Business relief and inheritance tax

Family businesses

Insights

What is Business Property Relief and how might it benefit your estate? Call 0800 652 8025 for an initial consultation and IHT advice. Award winning national firm in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, London, Manchester, Southampton & Taunton.

1 November 2021

Written by

Carol Hawking (previously Cummins)

and

David Maddock

Buying a trading care home

Healthcare

Insights

The decision to buy a care home is significant and there are many aspects to consider. There are key regulatory aspects to bear in mind.

25 July 2024

Written by

Rich Eldridge

Can fathers claim for psychiatric injury following stillbirth?

Medical negligence

Insights

A “secondary victim” is someone who suffers psychiatric injury solely as a result of witnessing the injury or risk of harm to another person. Fathers and birth partners may in some circumstances fall into the category of “secondary victim”.

13 October 2021

Changes to how CQC inspects and rates care homes

Healthcare

Insights

All registered care homes are subject to a comprehensive inspection by CQC. How often your care home is inspected is decided by CQC and depends on the most recent rating that your care home received.

16 May 2024

Written by

Rich Eldridge

Checklist: 10 things you need to do when employing staff for the first time

Employment

Insights

It is crucial to understand the many legal considerations involved with hiring new staff. Whether you’re a first-time employer or have never hired an employee before, there are essential steps to follow.

24 June 2024

Written by

Sharon Latham

Claims against financial advisors for alleged negligent advice

Commercial litigation and disputes

Insights

High net worth individuals, including professional sportspeople, are often approached in relation to unregulated investments or non-mainstream tax planning that presents significant financial risk.

18 June 2025

Written by

Laura Robinson (née Hazell)

Common misconceptions of trusts

Private wealth

Insights

The use of Trusts by legal and financial advisers as a way of managing assets on behalf of other people has tried and tested benefits. Trusts are often used in inheritance planning, tax mitigation, lifetime estate planning to name a few.

29 May 2024

Written by

Jodi Howe

Count-down to identity verification for directors and PSCs and new rules for company registers

Insights

If you are a company director there are changes, soon to be implemented, at Companies House which will impact you. Companies House recently announced that 18 November 2025 is D-Day for mandatory identity verification for directors and persons with significant control (PSCs).

4 September 2025

Written by

Sian Symmonds

and

Aidan Clucas

Developments in enforcing judgments – Key cases of 2022

Commercial litigation and disputes

Insights

We take a look at notable guidance given by the courts in 2022 on enforcement methods following judgment. Find out more about different methods of enforcing a judgment

19 December 2022

Written by

Philip Roberts

and

Owen Williams

Do I really need a shareholders’ agreement?

Corporate and commercial law

Insights

A shareholders’ agreement gives you an opportunity to discuss and reach an agreement on these, and many other situations, with your co-founders at an early stage.

12 October 2023

Written by

Tom Potts

Employment rights recap: Elite sportswomen and pregnancy – Entitlement to a risk assessment

Employment

Insights

In the UK, pregnant employees are legally entitled to a risk assessment in the workplace to ensure their health and safety, as well as that of their unborn child. This entitlement applies equally to employed elite sportswomen.

13 November 2024

Written by

Sarah MacLarty

Business relief and inheritance tax

Buying a trading care home

Can fathers claim for psychiatric injury following stillbirth?

Changes to how CQC inspects and rates care homes

Checklist: 10 things you need to do when employing staff for the first time

Claims against financial advisors for alleged negligent advice

Common misconceptions of trusts

Count-down to identity verification for directors and PSCs and new rules for company registers

Developments in enforcing judgments – Key cases of 2022

Do I really need a shareholders’ agreement?

Employment rights recap: Elite sportswomen and pregnancy – Entitlement to a risk assessment

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