Employment law is changed twice every year and 1st October is the latest date for changes.... read more >

If you are considering buying a property, do consider recent changes in the law in this area. ... read more >

      1 October 2009 was the final D-Day for changes in company law under the Companies Act 2006, the largest statute in English legal history.... read more >

A recent High Court decision held it was illegal not to tell a potential customer that a key employee had handed in his notice and would not be working on the project for 2 of the 3 years of its life. ... read more >

      From 1st October employers must not include tips in calculating if an employee is paid the national minimum wage. Until then it is lawful to do so. In addition, the Work and Families (Increase of Maximum Amount) Order 2009 comes into force.... read more >

  Have you lost out to rogue traders? Fraud is on the increase in the recession and the Government has issued an important White Paper setting out major changes to consumer protection law.... read more >

  The Court of Appeal decision in the divorce of Miss Radmacher and Mr Granatino is probably one of the most important cases relating to how the English Courts will now view pre-nuptial (or pre-marital) agreements.... read more >

Lawyers are finding an increase in requests for legal advice about the implications of the swine flu pandemic. Do you know your legal position? ... read more >

Those wondering what their rights are if they become pregnant at work should take note of new government guidance. ... read more >

Many businesses are restructuring in the recession. Some are picking up cheap assets when competitors go under but still need to be careful to carry out proper due diligence. ... read more >

  In a ground breaking decision in June the courts held that if goods are packaged like other goods then, even if no consumers are confused into thinking the goods are those of the rival company, a claim for breach of trade marks can be made. L'Oreal found its packaging was copied and took the sellers to court.... read more >

      Do you protect your business and product names by registered trade marks? If not you could lose money and be unable to stop others using the same trade name for the same or similar goods or services.... read more >

Have you been damaged at work? You may be able to bring a personal injury claim. In May, the Court of Appeal reached an important decision in an industrial noise test case. ... read more >

  At the end of April the Government published the Equality Bill.... read more >

  When a 13 year old boy accidentally ran into a dinner lady in the playground at school he probably did not realise the matter would end up before the courts.... read more >

      In April the first person was prosecuted under the new corporate manslaughter offence.... read more >

      Do you ensure all your commercial arrangements are set out in writing? If not now might be a good time to have a written agreement drawn up.... read more >

  On 6th April important changes to employment law came into effect.... read more >

  New company law provisions came into force under the Companies Act 2006 on 1st October 2008.... read more >

  Businesses are fighting fires on many fronts in the current economic climate. Banks withdrawing overdraft facilities and other funding is not helping and some suppliers, such as Tesco, have announced they will pay non-food suppliers within 60 days not 30 days to help fund the expensive Christmas period. Conversely, some suppliers to large high street chains are trying to tighten payment periods, and indeed, demanding cash up front.... read more >

  In the current economic climate, our clients are turning to solicitors for legal advice on important current issues.... read more >

In an important decision, the Court found that a "self employed" IT contractor was really an employee and owes more than £99,000 in back tax as a consequence. ... read more >

Posting comments on websites can lead to trouble if they aren't true. In a recent case someone was sued for defamation because of what they posted online.... read more >

The government is consulting on giving the right to request (but not demand) flexible working to parents of older children. Although the measure is not yet in force, it would in due course, affect about 4.5m employees.   ... read more >

  Lots of people are paid commission and are self-employed "commercial agents" in the UK. They enjoy substantial legal protection under special regulations.... read more >

There have been a number of recent changes in the area of equality and the law. A new Equality Bill will ensure Government bodies avoid sex discrimination. ... read more >

  In July, the EU announced the results of an EU-wide investigation into websites offering mobile phone services. Does your website comply with the law?... read more >

    Many local people are plagued by door-to-door salesmen. Some new ‘doorstep selling’ regulations - the Cancellation of Contracts Made in a Consumer’s Home or Place of Work etc Regulations - have now been passed by Parliament and are scheduled to come into force on 1 October 2008.... read more >

The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 ("CPRs") came into force on 26 May 2008 and implement the EU Unfair Commercial Practices Directive in the UK. They introduce a general duty on businesses not to trade unfairly when dealing with consumers.... read more >

The Companies Act 2006 is being brought into force in stages, and is not expected to be fully in force until 1 October 2009. This article looks at the changes that came into force on 6 April 2008.... read more >

The laws concerning website compliance (the process of operating a website that complies with the various sporadic laws created over time to regulate the use of the web by business) are hotting up!... read more >

Landlords need to be aware of legal developments in the following three areas : - 1.    Energy Performance Certificates. 2.    Empty property rates. 3.    Leasing business premises ... read more >

Data protection is an issue that many businesses have not taken too seriously in the past, even ones trading online. But the authorities are now taking a tougher line, both here and in the US.... read more >

In our corporate acquisitions work, we conduct due diligence on many companies and businesses, and we see the same issues time and again.  We are also often asked to advise on problems which could have been resolved if these issues had been prop... read more >

Outsourcing is an arrangement by which an organisation in the public or private sector (the "Customer") contracts out to a third party supplier of services (the "Supplier") the provision of a business activity or function that ty... read more >

Other articles on our website review the implications for businesses selling over the internet of the Data Protection Act 1998, the Telecommunications (Data Protection and Privacy) Regulations 1999 and the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regu... read more >

The fundamental point is to think and plan ahead. Hand in hand with this is the need for proprietors to keep their advisers well abreast of their objectives and intentions and give them the opportunity to advise in a timely way.... read more >

On 1 October 2007 a substantial part of the Companies Act 2006 came into force. Amongst the new provisions are a new codified statement of directors' duties. These set out for the first time in statute principles of law that previously had to be gat... read more >

There have long been provisions in UK Companies legislation requiring UK companies to disclose certain corporate information on their business letters and certain other documents. These go back many years, and covered printed letterheads, ord... read more >

When initially deciding on the acquisition of a particular target company or business, buyers will often rely only on available public information, limited information released by the sellers and any knowledge of the target's business that they have... read more >