As the Home Office struggles with application processing backlogs and the government is focused on illegal immigration, this guide aims to help businesses that rely on recruiting skilled workers from overseas navigate the UK visa application system successfully.

The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Robinson -v- P E Jones Contractors Limited is likely to become a landmark ruling, not only on the subject of concurrent liability in contract and the tort of negligence but also on the wide issue of the liability of builders in the tort of negligence for building defects.

The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (No. 2) (Bill) was introduced to Parliament on 8 March 2023. The Bill is intended to reduce some of the burdens on businesses associated with the General Data Protection Regulation and to promote data-driven innovation.

In order to bring a claim for Judicial Review you need to show that you have a ‘sufficient interest’ in the subject matter of the decision you are seeking to challenge.

The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation in May 2018 introduced a number of changes and reinforced a number of existing requirements relating to the processing of personal data.

In business we all send many emails every day. Amongst the thousands of emails we send and receive every year, some may form contracts, some may be intended to change existing contractual arrangements and some may be guaranteeing obligations of third parties.

Vishal Makol takes a look behind the latest government communications on the EU settlement Scheme.

Solicitors specialising in contentious probate matters are often faced with disappointed beneficiaries who comment after seeing a will of a loved one that “those cannot be the wishes of the deceased”.

Practical completion is one of those terms with which everyone is familiar – but for which there is no clear legal definition.

Everyone likes the word “reasonable”, especially lawyers. It is an objective term that has been analysed and tested over the years. The popularity of the concept also means that it is perceived as an acceptable compromise position to allow contracts to be signed (and argued about later). A similar line of analysis applied to understand when terms will be implied into contracts has now been clarified and overturned.