Our popular Charity Quiz Night returned on Wednesday, 23 September 2026 at Solo Bar & Restaurant in Sleaford. A huge thank you to everyone who attended. Together, we raised over £850 for our Charity of the Year, The UK Sepsis Trust Eleven...
Major retailer Next has secured a hard-fought victory in a long-running equal pay case, with a ruling that market forces can justify paying warehouse staff more than predominantly female shop-floor workers doing work of equal value. The Employment Appeal...
Most workplace disputes do not start out as legal problems. They start as a rota change nobody explained, a piece of feedback that landed badly, or two capable people who have quietly stopped speaking to each other. Left alone, a surprising number of them...
If you have bought, sold or remortgaged a property in the last few years, you may have been surprised to learn that the paperwork does not end at completion. Your solicitor still has to apply to HM Land Registry to update the register, and that application...
If you’ve looked into Domestic Abuse Protection Orders recently, you may have come away confused. Some sources describe them as the new standard protection for victims of domestic abuse. Others suggest they have replaced older orders entirely. Search...
When someone agrees to act as an executor, they rarely expect the hardest part of the job to be finding the people who are supposed to inherit. Yet it happens often. A sibling emigrated in the 1970s and contact faded. A will leaves a share to "my...
A significant new Court of Appeal judgment has clarified the relationship between TUPE and vicarious liability . In ABC v Huntercombe (No. 12) & others , the Court considered whether a business acquiring employees under TUPE also acquires liability...
The Supreme Court has ruled today in Augustine v Data Cars Limited giving clarity on when part-time workers can claim discrimination. The question was whether they had to show that the reason for their treatment was solely or mainly because they were...
ACAS has produced a draft of its new code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures , which is open to consultation until 23 rd September 2026. After that the final code will be put before Parliament for approval and it is likely to come into...
A recent court case involving misuse of millions of pounds of family wealth has provided a stark reminder for managing financial affairs: choosing the right person is critical. Daughter Sandra Thomas used her authority under a Lasting Power of...