Insights
The perils of home made wills
05 Aug 2025A video recording might seem a good idea when an elderly person signs a will to help prove capacity. Here's a cautionary tale of when it can go horribly wrong.
Push to encourage women to invest in scale up businesses
04 Aug 2025Leandros Kalisperas, Chief Investment Officer at British Business Bank writes about how the Bank is championing diversity within the VC industry and how up to £250 billion of new value could be added to the UK economy if women started and scaled new businesses at the same rate as men.
Data, data everywhere - what can we learn from HMRC's inheritance tax liabilities statistics?
04 Aug 2025I embrace the benefits of data for the unremarkable reasons of analysis and forecasting which enables informed decision-making.
Employment Rights Bill: clarification on 'excepted agreements' under new NDA rules
01 Aug 2025The government's recent impact assessment offers further detail on the meaning of 'excepted agreements' under the proposed NDA restrictions in harassment and discrimination cases.
Employment Rights Bill: key amendments and future consultations as Report stage nears conclusion
01 Aug 2025Proposals to block day-one unfair dismissal rights, extend whistleblowing protection, and consult on workplace AI among developments from the House of Lords Report Stage.
Constructive dismissal and discrimination: misleading an employee about their role during sickness absence was a breach of trust and confidence.
01 Aug 2025An employer's failure to be transparent during a cancer-related absence led to discrimination and ultimately, a successful claim for constructive dismissal.
