Businesses that are involved in the international sale of goods should be aware that new Incoterms will be published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) on 1st January 2020.

Agriculture may be the (second?) oldest profession, but it is one that remains ever relevant to modern day life.

The simple answer is no. Your solicitor has no duty to check or guarantee the creditworthiness of your buyer or seller in a property transaction. If you do require any further information on this then this is for you to obtain or specifically instruct your solicitor to do it.

In these monthly updates, Rebecca Mushing brings together essential news, trends, and insights from the world of planning and development.

There is a long-established principle that liability for immigration breaches can transfer on the acquisition of a business, along with employees. The widening of the sponsorship net to bring most employment-related immigration into the Points Based System makes the Sponsor Management System the default mechanism for making timely notifications. Both buyers and sellers of businesses need to know their obligations and the risks of getting it wrong.

Title defects are not unusual and legal indemnity insurance (if available) can be a quick way of dealing with them. Increasingly, legal indemnity insurance is being offered by sellers and demanded by buyers in order to protect the buyer (and their lender) from actual or perceived title defects.

The case of Force India Formula One Team Ltd v 1 Malaysia Racing Team concerned the misuse of confidential information and copyright. Seemingly team rivalry is no less competitive in the courts than it is on the track!

Our news roundup covers various topics including Defra’s cap on the amount of land that can be taken out of production under SFI; taxation of ecosystems; the latest rises to wage and statutory rates; hedgerow protection legislation; support for those whose land has been flooded via the Farming Recovery Fund; free advice via the Future Farming Resilience Fund; and the introduction of poultry licensing for those with fewer than 50 birds.

As at the end of February 2025, internet sales comprised 26% of all retail sales in the UK. As the online market grows, businesses are tempted by what they see as the reduced cost of selling online. It is true that having to bind yourself to a lease and other set up costs and being tied into operating hours can be expensive and painful, but business is business, and organisations remain obligated to comply with a variety of laws.

The Ministry of Justice has published the Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims (the “Protocol”), which came into force on 1 October 2017.