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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Engaging Temporary Staff During Strikes
This Summer, amidst rising inflation and a cost-of-living crisis, the UK has seen a resurgence in trade union activity as disputes between employers and employees over real-term pay cuts emerge across the UK. For example, members of the RMT took part in the biggest rail strikes in 30 years in June 2022 over pay conditions and changes to working...
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Do Nothing at Your Peril, Trustees! - Previous Marriages and Life Interest Trusts
It is not unusual for people to get married, have children, get divorced and get remarried, but this can make it difficult for individuals to provide for the children from their previous marriage/s and their new spouse on death. Most married couples want to leave their estates to each other on first death and then for their combined estate to be...
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Consent to Fertility Treatment
If you are considering fertility treatment to start a family, you should get legal advice regarding the consent required for treatment before treatment starts. The law surrounding fertility treatment is complex, but we will try and simplify the main principles here. The woman who gives birth to the child is the legal mother, whether or not she...
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The Role of HR in Preventing Cyber Incidents
HR policies and procedures should be audited and updated to ensure compliance on a regular basis. This will make sure that security protocols do not become outdated and that the business is properly protected. This might include a review of data protection policies, privacy notices, IT security policies and data retention policies, data subject...
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A Guide to Derivative Claims
A derivative claim is legal action that is brought concerning a company director for a breach of duty, usually by shareholders. It can be brought if the director is believed to be negligent or has breached duty or trust. Directors of a company are legally bound by statutory duties under the Companies Act 2006 (the Act). The Act codifies certain...
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Rights as a Parent: Parental Responsibility
Parental responsibility is all the legal rights, duties, and responsibilities that a parent has in relation to a child. Those with parental responsibility have the right to make decisions in respect of a child, such as where they will go to school, where they will live, and what medical treatment they will have. Having parental responsibility is...
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Trusts Registration Service
If you are a trustee of an existing trust or if you are creating a new trust, then you need to be aware of some recent changes to trust compliance requirements. All UK “express” trusts (with certain limited exceptions) and some non-UK express trusts, taxable or not, that were in existence on or created after 6 October 2020 must register with and...
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Business debt recovery claims: Enforcement options
For any creditor engaged in a business debt recovery claim, the ultimate aim is to recover the debt owed. However, it is important to remember that obtaining a judgment or order from the court is sometimes just the first step in getting the debt paid. A court will not automatically enforce any judgment or order, and the onus is on the creditor...
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Guide To Issuing Court Proceedings
Before issuing a claim at court, in most cases, it is normally appropriate to send what is known as pre-action correspondence to the intended defendant. The contents of this pre-action correspondence are governed by the Pre-Action Protocols, which are contained in the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR). The CPR governs the conduct of all litigation in...
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Planning Breaches: Demolition of Luxury Mansions
In March 2022, five luxury mansions that were being constructed were demolished as they had been built in contravention of planning permission. After complaints were raised to the local authority in 2016, an inspector found that the properties should be torn down as they significantly deviated from their original designs. The original planning...
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A Guide to Fact Finding Hearings
There has been increasing research into and awareness of domestic abuse and the harm it causes children. When the court considers applications for child arrangements orders and the arrangements for where children live, and the time they spend with the other parent, the court must consider whether domestic abuse is raised as an issue. The court...
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Unfair Prejudice Claims and ‘Standing’
Unfair prejudice petitions (under section 994 of the Companies Act 2006) are a useful mechanism for shareholders of a company to apply to the Court to make an order that the Company's affairs are being or have been conducted in a manner unfairly prejudicial to their interests, or that an actual or proposed act of the Company is or would be...
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