We have been told for a number of years that people are increasingly shopping online and visiting our high streets less.

On 5 July 2017, the Supreme Court handed down its judgement in the case of RFC 2012 Plc (in liquidation) (formerly The Rangers Football Club Plc) v Advocate General for Scotland often referred to as ‘the Rangers big tax case’.

In spite of recent changes to the subsidy regime and receiving a rough ride from both local communities and planning authorities, land is still being sought in earnest up and down the country for renewable energy development projects.

The number of UK citizens owning holiday homes outside UK has increased, according to government statistics, from 104,000 in 1994/95 to 231,000 in 2003/04. Spain and France are the most popular countries with USA a distant third.

Yesterday the government published an official guidance note for schools, colleges and local authorities. It covers who key workers are, and under what circumstances their children will continue to attend school.

In English law, to make a valid will, a testator must have their signature to it witnessed by two adult independent witnesses. The current social distancing measures together with self-isolation to protect the particularly elderly and vulnerable, therefore present a challenge for private client practitioners: how do we ensure that wills are valid when we can’t stand within 2 metres of one another?

Making ill-judged decisions under pressure are perhaps inevitable. Nonetheless, anyone advising Liverpool Football Club on how to manage their reputation would hopefully not have recommended that they seek to furlough ordinary staff while its playing staff remained on full salaries.

The new year started positively for three members of the agriculture team.

A leading disputes lawyer believes a “growing insurance war” could last longer than the Covid-19 crisis which has sparked it. Several small businesses across the UK have voiced their anger around being denied insurance pay-outs despite believing they were specifically covered against the global pandemic.

Unfortunately, as a result of COVID-19, many employees are finding that they are unable to work due to workplace closures and an inability to work from home.