Professional negligence claims against solicitors often involve missed Court deadlines.

Recent years have seen a surge in the holiday lettings sector with the popularity of digital platforms like Air BnB. It has brought benefits in increased income for individuals and local economies but has raised challenges for others with anti-social behaviour and availability and affordability of homes for residents. Whether this type of accommodation is a benefit relied on for tourism or a challenge faced by residents differs widely across the country.

For potential investors and acquirers, carrying out commercial due diligence prior to an acquisition is an important exercise to be considered as part of the wider due diligence process. Conducting commercial due diligence will help potential buyers to understand a target company’s commercial matters.

When an employee believes they have suffered unfair treatment by their employer, the first port of call is to attempt to resolve such matters internally, either informally or via the employer's grievance procedure.

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.

Welcome to our September 2024 Employment Law Update!

Under any type of contract, a party will want to limit to what extent they will be liable to the other party for losses the other party incurs which are attributable to that first party. Logistics contracts are no exception.

With managing the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic taking a priority position on the agenda, understandably many employers have put the mandatory changes to Contracts of Employment implemented on 6 April 2020 on the back burner.

Six months on from lockdown, Sarah Perry, our Managing Partner, reflects on this period, lessons learnt and what the future might look like.

The Digital Services Act (DSA) will update EU regulations relating to digital services in order to protect consumers online and ensure that all platform providers behave in a transparent, fair and consistent way. It will apply to all online platforms targeting EU consumers regardless of where that platform is based.