Author: Marie Ready

Employment Update - March 2019 Employment law always moves at a fast pace so we’ve summarised some of the most important recent decisions and news: Cases: Employment status: In the…

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation)Act 2018 The Act comes into force on 20 March 2019 and aims to improve standards in the private and social rented sectors. It applies…

Can you list your property on Airbnb? Websites such as Airbnb are growing in popularity, with this brand alone offering more than 4 million listings in 191 countries. However, in…

The pitfalls of social media A former chairman of a UK Independence Party branch has been ordered to pay £40,000 in damages to a man defamed on Twitter - even…

Employment Update - January 2019 Employment law always moves at a fast pace so we’ve summarised some of the most important recent decisions and news. Cases(1) Holiday Pay & Parental…

New regulations ban combustible cladding In response to the tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire, the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/1230) came into force on 21 December 2018. the…

Employment Update - October 2018 Employment law always moves at a fast pace so we have once more summarised some of the most important recent decisions and news: Cases: (1)…

Break options in leases The High Court* has recently decided that, on the true construction of a lease, the tenant’s break option was not conditional on compliance with its reinstatement…

Disclosing Japanese Knotweed when selling a property In recent years, there has been an increasing number of claims arising out misleading information given by sellers to the buyers of their…