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Calling all residential landlords: EICR needed by 1 April

From 1 April 2021 all private landlords in England must comply with electrical safety standards.

18.03.2021

Preparing your Terms and Conditions for the UK’s Holiday Boom

With the announcement that British residents who travel abroad will need to quarantine on their return to UK, and the continued uncertainty surrounding the pandemic, the UK’s leisure and tourism industry is seeing a big increase in demand for holiday bookings.

Jack Horwitz
15.02.2021

"You've got mail!" Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers Limited

Yesterday (11/02/21) the High Court ruled in favour of HRH the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle in her claim for misuse of private information and copyright infringement. See the full details here.

Chris Goodwin
12.02.2021

Want to take a break? – Commercial break clauses and how to exercise them

Break clauses are often found in commercial leases and allow a party to bring the lease to an end early.

11.02.2021

Diversity training - is yours stale?

See the latest decision coming from the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) that highlights the importance of employers continuing to organise regular and effective anti-harassment, equality and diversity training for staff.

Sarah Appleton
08.02.2021

Protecting your digital assets in your Will: From Twitter to Bitcoin and beyond…

In a recent survey commissioned by the Law Society, it was established that 93% of those who have a Will have not included any digital assets.

02.02.2021

Restrictions on evictions, is the end near?

Last year, we saw unprecedented protection for commercial tenants. For the first time landlords were (and still are) unable to recover commercial premises due to rent arrears.

28.01.2021

Residential evictions: A further update

The “winter truce” on evictions was due to end on Monday 11 January 2021, at which point landlords would have been permitted to re-start the eviction process and instruct bailiffs to attend their properties. This date has been extended again.

19.01.2021

The End of Free Movement – An ongoing Saga?

The government continues to tie up the loose ends so that most citizens of the European Union will be treated no differently to the vast majority of non-British citizens when it comes to moving to the UK

Tim Cary
13.01.2021

Data protection after Brexit – Key implications of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement

Jack Horwitz discusses the key points in relation to data protection that businesses should take away from the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

Jack Horwitz
08.01.2021

Housing secretary announces significant reform

The Housing Secretary has announced a significant reform to the current law governing leasehold properties, with a new right for millions of leaseholders to extend their leases by a maximum term of 990 years at zero ground rent.

08.01.2021

Frontier Workers and Brexit

The Government has now published The Citizens’ Rights (Frontier Workers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. See what this means for Frontier workers here.

Tim Cary
11.11.2020

Right To Rent Checks

New Guidance released and the introduction of a new online checking service.

Tim Cary
09.11.2020

Footballers and football clubs at risk of failing to hear the final whistle on Brexit?

Amidst the understandable focus on the impact of Covid-19 on the professional football game, one could be forgiven for failing to pay sufficient attention to what arguably also presents a seismic challenge to domestic football clubs: the arrival of Brexit on 31 December 2020.

Dan Chapman
06.11.2020

ICO publish new Children’s Code to protect data online

The Code itself contains 15 guiding standards that should be met by organisations operating websites and any other online services likely to be accessed by children.

Alex Saunders
07.09.2020

EU-US Privacy Shield declared invalid – What you need to know when transferring data from the EU to the US

The decision in Schrems II is one of the most significant developments since the implementation of the GDPR.

Alex Saunders
18.08.2020

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