the public eye: the growing threat of will fraud and the worrying vulnerability of the UK probate...
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Myerson supports TMES Group Ltd in transition to Employee Ownership Trust
Myerson is pleased to announce that its client, TMES Group Ltd (the holding company of Team ME Services Ltd), has successfully transitioned to employee ownership via an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). The transaction completed in May 2025 and marks another significant milestone in Myerson’s growing EOT advisory practice. Established in 2017 in...
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