Top 10 Tips for Employers on the Employment Rights Act 2025 Reforms
Have you made the changes you need to comply with the reforms already in force? The Employment Rights Act 2025 is the most significant shake-up of employment law in decades, which is currently being implemented in phases. A first wave of changes is already in force (April 2026), with further major reforms expected from October 2026 and into...
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Immediate Financial Needs on Divorce or Separation
When going through a divorce or separation, your financial position will likely be one of your biggest worries. In this article, we look at different ways in which you can meet your immediate financial needs. If you have children, then child maintenance may be payable by the non-resident parent. The Child Maintenance Service has some useful...
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What Is the Difference Between Decree Nisi and Decree Absolute?
The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (DDSA 2020) came into force on 6 April 2022. The Act introduces 'no fault divorce’ in that 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 which dissolves the marriage on the ground that...
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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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