4/14/2025 8:38:52 AM Court of Appeal Rules on Boundary Demarcation Agreements By Zoe McLean-Wells Shannon Morrison The Court of Appeal has clarified the binding nature of boundary demarcation agreements on successors in title, irrespective of their...
4/3/2025 3:22:25 PM Publication of new NHBC Housing Warranty Policies including changes in respect of insolvency cover By Triya Maicha Philip Evans Ben Halsey On 1 April 2025, the National Housebuilding Council (NHBC) published an updated version of its Buildmark and Buildmark Choice Housing...
4/2/2025 9:00:41 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: The principles of conduct dismissals following Hewston v Ofsted By Chris Cuckney Giving judgment earlier this month in the case of Hewston v Ofsted, the Court of Appeal has handed down a helpful reminder to employers...
3/26/2025 11:54:04 AM 5 key takeaways from Devonshires' Breakfast Briefing on the Commonhold White Paper By Jonathan Corris Mark Foxcroft Ben Halsey Earlier this week, we were pleased to hold a breakfast briefing on the Government’s Commonhold White Paper (CWP). The briefing...
3/21/2025 8:16:37 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: Indirect Discrimination and childcare disparity following Marston (Holdings) Ltd v Perkins By Chris Cuckney Indirect discrimination remains an important consideration for businesses who are looking to implement new workplace policies or ways of...
3/13/2025 12:09:45 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: Amendments to the Employment Rights Bill By Chris Cuckney In October 2024 the Government published the now famous Employment Rights Bill. The Government has since consulted on almost every aspect...
3/6/2025 9:01:32 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: Ramadan 2025: Supporting workers in the workplace By Chris Cuckney The holy month of Ramadan started on 28 February 2025 and will conclude on the evening of 30 March 2025. For millions of practicing...
2/27/2025 11:03:56 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: Statutory Neonatal Care Leave and Pay By Chris Cuckney In our blog at the turn of the year we highlighted that one of the significant changes this year would be the introduction of a new right...
2/27/2025 9:55:08 AM The difference between the director duty to avoid conflicts of interest and a director declaring interested transactions under the Companies Act 2006 By Prasan Modasia Directors of a company have legal duties designed to ensure that they act in the best interests of the company and its shareholders. Two...
2/26/2025 5:09:45 PM Government Responds to the Phase 2 Grenfell Inquiry Report By Mark London On 26 February 2025, in a Ministerial statement in the House of Commons, Angela Rayner commented on the Phase 2 report and noted that the...
2/25/2025 1:18:20 PM The one about the Moths, the Mansion, and Misrepresentation - Iva Patarkatsishvili & Yevhen Hunyak v William Woodward-Fisher [2025] EWHC 265 (Ch) By Ben Halsey Stavrina Tofallis Judgment has now been handed down by the High Court in the above case: Judiciary.uk Aside from representing a unique opportunity for...
2/21/2025 9:31:43 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: Withholding important information in job applications following Easton v Secretary of State for the Home Office By Chris Cuckney Most people know someone who has withheld information in their C.V. or job application that they’d rather not have to explain to a future...