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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Cost of Living Crisis: Do You Need to End Your Lease Early?
Many people across the county have felt the pinch of the cost-of-living increase, whether it be the rise in energy bills, food prices or other goods. The crisis presents a bigger problem for small and independent businesses on the high street. The...
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Is There a Minimum Workplace Temperature?
Having only just thawed out from temperatures that dipped as low as -10⁰C earlier this month, the UK is braced for more snow and frost in the coming weeks. At the other end of the thermometer, it was only a few months ago that we saw record-break...
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Legal Due Diligence and Covid Fraud
HMRC recently confirmed that an estimated £4.5 billion in Covid Support has been lost by fraud or error and that it is expected to recover £1.1 billion by September 2023. The misuse of Covid Support will continue to be an area of focus for the...
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Is Company Data a Privilege?
This Technology article considers whether company data is privileged and the importance of confidentiality. In a world where cloud environments and external storage capacity can be spun up and subscribed to in an instance, businesses need to be...
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Will the New Gateway Process Apply to Projects Starting in 2023?
A key part of the regulatory framework for higher-risk buildings introduced under the Building Safety Act 2022 is the new Gateway regime which involves the scrutiny by the new Building Safety Regulator (Regulator) of the proposals before the...
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Buying a Commercial Property at an Auction
In 2022, 40% more properties by value in the UK were sold at auction compared to 2019, and many auctioneers predict this trend to continue during the coming years. We regularly act for clients purchasing properties big and small at auctions, and...
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Dispute with an Executor – What Can I Do?
What can you do if you are a beneficiary or executor unhappy with how the Deceaseds estate is handled? It is common for a Will to name two or more people (often family members) to be the executors of an estate. The executors role is to...
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Rent Free or No Rent Free – That is the Question!
A flurry of recent cases will interest landlords and tenants negotiating rents on renewals under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (“LTA 1954”). Under s.34 of the LTA 1954, the parties can ask the Courts to determine the rent to be paid under a...
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Myerson Celebrate 5 Probate Litigation Lawyers Becoming Full Members of ACTAPS
Myerson’s prestigious Tier 1 Contentious Probate Team can now celebrate Stephanie Ewan’s qualification as a full member of the Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS). Stephanie’s qualification now takes the team’s full...
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Brexit: Possible Implications for Commercial Agents
The British government recently announced its plans to scrap all EU financial regulations by the end of 2023. Despite the profound impact that will have on the UK financial sector, this current government appears determined to have its “Brexit...
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Setting Aside Financial Orders and Barder Events
Whilst financial orders in family law are intended to be final, an application to set aside a financial order can be considered in certain circumstances. These cases are referred to as set aside applications. The set aside application can only be...
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Legal Jargon When Moving House – What Does It All Mean?
There are many legal terms used by solicitors throughout a conveyancing transaction which can be difficult to understand when you are looking to sell your home, or purchase a new home. During what has been described as one of the most stressful...
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