Our 2025 spring / summer news roundup includes the new rises to NICs, wage and statutory rates; confirmation that a Tenant Farming Commissioner would be appointed; Labour’s ‘new deal’ for farming; Oxbury Bank’s new Transition Loan Facility to help farmers reduce carbon emissions; and the ‘national conversation’ on land use in England included in the Land Use Framework consultation.

Our news roundup touches on a variety of topics including stricter penalties for illegal tree felling, gene editing, taxation of ecosystem services plus a reminder of the increase to the National Minimum and Living Wages which came into force on 6 April.

Generally, it's no defence to the contractor that he could not build what he's agreed to build, where he's agreed to build it, the tender will carry two challenges, the technological challenge, which is yes, I can build this, and the financial challenge, which is, yes, I can build it for the agreed price.

Charlie Bass, Paralegal in our Employment Law team discusses what exactly a Schedule of Loss is, why it's important and what it entails.

A vendor initiated management buy-out has been completed at an historic manufacturer and installer of swimming pools as the company plans for the future.

Since the 2018 flurry of proprietary estoppel cases, there has been a steady stream of cases which have made the legal press, but it is fair to say, that they have certainly diminished in number.

Charlotte Kahrman, a Solicitor in the Contentious Probate Team at Wright Hassall, examines three recent cases where proprietary estoppel was considered.

How can you claim that a truly original idea was yours, if you don’t have a face or a name? That’s a question the EUIPO found themselves dealing with when one of Banksy’s trademarks was challenged.

Sophie Wahba and Kash Dosanjh delve deeper into the proposed changes, explore what these mean for employers and explain what employers can do to prepare. Matthew Davies provides a useful insight into how this reform is likely to impact businesses from a business immigration perspective.

The Government needs to slash the costs of employing staff to help companies and their employees emerge from the Coronavirus crisis, according to business leaders in Coventry and Warwickshire.