Rebecca Mushing tells us about how she came to fall in love with the industry, the ways in which women are working together to make the sector less male-dominated, and what advice she would give to young women considering a career in planning.

Welcome to our August 2024 Employment Law Update!

Trusts are a powerful way to ensure your legacy is managed responsibly, whether during your lifetime or after you’ve gone. In this guide, we’ll explore the different types of trusts you can create, why people use them, and how they offer protection for your loved ones and assets.

Expanding your garden by purchasing adjoining agricultural land can be a great way to enjoy more outdoor space, grow your own produce, or even create a smallholding. However, before making such a significant investment, it is essential to understand the legal, financial, and practical considerations involved in buying agricultural land to extend your garden. This article outlines what you should know before proceeding.

Whether you are an SME that often finds yourself having to accept your suppliers’ standard terms in order to close the deal, or you are an entity that has the commercial clout to be able to impose your own standard terms in your commercial arrangements.

The cost of intellectual property protection is notoriously high, particularly if you are seeking worldwide protection. It is a common misconception, however, that protection only arises when a registration of a particular intellectual property right is successfully achieved.

It is difficult for a landlord in the current climate to achieve the onerous conditions he used to be able to achieve - such as compliance with lease covenants – in lease break clauses.

Suppliers and customers would ideally prefer to rely on their own respective standard conditions. Sometimes supplier and purchaser present each other with their own standard terms resulting in two conflicting documents jockeying for precedence; the so-called "battle of the forms".

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.

Agriculture is a hazardous industry. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the lead regulator for the agricultural industry, says that in the last ten years almost one person a week has been killed as a direct result of agricultural work. Even through the pandemic, more than a thousand non-fatal injuries occurred in the industry last year. So if an accident happens, what do you do?