Blog Category: Insights
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News & Insights
Maintaining our Heritage – Listed Buildings
Our conveyancing team explain the steps that need to be taken into consideration when buying a listed building. They look into what class...
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Vicarious Liability – Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Limited
Employer liable for employee’s injuries caused by Christmas Party assault The Court of Appeal has held that a company was vicariously lia...
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Employee Data Breaches
Our Employment team explore a recent judgement involving employee data breaches and what employers should be doing to prevent this. In Ap...
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What is in store for Employment Law in 2019?
2018 has seen some noteworthy changes in employment law including the first deadline for gender pay gap reports and the introduction of G...
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Ethnicity pay reporting
Our Employment team explores ethnicity pay reporting in the below article, looking into employment rates across different ethnic groups. ...
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Mock Employment Tribunal success
The Morrisons employment team joined up with Hardwicke Chambers to run a highly successful Mock Employment Tribunal event in the court ro...
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Can you ask your attorneys in your Lasting Power of Attorney to ass...
The simple answer is ‘no’. There have been recent cases before the courts to consider whether you can include instructions or preferences...
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A Clearer Future for Fire Safety?
Our Commercial Property department, looks at recent announcements released by the Government in relation to the cladding ban. This review...
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Beware unsigned contracts when seeking to enforce post termination ...
The recent case of Tenon FM Ltd v Cawley emphasises the importance of having signed employment contracts, especially where they contain p...
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Dine but don’t Wine about the VAT Bill
Many of us may have indulged in the M&S “Dine in for £10 with Free Wine” deal which comprised of a starter, a main and a desert for £...
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Entrepreneurs Relief – Budget Update
Entrepreneurs’ Relief (ER) is a widely used and valuable relief that can provide substantial and legitimate tax savings for busines...
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Stopping Unauthorised Party Wall Works: Injunction Application Pitf...
An application for an interim injunction – a court order requiring someone to do or not do something until a trial takes place R...
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The Bank of Mum and Dad
Karen Grimm, Senior Associate in our Private Client department based in our Woking office discusses the variety options available to pare...
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Second Marriages – Maximise Inheritance Tax Allowances (UK)
Sarah Sarwar, a Senior Associate Solicitor in our Private Client team at our Wimbledon office discusses maximising the inheritance tax al...
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Service Charge Code: Time to be Professional?
Our Commercial Property department looks at the published professional statement by the Royal Institutes of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) re...
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How to remove a tenant lawfully
With there being an estimated 2.5 million residential landlords in the UK there will inevitably be occasions when some of these landlords...