Law features
What should businesses expect from the government’s employment law changes in 2025?
Alex Hodson, Senior Associate at Redmans Solicitors, elaborates on new laws businesses need to know about, and shares how they can ensure compliance in this ever-changing employment law landscape. 2024 has been transformative when it comes to UK employment law. With Labour coming into power, new laws are being drafted, approved and implemented with a […]
The first Labour Budget: implications for family law
On October 30, 2024, Chancellor Rachel Reeves presented her Autumn Budget, setting the stage for the Labour Party’s first policy outline in over 14 years. This Budget is shaped by the government’s aims of ensuring fiscal responsibility, restoring public services, and stabilising the economy. The Budget has wider implications for family law and will likely […]
Sell your business to your employees and enjoy a smooth exit
For owners who have reached the point when they want to exit their business, selling it to their employees rather than a third-party buyer, which may be a competitor they have battled for decades, is a growing trend. Recognising these employees have helped the owners make a success of their business, understand its value and […]
Being dishonest on a CV can be a costly mistake for all concerned
An investigation into ‘industrial scale’ qualifications fraud is currently ongoing in the NHS, following claims that over 700 healthcare workers used proxies to complete tests in Nigeria, allowing them to work in the UK. The commencement of this investigation has raised widespread concerns across other industries as to the magnitude of the problem, with many […]
The UK real estate market under pressure as the dominoes begin to fall
The UK’s commercial real estate sector is under immense pressure from increased interest rates, stubborn inflation, falling property values, and liquidity issues for lenders and borrowers. Like a series of dominoes, these elements have caused a chain reaction – once one falls, the others shortly follow as pressure mounts on the market. It may be […]
Chinese Underground Banking and its risk to UK businesses
Last month, Italy’s Guardia di Finanza announced that they were investigating a Chinese underground banking network suspected of laundering millions of Euros derived from organised crime, mafia drug trade and Russian oligarchs. In a similar case last August, the National Crime Agency arrested a 33-year-old Chinese national in in northern England linked to “the alleged […]
Minimum marriage age raised to protect under 18s
27 February 2023 was a historic day in the safeguarding of children and young people, as a new law came into force in England and Wales, having received royal assent last April. The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 has raised the minimum age someone can legally marry to 18. It has long […]
Don’t take the festive fun too far: understand the risks
Whilst it seems that, for the first Christmas in years, COVID won’t be putting a dampener on the celebrations, employers should still try to be a little cautious when looking to bring their teams back together to delight in some well-earned seasonal cheer. Social distancing may no longer be a requirement, but those who choose […]
Being dishonest on a CV can be a costly mistake for all concerned
In 2017, a YouGov survey found that 10 per cent of British people admitted to having lied on their CV, with 40 per cent of those individuals having lied about their education and qualifications. Other subsequent surveys have found that the number of people lying or embellishing the truth on their CV could be substantially […]
What are the terms for cancelling or terminating a contract in the UK?
Generally speaking, once a contract has been agreed it becomes binding and both parties are legally bound to perform according to the terms and conditions contained within. Despite this, issues can arise and if one party feels the contract is not being upheld, there are a number of potential options to explore. They could affirm […]
