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Debenhams Ottaway has been ranked as the only “Band 1” firm in the Private Wealth category in St Albans and Hertfordshire. The well regarded industry directory, Chambers & Partners, UK...

A ruling by the European Court of Human Rights means many businesses will need rethink their approach to the monitoring of private messages sent by employees during the working day. Mr Barbulescu, a...

The Scenario A couple have a child together. Both play a full role in looking after the child for the first years of the child’s life but, sadly, they separate...

Recent comments by a retired senior judge regarding the lack of safeguards in the power of attorney system has caused concern amongst the general public. Susan Glenholme, a partner in...

Two recent judicial decisions highlight the importance of taking specialist employment and insolvency advice when dealing with employees in an insolvency or restructuring situation The first case centres on a group employment...

Strictly speaking, where the Court awards a money judgment, the other side should pay up, right? In practice, this does not always prove to be the case. Whether it’s a...

Would you want to tweet your will rather than have it written out and signed? How about a will made by text message, video recording or Facebook post? The Law...

If you jointly own a property did you know on a sale the presumption in law is that the proceeds get split equally? That may work for many co-owners but...

A new divorce petition introduced recently by the Ministry of Justice becomes compulsory from 4 September 2017. The rationale behind the introduction of the new form is the recognition that more people are...

In the recent case of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Willetts and others, UKEAT/0334/1 the EAT has decided that regular payments for voluntary overtime should be taken into account when calculating employee’s...