A recent Employment Tribunal ruling highlights the dangers of getting the employment status of your staff wrong.

Poor cash flow is often cited as the primary reason for businesses failing. You can protect your business by having systems in place that make collecting unpaid invoices as hassle free as possible.

The case of Tini and Hugh Owens has shown the need for English divorce law to be updated to reflect modern life.

Have you thought about using a discretionary trust created in your lifetime as a way of protecting your family's assets in the future?

On 31 January 2017, the government published guidance on the new regulations aiming to tackle the issue of late payments.

Unanimous Supreme Court decision finds in favour of charities – the pendulum swings back towards the principle of testamentary freedom.

Retirement is an opportune time to take stock of your assets and to think about gifting to save your estate inheritance tax (IHT).

A company is considered insolvent if it cannot pay its debts as and when they fall due.

From April this year, the family home will benefit from an additional inheritance tax allowance of £100,000.

Last month saw the introduction of an inheritance tax (IHT) threshold top-up designed to help spouses leaving the family home to children on death with reduced tax charges.

Probate, the process of dealing with someone's estate (property, possessions, cash, savings) when they pass away, can be applied for without seeing a lawyer, but it's not without risks.

Some adults are less able to protect themselves and have difficulty making their wishes and feelings known, making them vulnerable to abuse.

Case law concerning the Agency Worker Regulations remains limited. We recently advised a recruitment business involved in a dispute with a "temp" and a hirer regarding who was liable for an alleged breach of AWR Regulation 5.

With Spring around the corner, many of us will be thinking about clearing out, cleaning up and generally getting our life in order.

It is refreshing to see that the menopause is being talked about more widely in the media and that people are feeling more comfortable in sharing their experiences and the impact it has on their lives...

Much of lower value litigation in the multi-track takes place in the county court. Recent cuts and supposed efficiency moves have led to a fragmented county court system.

The Ministry of Justice released the final version of the new pre-action protocol ("PAP") on the 21 March 2017.