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The Court of Appeal has ruled on the extent to which the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is obliged to investigate and reach a decision on complaints made to it by data subjects.

A relaxation of the government's Net Zero initiatives was announced by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on 20 September 2023.

New legislation regarding carer's leave will provide employees with a right to take a week's unpaid leave per year to care for a dependant. The new law is due to come into force on 6 April 2024.

As the prospect of a general election becomes evident, it is suggested by the polls that the UK may see a Labour government returned. Labour have declared themselves the ‘party for working people'...

Organisations of all sizes, across sectors, are making increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI). Although the use of AI has the potential to drive efficiencies and to improve product or service delivery...

The tenant farming community is of huge importance to the farming sector as a whole. Against this backdrop, the Tenancy Working Group...

Sue Bowman in our Residential Property & Conveyancing team answers common questions about listed properties. Sue will be at the Listed Property Show at London Olympia...

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) provides the legislative framework for the rules around copyright ownership and infringement. Under CDPA 1988...

A Family Investment Company (FIC) is a bespoke private company, which can be used as a tax efficient alternative to family trusts. A FIC is a flexible structure...

Faye Cook, Partner in the Corporate & Commercial team, looks at whether an Employee Ownership Trust is the right decision for your company, in an article for Insider Media.

Employment Tribunals have the power to strike out Employment Tribunal (ET) claims in certain circumstances, and can do so at any stage of the proceedings either on its own initiative...

In the current cost of living crisis, divorcing couples are facing increasingly difficult choices regarding their living arrangements. As a result of higher inflation, mortgage rates are increasing...

With the courts confirming there is no way to define an ‘expert' in family proceedings, Sarah Keily stresses the need for caution until change is effected, in an article for New Law Journal.

Key reforms being brought by the new Non-Domestic Rating Bill promise to support businesses by modernising the system to incentivise property improvements and support more frequent revaluations.

The Economic (Transparency & Enforcement) Act 2022 introduced the Register of Overseas Entities (ROE) which opened on 1 August 2022 to capture information...

In most cases financial or commercial reasons are the key motivations behind selling a business or planning an exit. That said, in a private limited company...

On 8 November 2023, the Government published its response to two consultations concerning reforms to employment law.