Legal Insights

I've been carrying around a now rather dog-eared copy of Stacey Alcorn's article (linked below) for the last month. It's one of those few...

It's quite some time since a client handed me a slim folio of "dubious images" to illustrate the fledgling surfing habits of their...

The media tends to exaggerate the level of post-Christmas marriage breakdowns, and labelling the first working day in January 'Divorce...

Pakistan has become the 96th State to join the Hague Convention on Child Abduction 1980. 

The 1980 treaty provides a procedure to bring...

Christmas can be a very difficult time for those either approaching or currently going through divorce proceedings, particularly when...

They lost £1.1m in 2015 due to a cyber attack, if this doesnt make law firms wake up to the fact Cyber Crime is a real thing. I don't...

It seems that, on the back of the publicity surrounding Sports Direct, other large employers are facing scrutiny regarding their...

A washing machine repair man was recently fined £200 for not having a ‘no smoking’ sign on his van. The fact that he doesn’t smoke was...

The Local Authority have been given permission to appeal the decision in the Supreme Court and it will be heard in January 2017.

Parents...

Like most of us, parents or not, I never feel there is enough time in my day.

Add children to the mix, especially those, like mine, who...

• Beneficial Ownership Register- under 4th Money Laundering Directive (MLD4)- Article 30(1) transposed into Irish Law from 15th November.

News is out in the last 24 hours of a new Department for Transport consultation looking at the use of drones and the potential for a...

If ex-spouses fail to pay lump sums or maintenance as ordered by the Court, the remedies are currently very limited. A wife can currently...

Looks what's coming up in the employment arena for 2017....

The Law Commission Enforcement Report has been published today. The report considers how financial orders can be enforced and looks at...

Good snap shot of 2016 in the legal sector, lots of positives to take away from this year. Shame though that the Personal Injury sector...

The legal profession has been slow to embrace technology, but over the last decade there has been a drive within the profession to...

Ritson as ever being direct and providing provocative comment. In this instance on brand consultants. For me one of the issues,...

In an unsurprising turn of events (given that they already announced it when the ruling was announced), Uber have appealed the recent...

It is surprising to read that more couples are being encouraged to consider alternatives to marriage, such as a 10 year contract. 

Many...

Employment solicitor, Alex Christen, takes a look at how employers may be responsible for staff conduct and Christmas parties - and how...

Hot off the press!

The festive season approaches once again. Hopefully a good time will be had by all. But it is worth remembering that, for the good of all...

For the last few weeks, I have had the pleasure of working alongside the incredibly talented team at @elXtr, developing and producing...

A new disciplinary panel has upheld the charges levied by the British Horseracing Authority against Lewes trainer Jim Best.  

In December...

Yes, you guessed it. There are no magic solutions when it comes to dealing with bad payers. But the good news is that you can take...

These boots are made for walking - how to exit a difficult employee

Many businesses have experienced a need to ask employees to move on,...

There has been a lot of hype around Gateley and the idea of law firms being listed.

There is a dark side which is that the firm is then at...

The RMT Trade Union issued a press release on 5 December 2016 pledging to fight the Government’s apparent “plans to privatise Network Rail”

The law on dividing assets is very complex and varies significantly depending on whether you are married, unmarried or in a civil...

He predicted email for law firms 15 years ago, and how digital will change the legal market. Now Professor Susskind has said the...

Despite the legal introduction of gay marriage, this case shows that the Church of England are still able to decide their own rules when...

A judgement of the European Court of Justice has given some much needed clarity as to the legal risks inherent in hyperlinking your own...

You have to feel sorry for the ‘almost recruits’ referred to in the linked article – they went through the hard slog of getting a new...

There's an old Yorkshire saying: "there's none so blind as them as will not see". Sadly that statement remains as true as ever of many...

Solicitors (and barristers)  are naturally and instinctively conservative.  As a class of professionals they are only outranked by the...

The Drinks Business reports on Maureen Downey's (a wine authentication and valuation specialist)  concerns over counterfeit wines...

#TheGame is brilliant. We hope you enjoyed it and learned from it.

But for us, from the outset, it was never just about making real law...

The ONS have published the latest divorce rates for 2014. As expected, the rates of divorce are decreasing and many believe this is...

Christmas party season is firmly upon us and rather fittingly, the High Court handed down its judgment in the case of Bellman v...

With the Supreme Court case on the triggering of Article 50 rumbling on this week and both the UK government and the EU representatives...

Wow thats a lot of money!

It is very important to ensure there is full and frank financial disclosure in divorce proceedings. Without full disclosure it is similar...

An employer has avoided liability for the actions of its director at a heavy drinking session which followed the office Christmas party. 

Jordan Furlong, a leading analyst of the global legal market and forecaster of its future development, explains why just because law...

Workers' rights in what is commonly termed the "gig economy" have been under scrutiny recently, with the tribunal considering the...

Staff Christmas parties on the horizon (or for some, already had) bring much to look forward to for employers and employees alike in the...

It is essential that as part of a divorce, parties engage in full and frank financial disclosure of their assets. 

There have been an...

Last week I wrote a blog with a checklist to business owners to consider as a broad strategy on How to handle late and bad payers. The...

Networking is something that many of us dread. But the value of a good network and what it can unlock is something that I seem to find...

It is extremely encouraging that key legal organisations are looking to improve social mobility within the sector - hopefully, this will...

Deciding on a price for your products can be a tricky topic for many startups and growing businesses. Questions like “am I charging too...

In an interesting new development for online legal services, Legal Futures reports on lawyer match-making service LawBid, which says that...

Let’s start at the beginning. If you are self-employed you actually run a business and you need to register with HMRC. You'll have to...