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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B Corporation Certification
A ‘B Corporation’ is a for-profit business that publicly certifies it meets a certain standard of social and environmental accountability, performance and transparency. The certification process is...
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Top Tips: Starting a Business in the Hospitality & Leisure Sector
Now that we have regained some normality in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, business opportunities are now starting to look increasingly appealing to entrepreneurs – the hospitality and leisure industry being just one sector that has seen...
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Service Charges: Does the Cap Fit?
Landlords of shopping centres and other multi-let commercial buildings or estates will almost always retain responsibility for the repair and maintenance of the common parts and the exterior and structure of the building. In return, provisions in...
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Carrying Out Legal Due Diligence in the Leisure Industry
Due diligence is an essential component of any business purchase, particularly for hospitality and leisure businesses. It allows the buyer to obtain information relating to the business to manage the risk caused by the principal; buyer beware.
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Changing Role of Men in the Household – House husbands
During the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increase in the number of men taking on the role of a house husband. The migration of employees working from home has contributed to this, with more workforces offering flexible...
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Can Employers Be Liable for Employee’s Actions?
In the recent case of Chell v Tarmac Cement and Lime Ltd , the Court of Appeal held that the employer was not vicariously liable for an injury suffered in the workplace because of an employees practical joke. This decision is relevant to all...
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Discharging Restrictive Covenants: A Win for Developers
Potential development sites are often blighted by restrictive covenants limiting the scale or type of development. Developers will therefore welcome the outcome of the recent case of HAE Developments Ltd v Croft Ealing Ltd and others [2022] UKUT...
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File Disclosure in a Professional Negligence Claim
In a recent decision, the High Court confirmed that a firm of solicitors could not refuse to disclose its file of papers if a former client brings a professional negligence claim against the firm, even if that client owes fees to the solicitor and...
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PETs and Gifts With Reservation of Benefit (GROB)
A gift, also known as a potentially exempt transfer (PET), is a transfer of value, for example, an outright gift to an individual or a voluntary disposal of property during a person’s lifetime. The value is the loss to that person’s estate for...
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Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards 2023 - Is Your Commercial Property Ready?
The Minimum Energy Efficient Standards were introduced by the government in 2015 to improve the energy efficiency of buildings and help meet the government’s carbon emissions targets. Since April 2018, landlords have not been able to grant new...
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I Have Been Left Out of a Will – What Can I Do?
The Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants Act) 1975 Act – Can I make a claim? When somebody close to you passes away, either with or without a Will, you may be left with nothing or very little from their estate. The Inheritance...
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The Rise of Quiet Quitting
The phrase 'quiet quitting' has been trending on a range of social media sites, from Tik Tok to LinkedIn recently. There are different interpretations of what quiet quitting actually means. For some, it can mean doing the bare minimum level of work...
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