We are delighted to introduce our first Summer Newsletter, designed to give you a flavour of what we as a business have been up to over the last few months – plus a few articles on legal topics which we hope you find useful.

When the ownership of a business changes, and especially if that business holds a sponsor licence, vigilance is needed. Matthew Davies, Partner and Head of Business Immigration and Stacey Lambert, Associate explain Right to Work checks and sponsor compliance on the sale of a business.

The Home Office has made several important changes to the Sponsor Guidance in its new 01/25 versions, heralded by a ministerial statement in December.

According to the latest set of statistics from the Office for National Statistics, the proportion of people in a relationship and cohabiting has increased from 19.7% in 2012 to 22.7% in 2022, a trend that looks set to continue. Although there are many reasons why people in long term relationships choose to not to marry it is likely that only a few have considered the legal implications of not doing so.

Despite electronic signatures being generally accepted as legally valid, property professionals are still uncertain whether or not they can sign or accept the signature of leases (or similar documents) electronically.

The number of UK citizens owning holiday homes outside UK has increased, according to government statistics, from 104,000 in 1994/95 to 231,000 in 2003/04. Spain and France are the most popular countries with USA a distant third.

Given that domestic abuse rates increase by around 26% when England win or draw and a staggering 38% when they lose, it is clear that football during the festive period could have very serious consequences for those in abusive relationships.

Since 2010, successive Finance Acts have targeted EBTs used as a tax avoidance schemes, including introducing Accelerated Payment Notices (APN) and Follower Notices (FN) in 2014.

This short article considers the Judgment of Her Honour Judge Taylor in the Central London County Court on 11 February 2014 in the case of Jack Breuer v Alba Leccacorvi.

Marriage can have a serious effect on your social life. No longer considered an individual, but now generally viewed by others as a one half of a couple, the activities you do in your spare time will often be those shared with your partner.