The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (or NICE) establishes guidelines for treatments and ailments from anaphylaxis to zopiclone. If your product is not recommended in the relevant NICE guidelines or it has been excluded, it will impact on your sales. Can you challenge the guidelines? Read more

Do early-stage businesses really need to bother with legal agreements? Nick Atkins and Katie Philipson consider this issue in Smallbusinss.co.uk. Read more

Two recent decisions have highlighted the need for buyers to take extreme care to ensure that they properly notify intended claims under a share purchase agreement (“SPA”). Read more

Michael Frisby considers what 'No Deal' may mean and suggests contingency planning for your supply chain. Read more

Be careful when drafting your arbitration agreement – including who you want to be your arbitrator – to avoid disputes before you even start your dispute resolution process! Read more

The question of legal professional privilege has been considered again by the Court, which has maintained its narrow scope and has approved the approach taken most recently on the topic as part of The RBS Rights Issue Litigation. Read more

Learn from UKIP’s mistake - a judge has ruled that UKIP is to be jointly and severally liable alongside Jane Collins, MEP, for part of a £670,000 legal bill run up by MPs who accused Jane Collins of slander and libel following her speech at the UKIP party conference in 2014. Read more

We are delighted to report that as part of the annual promotions, Kimberley Eyssell has been promoted to Partner and James Lister and Catherine Penny have been promoted to Managing Associates. Kimberley is part of our Construction and Engineering team, James heads our Contentious Trusts team and Catherine is part of the Commercial Litigation and International Arbitration group.

7 June 2018

TERMINATIONS AND TAX – THE NEW REGIME

Is your settlement agreement fit for purpose? Following recent tax changes on 6 April 2018, it’s critical that employers ensure they are taxing termination payments correctly and that their settlement agreements are still fit for purpose. Learn more