When faced with a legal problem we all want it resolved as soon as possible. Achieving this may depend on who we engage to help us. If professional advisors do not have sufficient and up to date knowledge of all the areas of law that influence a particular matter, one problem may evolve into several others.

In this Valentine's Day special, Kash Dosanjh, Senior Associate in our Employment team dives into the complexities of workplace relationships and the potential implications that can arise when love enters the office.

A leading Midlands law firm has strengthened its private client team with four key appointments.

A service occupancy agreement is a licence to live in a property provided specifically as part of a person’s employment, such as a farm worker. The term normally extends for as long as that person is employed; if the person leaves their job, they will also have to leave the property.

In Seawell Ltd v Ceva Freight (UK) Ltd the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) considered whether a single employee who spent all of his time working on a contract for a client was an "organised grouping of employees" for the purposes of a TUPE transfer and the service provision change test.

Taking a dispute to tribunal is costly, time consuming and distracting, which is why more and more employers are actively embracing mediation as their preferred way to resolve disputes with employees. Under the Employment Tribunal Rules, tribunals are actively required to encourage parties to use alternative dispute resolution (ADR) routes, such as mediation.

Leamington Spa-based solicitors Wright Hassall is a nationally recognised law firm with a national and international client base.

Employment Benefit Trusts (“EBT”s) have been successfully pinned down by HMRC as tax avoidance schemes. HMRC’s stringent approach to EBTs was bolstered by the recent Supreme Court Rangers tax case decision .

A precision engineering firm in Hinckley has acquired one of its main suppliers in a deal completed by a leading Midlands law firm.

A leading Midlands law firm has received recognition in two prestigious legal league tables.