Developers and promoters will want to ensure that vacant possession of a site can be obtained before incurring planning expenses.  Agricultural tenancies can be difficult to terminate depending on the type of tenancy in existence, the development...

Succession and inheritance planning are the most important provisions any farming family can make when looking to the future and making arrangements for carrying on the farming business. A vital part of that planning is making a will. A will is essential...

The Plastic Packaging Tax comes into effect on 1 April 2022.  The measures introduce technical changes to relevant provisions of the Finance Act 2021, concerning the Plastic Packaging Tax. The provisions in the Finance Act 2021 came following the...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has published the final form of its new International Data Transfer Agreement (IDTA), together with a new addendum to the EU’s standard contractual clauses (Addendum), which have been laid before Parliament...

With spring around the corner, why not take the opportunity to do a spring clean and tidy away your copy of your will? Whilst you are there, it is a good idea to check through each clause in your will to see whether your personal circumstances have...

Sometimes with the day to day running of a business it is easy to push aside ‘housekeeping’ matters, such as updating employment contracts and staff handbooks. However, more often than not, we encounter a number of enquiries from employer...

Employers often have to manage situations where an employee raises a multiple number of complaints, sometimes as a tactical move to stall a disciplinary process. In some circumstances such complaints can have employers asking whether they are able to treat...

Local authorities are known to attach agricultural ties to dwellings to restrict who is permitted to occupy dwellings within the countryside to people who are principally employed in the agricultural sector. What are the upsides? The use of occupancy...

Family businesses can take decades, or even generations, to build successfully. But what happens when the owner(s) gets involved in a divorce? Philip Hoddell discusses the pitfalls and offers some advice on how to protect business assets. The existence...

As 2022 begins, what are the New Year's resolutions that you should be contemplating for your business? Whether it be growth, retirement or exit planning, or simply getting those terms and conditions up to date, we have lawyers who can help and advise...