More clarity on the applicability of the mixed-use rate of Stamp Duty Land Tax
7 April 2021
The Upper Tribunal ("UT") have recently provided some more clarity on whether the residential or…
7 April 2021
The Upper Tribunal ("UT") have recently provided some more clarity on whether the residential or…
30 March 2021
With the new tax year comes the annual batch of employment law changes and increases in pay rates. There have…
11 March 2021
10 March 2021
3 March 2021
15 February 2021
The Housing Secretary gave occupiers a Valentine's present this weekend by extending the date from which…
1 February 2021
There are almost 2.4 million victims of domestic abuse a year; two-thirds of who are women and one-third are…
1 February 2021
Many estates are not difficult to administer. Not everyone has complex financial circumstances. Often as…
19 January 2021
It was a relief to many organisations and contractors that the new IR35 Regulations ("Regulations") which were…
18 January 2021
Monday 18 January marks the beginning of Family Mediation Week. The purpose of this short article is to provide…
13 January 2021
Graham Coy (Family Law Partner, Wilsons Solicitors LLP) and Ashley Palmer (Child Inclusive Family Mediator,…
11 January 2021
8 January 2021
Welcome to the spring edition 2021 of our newsletter for schools.
If you require advice following the…
6 January 2021
Further to the Government announcement yesterday evening which imposes another national lockdown, the immediate…
6 January 2021
The country has seen light at the end of the tunnel with the approval and start of a vaccine roll-out, which it…
6 January 2021
Many schools will have been aware of the template letter being circulated by the Unions which staff could use…
6 January 2021
Although the UK left the EU at midnight on 31 January 2020, we didn't feel the impact of our departure because…
6 January 2021
Internal investigations are important signifiers of how effective a school is in its sensitivity towards…
6 January 2021
The Charity Governance Code sets out the principles of governance and standards of best practice which apply to…
6 January 2021
The Autumn Term 2020 saw a number of SEND issues in the news and courts, ranging from the need to make…
6 January 2021
One of the most important pieces of statutory guidance for schools is 'Keeping Children Safe in Education'…
16 December 2020
"Out with the old and in with the new?"
At 23:01 on New Year's Eve, Thursday 31 December, when the Transition…
9 December 2020
7 December 2020
The country has seen light at the end of the tunnel with the approval last week of a vaccine, which it is hoped…
4 December 2020
Before a Deputyship application is made to the Court of Protection, we must first obtain a capacity assessment…
4 December 2020
The Care Quality Commission's (CQC) review into the application of Do-Not-Attempt-Resuscitate (DNAR) orders…
1 December 2020
Welcome
A lot has happened in the world since our last update so we start this edition with an overview of…
30 November 2020
This webinar was recorded on 26 November 2020.
In this video our Employment team discuss the challenges of…
23 November 2020
20 November 2020
From Peter Bourke, Senior Partner
As part of my extracurricular activity I am the current chairman of the…
18 November 2020
There has been significant press coverage recently surrounding the developing area of digital assets and the…
17 November 2020
17 November 2020
This article was updated on 18 November 2020.
Further to our previous update on the extension to furlough, the…
13 November 2020
12 November 2020
On 31 October 2020, the Prime Minister announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme would be extended…
3 November 2020
Just a few hours before the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was due to come to an end in favour of the…
3 November 2020
The end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020 is now only 9 weeks away.
Coronavirus has stolen…
3 November 2020
As we approach the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, businesses which currently employ, or plan…
3 November 2020
During the referendum campaign along with ‘Get Brexit Done’ what we heard a lot of was the introduction of new…
19 October 2020
When should parents be looking elsewhere and not to Judges when they cannot agree upon arrangements for their…
16 October 2020
13 October 2020
From either side of the political aisle, the reign of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has been…
7 October 2020
As a result of recent resurgence in cases of COVID-19, the last two weeks have seen two major developments in…
28 September 2020
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has announced the replacement to the Coronavirus Job Retention…
21 September 2020
This article was first published in the September 2020 Charity News Review from The Association of Charitable…
4 September 2020
3 September 2020
Welcome back!
For some of you it will have been a short break over the summer before preparations for…
3 September 2020
The Department for Education (DfE) issued a flurry of new and updated guidance at the end of last week. The…
3 September 2020
We have collected some of the most important issues and recent headlines which schools should be aware of to…