Firm News

Mayo Wynne Baxter makes Eastbourne expansion with merger!

We are expanding our presence on the South East coast, we are merging with Eastbourne firm Lawson Lewis Blakers. The union will see Lawson Lewis Blakers become part of the Mayo Wynne Baxter brand, taking

Dean Orgill

Employment Law

What is trust and confidence?

The concept of trust and confidence has developed over time through case law and can encompass a wide range of factors. While it is a mutual duty, allegations that trust and confidence have been breached

Private Client

Disposing of the dead – the need to modernize our laws

It has long been thought that the laws in England and Wales which govern the disposal of bodies are outdated and in need of modernization. Many of the laws still applicable today have roots in

Matt Parr

Firm News

Mayo Wynne Baxter Achieves B-CORP Status

We are so pleased to be a part of legal and professional services group Ampa – and the group has now been awarded B-Corporation certification! Organisations with certified B-Corporation status are legally required to consider

Dean Orgill

Private Client

The Nil Rate Band is frozen

You may have heard in the recent Autumn statement that the Inheritance Tax Nil Rate Band is to be frozen until at least April 2028. Essentially the Nil Rate Band is the amount of your

Matt Parr

Private Client

Is there a Will?

We are often asked by clients what they need to do in the first few days or weeks following the death of a family member or friend and the first step is always the same.

Matt Parr

Private Client

Trust Registration Requirements

If you are a trustee, you will need to consider carefully if you are required to register the trust. The changes – which came into effect from 6 October 2020 – mean that all express

Jessica Partridge

Family Law

The Modern Family: Embryos and Divorce

What happens to our frozen embryos when we divorce? The number of couples who are deciding to freeze their embryos for personal and medical reasons is ever increasing. As a result, the Human Fertility and

Employment Law

Tribunal rules calling a male employee ‘bald’ was harassment

An Employment Tribunal has agreed that an electrician experienced sex-related harassment when his baldness was insultingly referred to by his supervisor. Harassment Under Section 26 of the Equality Act 2010, a person harasses another person

Lorna Gietzen

Family Law

How does divorce affect the family business?

A business, in which one or both of the parties on divorce has an interest, is a financial resource which the court considers when determining a fair financial outcome. This will be determined in accordance

Mayo Wynne Baxter makes Eastbourne expansion with merger!

What is trust and confidence?

Disposing of the dead – the need to modernize our laws

Mayo Wynne Baxter Achieves B-CORP Status

The Nil Rate Band is frozen

Is there a Will?

Trust Registration Requirements

The Modern Family: Embryos and Divorce

Tribunal rules calling a male employee ‘bald’ was harassment

How does divorce affect the family business?

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