As cranes start to reappear on London's skyline again, some tenants are surprised to learn they can be forced out of their property.

The range of new homes warranty schemes currently available in the market is wide but if you are seeking cover to pass on to your purchasers for a residential conversion...

In a recent case (Lulu Construction vs Mullalley & Co) the contractor benefitted from a legal uncertainty regarding compensation for late payment and was awarded his adjudication costs.

In their manifesto, the Conservative party announced that they would allow family homes, worth up to £1 million, to be passed on free of inheritance tax ("IHT") on death.

On 11 February 2013, the government announced that the inheritance tax nil-rate band will be frozen at its current level until tax year 2017/18.

One of the Government's recent initiatives to clamp down on tax avoidance is their consultation on the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes ("DOTAS") regime published on 20 April 2016 ("the Consultation").

The question of wages in the hospitality sector is a complex one- but one that has recently been under the microscope

Although India has been rather slow in establishing corporate governance principles over the last two decades, 2012 was a positive year for progression in the Indian corporate governance arena.

The flow of Facebook cases continues unabated with employees' desire to get themselves into trouble at work with inappropriate postings seemingly unabated.

In our October bulletin we considered the case of Patsystems Holding v Neilly, which served as a reminder of the need to consider whether the restrictive covenants should to be reaffirmed or updated when promoting an employee.

Too much of a good thing can be bad – a maxim that some employers have historically ignored by requiring entire workforces, including rank-and-file employees, to submit to post-employment...

Last month the Pensions Regulator was finally able to publish its decision on the Desmond & Sons case.

Employers are now prevented from prohibiting a worker on a zero-hours contract from also working elsewhere. This change was brought into force on 26th May 2015.

ISDA seeks to address the section 2(a)(iii) insolvency unfairness with respect to derivatives.

Following the recent Leave vote, many businesses will no doubt be left bewildered as to the likely short-term and long-term effects that Brexit will have on UK data protection law, and what these effects will mean in practical terms.

In order to decide whether or not the alterations outlined above need to be removed to exercise the break, the first question to address is whether or not they are chattels.

Recent medical advancements have resulted in a growing elderly population.

A summary of key legal updates for the Private Client sector over the past week is as follows.

The UK has been highlighted as having one of the world's worst profit margins in Turner and Townsend's International Construction Market Survey 2021.

With El Salvador recently announcing the formal adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender and central banks around the globe experimenting with their own digital currencies, it is no longer possible to treat investments in crypto assets ...