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Many business deals are carried out on a ‘handshake agreement’ (a verbal agreement that isn’t recorded formally), but not many business owners know that this in itself can form a contract that will be legally binding on the parties, with...
With Christmas fast approaching, this is a time for families to come together. This, however, is not the case for separated parents, who face challenges when it comes to making child arrangements for the festive period. Indeed, this can often be a daunting...
Home to school transport is often a key issue for parents and carers. It is also important for a local authority, but for different reasons, including that the cost of transport can be significant. Therefore, a local authority will often seek to reduce...
The government has published a draft statutory instrument titled The Employment Rights (Amendment, Revocation and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023, which contains various amendments to the law on TUPE, working time and holiday pay, which signifies a...
A lasting power of attorney (LPA) is a document which appoints attorneys to act on your behalf in relation to your property and financial affairs, or health and welfare in the event that you cannot make decisions yourself. It is imperative that you take...
The recent Level 1 Raised Flooring Ltd v JM Construction (SW) Ltd 2023 case is a rare example of the court refusing to enforce an adjudicator’s decision. In this case, it was held that the adjudicator’s decision was not susceptible to...
A child or young person will have an EHCP because their special education needs ( SEN ) call for special educational provision to be made in accordance with an EHCP. The local authority responsible for providing provision set out in an EHCP will be the one...
The Birkett Long Divorce and Family Team are supporting Resolution Awareness Week 2023, which runs from 27 November to 1 December 2023. What is this week about? This annual campaign was initiated by Resolution – a community of over 6,500...
Running a livery yard can be enjoyable and stressful at the same time, from trying to meet the individual needs of liveries to scheduling field rotations to keeping on top of business paperwork. One thing that should be manageable for a livery yard owner is...
It was announced on 21 November 2023 that the National Living Wage is to increase to £11.44 an hour from 1 April 2024. It is currently £10.42 for workers 23 and over. This is the largest ever increase on record and is likely to be very welcome...
The topic of pre-and post-nuptial agreements used to be quite taboo and considered ‘anti-family.’ What a strange idea. I accept that, on the face of it, they may seem unromantic, but I consider them to be quite the opposite of being anti-family....
At the start of this month, there was some welcomed news for insolvency practitioners who act as administrators. The Supreme Court handed down judgment in R (on the application of Palmer) v Northern Derbyshire Magistrates Court and Another [2023] UKSC 3013...
The case of Agnew v Chief Constable of Northern Ireland has been ongoing since 2018. It is one of many cases about holiday pay. Agnew concerns a significant number of claims by police and civilian staff for the payment of holiday pay correctly calculated...
How is the family business treated in divorce? Alongside property, pensions, and investments, the family business can often form a substantial part of a high net worth couple’s assets. Indeed, the business may have been the source of the other...
Protect Your Stepfamily's Financial Future If you are a parent and your child has remarried and their new partner has children already from a previous marriage or relationship, now is a good time to consider whether or not you should update your...
On 12 October 2023, the UK government published a new regulation governing data transfers between the UK and the US. This regulation is known as the Data Protection (Adequacy) (United States of America) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/1028). Background The...
What is Child Maintenance? Child maintenance is the regular payment made by a non-resident parent to the person or parent with care of the child to help pay for the child’s everyday living costs, for example, food, clothes, housing, and so on....
The Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Act 2023 received royal assent on 18 September 2023. This new legislation proposes to amend the Pensions Act 2008 by allowing for the automatic enrolment regime to be extended. Under the new law, the...
An Employment Tribunal awarded a transgender woman £25,000 in a sex discrimination case after, among other things, her employer took two years to change her name on its systems. To ‘deadname’ someone is to continue to call a transgender...
Protect Your Inheritance in Blended Families It is becoming increasingly common for two families to merge together, as nuclear families are becoming a thing of the past. Often, clients in blended families put off putting in place a will as they do not...
