Careless talk: what counts as a legally binding agreement?

Legally binding agreements can take many forms, some of which may surprise you: emails, messages and even conversations can all count. A recent case has shown that a verbal agreement could be enforced in court.

Family Law

Family Procedure Rules (FPR)

On 29 April 2024 important updates took effect in the Family Procedure Rules (FPR) with hopes to encourage parties to participate in ‘non-court dispute resolution’ in family law proceedings. The family law courts are overwhelmed

Paul Rooke

Fintech

Bait And Switch: Beware If Offered Tokenised Ownership Of UK Property

One of the advantages of being a lawyer specialising in crypto and blockchain is that you get to see trends as they start to develop. A current hot one is the tokenisation of real estate.

Property Litigation

Interim Possession Orders

Recently we have seen the high-profile issue of squatters occupying celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey’s empty premises in central London. Interim Possession Orders (IPO) can be a helpful tool for property owners facing unauthorised occupation or

Paul Rooke

Private Client

Tax Changes – Income and gains in estate administration

The administration period is the time from the date of death to the date that everything has been paid out or distributed in an estate. From 5 April 2024 estates with all types of income

Lucy Hollingsworth

Employment Law

Fire & Rehire – latest Government guidance

This could include, for example, changes to salary, working hours, annual leave entitlement or the length of notice required by each party to terminate the contract. Whilst such changes may not be desirable, there may

Ross Spiller

Employment Law

Expanding the ‘trump card’ – increased protections for those taking family friendly leave

So for example, if you have 5 employees doing the same role and you need to reduce the numbers to 3, if one of the employees is on family-friendly leave at the time of the

Nicola Brown

Family Law

Hastings tops list of Sussex divorce hotspots as new data shows dramatic drop in applications

The latest release from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows divorces plummeted in 2022, following the introduction of ‘no fault divorce’ in April that year. The data, which covers January – December 2022, shows

Employment

The new right to Carer’s leave – what employers need to know

From 06 April 2024, there will be a new statutory right to unpaid carer’s leave for employees. Where an employee looks after someone with a long-term care need, they are entitled to take one week’s

Hayley Parsons

Private Client

Funeral wishes

We often note that this is the only extent to which their loved ones were aware of what their funeral wishes are. However, if you have ever had to plan the funeral, you will be

Georgia Dellar

Careless talk: what counts as a legally binding agreement?

Family Procedure Rules (FPR)

Bait And Switch: Beware If Offered Tokenised Ownership Of UK Property

Interim Possession Orders

Tax Changes – Income and gains in estate administration

Fire & Rehire – latest Government guidance

Expanding the ‘trump card’ – increased protections for those taking family friendly leave

Hastings tops list of Sussex divorce hotspots as new data shows dramatic drop in applications

The new right to Carer’s leave – what employers need to know

Funeral wishes

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