As we were going to press the Attorney General’s opinion was issued in the application by Heyday seeking to overturn the retention in UK law of the default retirement age of 65.

Employers need to be aware that as from 6 April 2015, a number of statutory rates will increase.

13 March 2014 is the date by which gay couples are required to give notice of their marriage intentions if they want to be one of the first gay couples to marry in England and Wales.

The Government is likely to announce at the end of January 2012, plans to give divorced parents a legal right to see their children.

New Government proposals to promote shared parenting on divorce do not solve problems for children.

The Queen’s Speech on 9th May did not offer separated fathers legislation to guarantee equal time with their children.

With legal costs of £2.4 million at the time of trial, Mr and Mrs F each wanted to vary the terms of a shareholders’ agreement which effectively made it impossible for their company to continue in its restricted form, following divorce.

The government's latest proposal to kick start the housing market involves the government issuing further directives that local authorities should consider approaches by developers/promoters of schemes to review existing requirements secured via section 106 planning agreements (where planning permission has been granted in the past but which for viability reasons have not yet been implemented).

This case confirmed that damage caused to your property by trees planted by a Local Authority may be recoverable.

In this article first published in August 2014 in the leading lifestyle magazine,

The Chancellor's Autumn Statement, published on 5 December 2013, contained changes to the inheritance tax regime for trusts. Hidden in the detail, and not included in the speech the Chancellor gave to Parliament, the measures are easy to miss. q

Until now, share option schemes have been regarded as capital assets to be divided between a couple on divorce or dissolution of civil partnership, particularly after a long relationship.

Just over two years ago the first workers were autoenrolled into a workplace pension. Since then around 28,000 businesses have autoenrolled.

Under amendments to the Takeover Code with effect from 20 May 2013, pension scheme trustees will be entitled to receive certain of the offer documents as well as information on the bidder's intentions on employer contributions and funding the scheme deficit.

Michael Gardner talks to Sky News regarding Marvin Gaye's estate suing Ed Sheeran for stealing core elements of Marvin Gaye's 1973 hit 'Lets Get It On'.

Expert shopping is a practice which most Courts will seek to outlaw. They will not lightly entertain a change to an expert where one has had previously significant involvement.

Last week, the media was full of headlines about a US lawsuit which had apparently resulted in energy drink maker Red Bull having to pay millions of dollars in compensation.

Wedlake Bell's Simon de Galleani and Jay Das talk to Property Week about retail commercial property to residential property conversions.

Despite decades of changes to planning law, the number of homes we're building has barely increased.

Reigate farmer Robert Fidler has been threatened with prison if he doesn't demolish a 'castle' built in the green belt without planning permission.