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The Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) are often treated as a set of administrative rules for HR to track hours and rest breaks.

A recent employment tribunal decision has attracted attention after finding that a manager’s description of “two coloured ladies” did not amount to unlawful harassment. That finding should not be mistaken for approval of the language, or taken as establishing a wider rule about what employers can safely tolerate in the workplace.

Somewhere in your organisation, an employee is using AI right now. They may be drafting emails with it, summarising documents, screening CVs, or feeding client data into a tool whose privacy settings nobody has checked. Most businesses have reached this point without a policy, without training, and without any clear picture of what that exposure looks like.

For many people buying a property in France, a swimming pool is part of the dream. Whether it is a holiday home in Provence, a countryside retreat in the Dordogne or a permanent residence on the Côte d’Azur, a pool can significantly enhance both lifestyle and property value.

A recent High Court case has thrown into sharp focus just how much rests on the precise wording of a Will. In Wilkinson v Kirkham, decided in May 2026, a judge was asked to resolve a dispute that had arisen from a single word: “daughter.” The question before the court was whether that word, used in the singular, was intended to refer to one specific person or to two. The answer had significant financial consequences, with an estate worth around £281,000 at stake.

Retention payments, where a percentage of the contract sum is withheld until completion and rectification of defects, have long been a source of cashflow pressure and, ultimately disputes across the construction supply chain.

That position is about to change significantly. The Employment Rights Act 2025 introduces new restrictions on fire and rehire that are currently scheduled to take effect from January 2027.

The Employment Rights Act 2025 represents the most significant overhaul of UK employment law in a generation. Whilst much of the focus has been on day-one unfair dismissal rights, guaranteed hours, and changes to family-friendly rights, employers should not overlook the substantial implications for the use of fixed-term contracts.

If you are in your twenties or thirties, you can be forgiven for thinking Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney are for "later". For most people, they sit alongside the stuff you plan to do one day.

A landowner may be approached by a neighbour looking to graze livestock on an unused field for part of the year.

Family businesses aren't like any other. They are often built on sacrifice and shared effort, carrying with them not just the weight of financial investment but the values and memories of the people behind them.

Most business owners will have come across contracts that include a financial consequence if something goes wrong.

The introduction of Neonatal Care Leave and Pay in April 2025 marked one of the most compassionate changes to UK employment law in recent years.

The Employment Rights Bill introduces reforms that affect almost every stage of the employment relationship. Its purpose is to strengthen statutory protections and bring greater consistency to workplace rights. For employers, however, the significance of the Bill lies less in its stated aims and more in how it reshapes the legal and commercial risk attached to employing staff

Christmas should be a season of warmth, familiarity and celebration, but for separated families, it can also be the most difficult time of the year.

Disputes over a Will often begin long before anyone steps into a courtroom. They begin with a shift in relationships, a breakdown in trust, or a growing sense that something is not quite right.

For many families, inheritance tax planning is not about minimising a number on a balance sheet. It is about preserving something far more personal. A home that has been lived in for generations. Land that carries history as much as value. A business that represents decades of work.