Legal 101

Contract Renewal Tracking Fields and Workflow

A contract renewal tracking guide covering the fields, dates, owners, notice periods, and workflow decisions teams should capture.

Vendor Contract Review Checklist for Procurement

A vendor contract review checklist for procurement teams covering commercial, operational, data, liability, renewal, and exit risks.

Understanding Liability in Multi-Vehicle Accidents

Common Misconceptions About Divorce Laws

The potential implications of a divorce

The Legal Outlook for 2023

Things to look out for in 2023

An Overview of Climate Clauses

How climate clauses can help you be a more conscious businesses

Demystifying Choice of Law Clauses

Everything you need to know about choice of law clauses

How to Respond to a Data Breach

Everything you need to know about data breaches

Separate Legal Personality & Limited Liability

A brief overview about separate legal personality and liability of companies

Why Jurisdiction Clauses Matter

Why you jurisdiction clauses are important and how to draft one

To Scheme or to Plan? Which is the better insolvency process?

A comparative analysis of scheming and planning during insolvency

Does the law require public companies to maximise shareholder value?

Debunking the shareholder primacy myth

How Tech Can Make Navigating Workers’ Compensation Claims Easier

What's a Disclaimer and when do you need one

What should be included in a company social media policy?

How to draft a company policy for the use of social media at work

What is an environmental policy?

And how to draft one for your company

Flexible working explained

What is flexible working and how to make a request

Key Terms in a Distribution Agreement

3 clauses you need to know about

The 4 types of Distribution Agreements

A comprehensive guide to distribution agreements

3 common boilerplate clauses

A quick guide to boilerplate clauses

An introduction to collective agreements

Everything you need to know about collective agreements and trade unions

What is a Partnership?

Everything you need to know about partnerships

Updates to Employment Law - 2022

The key 2022 updates you need to know about as an employer

Flexible working and the UK's 4-day working week

What the law says about flexible working

An Employer’s Guide To Right To Work Checks

Updates from the 16 December 2021

The Definitive Guide For The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017

The obligations owed to homeless people under relevant legislation by local housing authorities

Indemnity clauses and commercial contracts

What they are and how to draft one

A guide to income protection insurance

An overview of the different types of income protection insurances in the event you suffer from an accident, sickness or unemployment

Statutory Sick Pay, Sick Leave and Company Sick Pay

What the government updates mean for employers and employees

The Legals of Electronic Signatures for Documents 

Review of the Law Commission's Report into the Electronic Execution of Documents

An Introduction to Contract Breaches

Examples of contract breaches, claims and remedies

The Definitive Guide to Pensions for Employers

An overview of the different types of pensions for employers in England

How to add a guarantor into a tenancy agreement

What to do when you need a guarantor

When multiple occupants means multiple obligations

Landlords: Your extra responsibilities when letting a HMO.

What to consider when terminating a contract

Everything you need to consider pre and post termination.

What is the difference between a house in multiple occupation and a bedsit?

Classifying property and your obligations.

What does the new Court of Appeal decision mean for EPC Requirements?

The Court of Appeal on section 21 notices and EPC requirements.

What does it mean to have a joint tenancy?

Your obligations under a joint tenancy.

What are the grounds for serving a section 8 notice?

For what reasons can you start the process of ending an assured shorthold tenancy?

What are periodic tenancies?

How do periodic tenancies work?

Ways to end an AST that are not an eviction notice

How can a landlord or letting agent end a tenancy without a section 8 or 21 notice?

Updates to Form 3 and Form 6A

Government updated forms needed to serve Section 8 and 21 notices.

Update on Section 8 Notices

Take notice.

Update on Section 21 Notices

Section 21 Notices in 2021.

UK Wages Explained

National Minimum Wage, National Living Wage and the Real Living Wage

UK GDPR for Employers

Obligations and rights under UK GDPR.

The definitive guide to the Tenant Fees Act 2019 for landlords, agents and tenants

A Guide for you and your tenants.

Right to Rent and Brexit

What Brexit means for EEA citizens renting in England.

Preparing your contracts for the next pandemic

Force majeure is what you're looking for.

Post-Brexit Data Sharing

Adequacy Decision of the European Commission on UK Data Protection Law.

My Business and COVID-19: Is It Legal to Run My Business From Home?

What permissions you might need to run your business from your home.

Making sure your tenancy agreement is worth the paper it is on

Why your tenancy agreements might not be as enforceable as you think they are

Lease or Licence to Occupy? How the law decides

If it looks, walks and talks like a tenant, can it be a lodger?

Law Society Lawtech and Ethics Principles: Overview

Report on the Law Society’s Lawtech and Ethics Principles

Land law cases on the requirements of a lease

What the case law says on the essential elements of a lease

It’s not just your wardrobes that need a clear out

Make sure to remove these ‘unforgotten’ clauses from your contracts.

How your sole occupancy may qualify for council tax discount

Insight into the single person discount for single lets

Electrical installation condition reports and safety inspections in the private rented sector

What the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 mean for Landlords

Don’t leave your contracts in the dark

Landlords: What to be aware of this year

Comprehensive guide to notice periods in England and Wales

How and when to serve notices.

5 Common Workplace Accidents and How to Avoid Them

Void from the beginning...