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Autumn Budget Statement 2024

Key implications for employment law, property law, and estate planning

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How the Employment Rights Bill 2024 impacts employers and businesses

The government’s new Employment Rights Bill outlines significant changes to employment laws, focusing on workers' rights and flexibility.

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Protect vulnerable people from fraud

With the rise of sophisticated digital scams, vulnerable individuals are at greater risk of losing their life savings in a single click or tap.

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RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) urges families to plan ahead to minimise Inheritance Tax

RIAA Barker Gillette UK, a prominent West End law firm, is urging families to take proactive steps to reduce their inheritance tax (IHT) liabilities.

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Flexible working legislation updates

Key highlights and best practices employers need to know.

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RIAA Barker Gillette (UK) act in major share sale

RIAA Barker Gillette UK successfully represents Russell Ambrose in a major share sale in Eye Hospitals Group Limited.

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Insight

Get your skates on to get moving

For those looking to sell their property in 2023, house movers should get themselves race-ready in the face of extended timeframes to achieve completion and ensure that all the paperwork is up to date and ready before they put up the sale board.

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Can a lease extension remove burdensome ground rent charges?

On 30 June 2022, Parliament enacted the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022. This long-awaited reform ended the charging of ground rent payments to owners of new residential long leases of single dwellings in England and Wales by their landlord.

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Prenuptial agreements; have you got yours?

The benefits of having a prenuptial agreement: why every couple should consider one.

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Protect SMEs from corporate criminal liability

The law treats corporations as separate legal entities, but to what extent can your employees' actions result in your business being found criminally liable?

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Divorce applications at ten-year high

On 6 April 2022, the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act (2020) came into force - a landmark reform introducing ‘no-fault divorce’ for couples ending their marriage.

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What is a trust fund?

A trust is a way of managing assets such as money, investments, land or property by formally transferring the assets to a trust fund administered for the benefit of others.

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