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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Commercial Agency Claims: Why It Pays to Mediate
This article provides a brief overview of the mediation process in the context of commercial agency claims and highlights some of the advantages of choosing mediation as a form of alternative dispute resolution for this type of claim. Commercial Agency Claims Commercial agency claims frequently arise when a principal terminates a commercial...
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Guide to Fertility
Guide to Fertility Nichola Bright , a Senior Associate in the Family department, discusses fertility law in our latest video. She covers specific areas, such as: The law and fertility treatment The anonymity of donors Parental rights Here to Help Our specialist Family Solicitors can support and advise you as to your practical and legal options...
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Financial Rights of Unmarried Parents
Financial Support for Unmarried Parents Nichola Bright , a Senior Associate in the Family department discusses the financial rights of unmarried parents, including: What to do if an agreement cannot be reached; The types of order the court can make; and How you can fund your legal fees. Here to Help Our specialist Family Solicitors can support...
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Top Tips for Manufacturers: Dealing with Late Payments
How to Handle Delays in Payment Late payments are a year-on-year problem for many businesses. Recently, the office of national statistics (ONS) has reported that over half (54%) of businesses said they were waiting on late payment on invoices due to COVID-19. Late payments can cause issues with cash flow; damage relationships with customers; and...
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Surrogacy: The Legal Implications
A Guide to Surrogacy In our latest video guide, Nichola Bright , Senior Associate in the Family department discusses the legal implications of surrogacy. The guide covers areas concerning: How you can find a surrogate. Reasonable expenses for surrogates. How you can acquire parental rights. Here to Help Our specialist Family Solicitors can...
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Matrimonial Finances
Financial implications of divorce In our latest video guide, Jane Tenquist , Partner, and Head of the Family department considers the financial implications of divorce. Areas covered The guide provides a better understanding of the options available to you when considering divorce. Here to help Our specialist family lawyers can support and advise...
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Wealth Protection and Relationship Breakdown
Ensuring Protection of Wealth Before and After Marriage In our latest video guide, Jane Tenquist , Partner and Head of the Family department discusses wealth protection and relationship breakdown. Areas to be discussed How can you protect your wealth before marriage? How can you protect your wealth after marriage? How does the family court treat...
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National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme
Failure to pay the national minimum wage The start of 2021 saw 139 household names (including Tesco and Pizza Hut) face reputational damage and financial penalties for failing to pay the national minimum wage (NMW) to over 95,000 workers between 2016 and 2018. In addition to reputational damage, offending employers are required to pay arrears of...
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Do Unmarried Fathers Have Parental Responsibility?
The Parental Responsibility of Unmarried Fathers In our latest Family Law video guide, Sarah Whitelegge , a Senior Associate in the Family department considers what parental responsibility is and what it means in relation to a child. Areas Covered The guide considers the circumstances when an unmarried father will automatically have parental...
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Universal Wealth Preservation
About Universal Wealth Preservation Universal Wealth Preservation (“UWP”) was a commercial organisation whose business model was charging people to set up trusts of which UWP were trustees. The clients then transferred their homes into those trusts, with the aim of protecting them from care fees. This meant transferring the properties into the...
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Disagreements Relating To Children
Disagreeing on Issues Relating to Children We have made a short video guide that considers your options if are unable to reach an agreement with your former partner about issues concerning your children. Common areas of dispute include relocation within the UK or abroad, changing a child’s surname or what school a child should attend. Sarah...
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Child Arrangement During a Divorce
Making Arrangements for Your Children Myerson have made a short video guide to consider how you can sort out the arrangements for your children when you divorce or separate. Sarah Whitelegg e , a Senior Associate in the family department sets out how to make effective arrangements for your children about where they live and what time they spend...
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