The Government made its hardline splash on cutting legal migration, allowed its liberal critics their airtime whilst publicly holding the line - and slipped in some concessions just as the electorate is packing up for the Christmas holidays and thinking about other things. So, what's new?

When the Government announced its 5-point immigration plan at the end of 2023, the shock increase in minimum salary thresholds for sponsored roles and dependents of British and settled persons was big news. Stacey Lambert, Associate and Matthew Davies, Partner and Head of Business Immigration explain the changing salary thresholds and what businesses should expect.

In this article we discuss the legal process involved in a company sale, outlining each key stage and the associated legal requirements.

The relationship between trustee and beneficiary is a fiduciary relationship. Beneficiaries rely upon the trustee to act at all times exclusively in the best interests of the trust and to fully engage in any decisions that relate to the trust.

Here we answer some common questions about nuptial agreements with a typical scenario.

Since ClientEarth’s initial failure to be allowed to pursue a derivative claim against Shell directors for alleged breach of their duties relating to climate change risk management, our courts have made two further decisions that deal with the relationship between climate risk and the duties of company directors.

Kevin Hall, Partner in our VAT team has recently been featured in Taxation Magazine, following an enquiry regarding the sale of a website domain.

You’re unlikely to ever make a purchasing decision on the same scale as buying a home. It’s not just the cost involved that may be daunting, but also the sheer amount of administrative effort that you need to put in before you proudly get to hold the keys to your new home.

Fallout - a conference hosted by our dispute resolution team team.

In January 2015, the High Court considered whether Companies House and the Registrar of Companies owed a duty of care to the claimant who was the Managing Director of Taylor & Sons Limited (“the Company”) in the case of Sebry v Companies House and another.