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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Push the Button! - Is Your E-commerce Payment Button Crystal-Clear?
Many e-commerce sites use payment buttons such as " pay now ", " confirm order ," or " checkout " as a way of the customer confirming they wish to place their order. As customers have become accustomed to this practice, the essential nature of such buttons in digitally forming the contract between the customer and the trader should not be...
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Can I Relocate With My Child Abroad?
If you are separated or divorced and want to move abroad permanently with your child, you must obtain written consent from the other parent and/or any other person who has parental responsibility for the child. If the other parent will not agree to the proposed move, you could consider attending mediation. If you cannot reach an agreement at...
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Can I Stop Paying Child Maintenance if My Ex Stops Me Seeing the Kids?
Parents have a legal responsibility to provide financial support for their children even if they no longer live with or spend time with them. Often, children who have separated parents spend more or all of their time with one of their parents. The parent who has the greater amount of overnight contact with the children will be able to claim child...
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Top Tips to Avoid Potential Pitfalls in the Purchase or Sale of a Manufacturing Business
When considering the purchase or sale of any business, there are numerous matters that should be considered at the outset. The purchase or sale of a manufacturing business has some distinct issues that should be considered at an early stage of the transaction, in particular how to deal with plant and machinery and stock/inventory. We’ve set out...
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Industrial Action and Employees
Summer 2022 has seen a resurgence in trade union activity, and employees from a variety of sectors have voted in favour of or are taking in industrial action parts largely related to the cost-of-living crisis. Industrial action is any action taken by employees working in concert with each other to disrupt production in order to settle a dispute...
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Protecting Confidential Information for Manufacturers
In today’s increasingly competitive marketplace, protecting confidential information is vital for manufacturers. Failure to properly secure and protect confidential information can lead to the loss of competitive advantage and loss of business. Therefore, manufacturers must understand the law of confidence, what it protects, the duties owed by...
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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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