The Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA) represents a significant change to UK employment law. The number of changes and when they are happening can be overwhelming and many employers are asking: ‘How do I prepare for the ERA changes; what do we need to do and when?’   Here we set out the headline changes…

This is a common question that we are often asked by company directors, and it is a good one, because quite often we are asked to advise in relation to directors who have exceeded what they are permitted to do by law.   Directors are subject to number of legal duties.  These are set out…

  How employers should prepare for the changes Currently, as an alternative to a standard contract, employers can lawfully engage workers using a range of different contracts to allow them to rapidly respond to fluctuations in customer demand. These include: Zero hours contracts; Minimum hours contracts; Agency workers; and Fixed term contracts. The Employment Rights…

Conveyancing is the legal process involved when the ownership of a property is transferred from one party to another, normally a seller and a buyer.  This sounds simple but the average timescale for buying or selling a property has now reached approximately 122 days, which is over 4 months.  This is frustrating for all parties…

Moving house can be a potentially stressful time.  There is a lot to organise – packing, removers, utilities, surveys, mortgages, new schools etc., and delay in the conveyancing process can be a factor.  So what causes delay?  Certainly one factor is the number of people in a “chain”.  You may be ready, but if (for…

The starting point for checking what falls within your Property are your title deeds. However, the boundaries shown on title plans only show the ‘general’ position of boundaries.   It is always sensible to try and approach your neighbour if you think there is a problem with the boundary between your properties. But, sometimes disputes…

The King’s Speech confirmed the Employment Rights Bill, its aim is to ‘ban exploitative practices and enhance employment rights’. The Bill will be introduced within the first 100 days of the new Labour Government.   What will it include? The Government has confirmed the Bill will include: The abolition of zero-hour contracts: workers will have…

In the Autumn Budget, the government made no change to the current inheritance tax (IHT) allowances (nil rate band of £325,000 (NRB) and residential nil rate band (RNRB)of £175,000) which they confirmed would be frozen until the end of the tax year 2030.   In relation to married couples and civil partners, there is no…

Neurodiversity refers to the fact that we all think, learn and act differently. Some well-known types of neurodivergence are ADHD, autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, and Tourette’s syndrome. Neurodiversity can affect social interaction, learning, attention, and/or sensory processing and encompasses a range of neurological conditions. Employers are increasingly having to accommodate neurodiversity in the workplace due…

The practical steps employers should take   All employers now need to comply with the duty to take preventative steps to ensure workers are protected against sexual harassment in the workplace   Sexual harassment is unwanted behaviour of a sexual nature, which must have either violated someone’s dignity or created an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating…