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Browse our law brief articles and blogs, aimed at addressing the practical implications of the latest legal developments affecting you and your organisation.

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The ICO Has Updated the Guide to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Thursday, 15 February 2018

One of the significant changes to the Guide relates to the bases for processing personal data under the GDPR.

The ICO Has Updated the Guide to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
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Articles & Blogs Employment Healthcare

Whistleblowing - Is it up to Employers to Decide if Disclosure Is Protected?

Thursday, 20 July 2017

When considering whether to dismiss an employee, employers should be cautious not to underestimate any disclosure made by an employee and whether this may amount to a protected disclosure under whistleblowing legislation.

Whistleblowing - Is it up to Employers to Decide if Disclosure Is Protected?
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Articles & Blogs Property Litigation Real Estate

5 Issues for Tenants to Consider at the End of a Lease

Thursday, 27 April 2017

We often get asked "What do I need to do before my lease ends?"

5 Issues for Tenants to Consider at the End of a Lease
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Articles & Blogs Employment

Government Fails to Justify Age Discrimination

Friday, 27 January 2017

Treating one age group differently to another will always be a difficult area.

Government Fails to Justify Age Discrimination
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Articles & Blogs Employment

Reasonable Adjustments - How far must a policy go?

Friday, 27 January 2017

In the widely reported case of FirstGroup Plc v Paulley, the Supreme Court found that a bus operator's policy to...

Reasonable Adjustments - How far must a policy go?
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Articles & Blogs Employment

The Limits of Express Mobility Clauses in Workplace Relocations

Friday, 20 January 2017

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed the approach that employers should take when seeking to close one place of work and relocate employees to another.

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Articles & Blogs Private Client

Non-Dom Reforms - What is Changing and How Will it Affect You?

Friday, 22 July 2016

Life used to be straightforward, and, from a tax point of view, advantageous, for non-domiciled UK residents.

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Articles & Blogs Private Client

Passing on your wealth to the next generation - the pros and cons of family investment companies

Friday, 22 July 2016

Trusts are traditionally the way in which families pass down wealth to future generations.

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Articles & Blogs Private Client

Welcome to the Summer 2016 Edition of Talking Wealth

Friday, 22 July 2016

In this edition, some of our new arrivals, Angharad Lynn, a Solicitor in our London Private Client team, Iain Aitken, our Senior Associate and Samantha Hickman, our matrimonial Partner, examine some of the topics currently being discussed by our team.

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Articles & Blogs Immigration

Immigration Q&A after Brexit

Thursday, 07 July 2016

We have been contacted by many EEA nationals and their employers concerned about their ability to continue living and working in the UK - questions answered here

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Articles & Blogs Higher Education

Brexit - The Implications for the Higher Education Sector

Friday, 24 June 2016

Now that the British electorate has voted to leave the European Union, the potential opportunities and threats of Brexit for the higher education sector will start to take shape.

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Articles & Blogs Brexit Private Client

Brexit - Implications of Leaving the EU for UK Private Clients

Friday, 24 June 2016

Brexit - Leaving the EU will undoubtedly have a significant impact. For private clients, the main concerns will be around property ownership, inheritance, taxation and freedom of movement.

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Articles & Blogs Pharma & Life Sciences

Brexit That Contract?

Friday, 24 June 2016

What a Momentus Day

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Articles & Blogs Real Estate

Brexit - the Potential Implications of Leaving the European Union for the Real Estate Sector

Friday, 24 June 2016

The vote to leave the European Union will not have an immediate legal impact on the Real Estate sector, as individual nations have continued to operate separate systems of land law

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Articles & Blogs VWV Approach

The Central Register at Companies House

Monday, 20 June 2016

One of the many changes introduced by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 is the option for private companies to keep information in a centrally held register at Companies House rather than in their own statutory books.

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