A law change which will extend redundancy protection for employees who are pregnant or returning from maternity, adoption or shared parental leave could reduce discrimination towards new and expectant parents, says a leading employment law expert.

As the summer holidays are fast approaching, many parents find themselves navigating the arrangements for their children. It can be a challenging time for separated parents, but it can also be a time of joy and relaxation for parents and children.

A Deputy is very often required to manage a vulnerable person’s property and affairs when that person has lost capacity and there is not a Power of Attorney in place.

We recently assisted the owners of Intelligent Real Easte Due Diligence Limited (IREDD), a London based legal indemnity broker, with the sale of the entire issued share capital of IREDD to Adler Fairways Insurance Group Limited (Adler).

The sellers of Maincor Ltd have been longstanding clients of Wright Hassall for many years, so it was fantastic to be able to get this transaction over the line for them.

We advised a leading engineering research and development business in connection with proceedings in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court against a professional sports team which had sought to exploit the client’s patented technology without licence terms.

Our client, the wholly owned subsidiary of the UK arm of Netherlands-based Zwanenberg Food Group, manufactures food products for the B2B sector.

We continue to represent a leading manufacturer of measurement instruments in a long-running dispute concerning claims in relation to its proprietary software.

Wright Hassall's Commercial Litigation team are acting for the company and director in a professional negligence case.

This case relates to an estate which comprises of a farmhouse, cottage, land, helicopter and two companies renting out various properties (value £4 million).