This year’s Great British Family Business Conference will be held on 19 March at the Royal Geographical Society in London...
Separation often brings unavoidable change, but few challenges feel as complex as parenting across distance. Long-distance parenting usually develops out...
Whistleblowing concerns rarely arrive in a convenient form. They can be raised by a long-serving employee who feels genuinely uneasy...
Modern families often look very different from those of a generation ago. In fact, according to the UK’s most recent...
Most inheritance disputes do not arise because someone failed to say what they wanted. They arise because what was said...
Redundancy remains one of the most difficult responsibilities an employer can face. Whether it arises through financial constraint, business restructuring...
If you are in your twenties or thirties, you can be forgiven for thinking Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney...
Trusts are usually created with care and good intentions. Professional advice is taken, trustees are appointed and assets are transferred...
A child’s surname carries legal, personal and social significance. It is often bound up with family relationships, history and identity...
The Employment Rights Bill marks one of the most significant recalibrations of workplace law in recent memory. Among its many...
Every autumn, thousands of families sit down to make one of the most important decisions of their child’s early life...
For many years, the rules governing Inheritance Tax (IHT) have moved with only a gentle tide. Business owners, agricultural families...
Redundancy decisions rarely unfold in ideal conditions. They often happen when time is short, pressure is high, and leaders are...
For many British nationals, the legal position of living in Spain has felt increasingly uncertain since the end of free...
Across the UK, families are preparing for the largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in living memory. In the next three...
Contracts sit at the heart of almost every business relationship. They govern supply arrangements, leases, service provision, joint ventures and...
Employers have long understood that overt racism or sexist behaviour can expose them to serious legal and reputational risk. But...
Few decisions test a family business quite like succession. Passing leadership to the next generation, or deciding that the time...
The decision to separate is rarely sudden, but there’s often a moment when it becomes final. What follows is strange,...
In the twelve months since employers were placed under a positive duty to prevent sexual harassment, there has been a...
A landowner may be approached by a neighbour looking to graze livestock on an unused field for part of the...
Commercial relationships do not tend to collapse based on a single moment or disagreement. More often than not, pressures will...
For years, competition law has lived in the boardroom, not the HR suite. It was about prices, supply chains and...
Digital communication now plays a central role in how couples manage their relationships, both in good times and bad. Upon...