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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Business Debt Recovery - Alternative Dispute Resolution
Alternative Dispute Resolution As we set out in our previous debt recovery blog , businesses that are trying to recover debts must comply with the Practice Direction on Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols, which is contained in the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR). The Practice Direction sets out that litigation should be a last resort and that the...
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Online Keyword Searches, Adwords and Trademark Infringement
This article discusses the law of Trademark and the interplay with keyword searches and GoogleAds / AdWords advertising campaigns. E-Commerce and the Manufacturing Industry E-Commerce is booming, with many businesses moving towards digital channels to sell and promote services/products to customers. The UK has one of the most advanced...
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Interference With Rights of Way: Skene V Braveheart Hotels Ltd
Skene v Braveheart Hotels Ltd This case concerned a dispute over land known as 'Fouracres', owned by Mr Donald Skene, which benefitted from a right of vehicular and pedestrian access over private roads in the grounds of the neighbouring Fernie Castle, a hotel and wedding venue owned by Braveheart Hotels Ltd. The crux of the dispute related to...
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Planning For Success: Top Tips for Preparing Your Manufacturing Business for Sale
Preparing Your Manufacturing Business for Sale For many owners of a manufacturing business, the sale of their business is a one-off lifetime event. It is an opportunity to realise value built up over many years of dedication and hard work. With this in mind, the sale of a business will often be a lengthy and complex exercise for a seller. It...
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Pandemic Clauses
Are pandemic clauses in commercial leases considered fair? Since the start of the Covid pandemic, many commercial leases are now being drafted with anticipation of another lockdown or future pandemic. Landlords and tenants alike are keen to protect themselves from situations in which they could see the forced closure of their business. The...
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How to Recover a Debt From a Limited Company
Most, if not all, businesses, regardless of the sector in which they operate, are likely to need to pursue an unpaid debt at some time. For most businesses, it is critical that the collection of outstanding debts is managed efficiently to assist cash flow. This blog explores the various stages whereby a debt owed by a limited company can be...
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Debt Recovery Letters of Claim and Why They Are So Effective
Debt recovery letters of claim Most, if not all, businesses, regardless of the sector in which they operate, are likely to need to pursue an unpaid debt at some time. For most businesses, it is critical that the collection of outstanding debts is managed efficiently to assist cash flow. In our previous blog which discussed how to recover a debt...
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Top Tips for Employers on Casual Workers
Employers increasingly favour an agile and flexible workforce, using seasonal, casual or temporary workers to meet customer demand. Read our Top Tips for Employers to ensure legal compliance and avoid claims from casual workers. Casual Workers Employers increasingly favour an agile and flexible workforce in an economy facing continued...
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Wedding cancellations and Covid-19: can contracts be frustrated and who should pay?
The devastating impact of the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions on the hospitality and leisure industry over the past 15 months has been widely publicised. For the majority of the time since March 2020, weddings have not been allowed to take place at all, or if they have, guests have been limited to a maximum of 15 or 30. This has caused many...
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Employer’s Instruction to Omit Works
At Myerson, our Construction Team advise on all aspects of construction disputes. This article is the first in a series of articles whose focus is on a selection of issues that we have seen contractors and sub-contractors face on live projects in recent months. Changes to Contract Works All construction contracts include mechanisms for variations...
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Data Protection for HR Teams - Top 10 Tips
What HR Teams Should Consider Regarding Data Protection? Tip 1 A fundamental principle of data protection is transparency. Ensure that your business has in place appropriate Privacy Notices for employees, workers, contractors and job candidates...
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Myerson Advises Dexter & Jones on a New Lease as Part of Exciting Expansion Plans
Dexter & Jones The Real Estate Team at Altrincham law firm Myerson Solicitors have advised Dexter & Jones Limited on a new lease of their shop in order for the business to expand into the shop next door to their existing property. Dexter & Jones is a craft beer and artisan gin shop and bar located in Knutsford, Cheshire. The business has gone...
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