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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Should I Instruct a Solicitor When Entering Into a Lease?
It is not a legal requirement to use a solicitor when entering into a lease of a commercial premise ; however, it is highly recommended that you do. Your solicitor will make sure you are fully aware of the risks and your obligations. They will also be able to advise you on how to resolve any potential issues before signing the commercial lease...
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Parental Responsibility: Who Has It?
Parental Responsibility concerns the rights, duties, powers and responsibilities that a parent has by law towards a child. For example, making decisions about where a child should live and agreeing to their medical treatment. If a child's mother and father are married or in a civil partnership, both automatically have Parental Responsibility...
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Right to Work Checks Altering on 1 October 2022
A survey of 501 decision-makers in large UK businesses (more than 1,000 employees) by Xydus suggests that half of those are unready for the upcoming changes to right to work checks. Perhaps worse, more than three-quarters were unaware employers could face criminal sanctions (including imprisonment) if right to work regulations were not complied...
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What information do you need to get a copy Will or Grant?
As a preliminary point, Wills are private documents, and they retain this status until a Grant of Representation is issued by the Probate Registry. Once the Grant is available, you can download a copy of the Will from the Government’s Find a Will...
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Status of Occupation on Expiry of Lease Term
When a lease comes to an end, what should the parties do? Is the tenant still a tenant, or do they no longer have a right to occupy the premises? These questions require an analysis of the type of lease (if any) that was put in place documenting the occupation.
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Commercial Agent’s Entitlement to Pipeline Commission: Can It Be Limited or Excluded?
This article considers whether it is possible for agents and principals to seek to limit or exclude the application of the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1998 (the Regulations) to an agent’s post-termination commission entitlement - more commonly known as ‘pipeline’ commission. Most agents are now aware of their entitlements...
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Surrogacy: Route to Parenthood
Surrogacy is the process by which a child is carried through pregnancy by a woman who had entered into an arrangement with the intention that, at birth, the child and parental responsibility for the child will be transferred to another person or persons, known as the intended parent(s). Either a couple or a single person can agree to have a child...
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Manufacturing Disputes: Enforcement of UK Judgments in Ireland
The United Kingdom and Ireland enjoy a close trading relationship. The UK is one of the most important export partners for the Irish economy, with approximately 15% of Irish goods and services destined for the UK. In addition, two-thirds of Irish exporters make use of the UK land bridge to access continental markets. Consequently, it is no...
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Narcissistic Personality Disorder Causing Relationship Breakdown
It is common for spouses to cite difficulties experienced in coping with their former partner’s extreme personality traits as a reason for the breakdown of the marriage. Frequently, a former partner is labelled as having a narcissistic personality disorder.
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Will Divorce Affect My Social Life?
Though divorce may not carry the same stigma as it once did, divorce has widespread implications, not just financial ones. Divorce is rarely consensual. In most cases, one party decides to leave the marriage well before the other party has been informed that the marriage is over. That person often feels bereft; their life as they once knew it...
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What Are The Common Reasons For Family Breakdown And Divorce?
There are all sorts of reasons why a marriage or a relationship can break down, and it is important that you obtain legal advice at an early stage if you are contemplating a divorce , to obtain advice on your finances, or to agree on arrangements for the children. The divorce rate in the United Kingdom is currently estimated at 42%. Common...
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Business Debt Recovery: Top Tips For Businesses
Most, if not all, businesses, regardless of the sector in which they operate, are likely to need to pursue an unpaid business debt at some point. For most businesses, it is critical that the collection of outstanding debts is managed efficiently to assist cash flow. This blog aims to provide practical steps which businesses can take to avoid bad...
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