News & Insights

Product Safety after Brexit: are you ready?

The government has issued recent guidance on product safety and placing manufactured goods on the UK market in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Ransom Strips – How are they used?

James Burgess, a Partner in our real estate team, discusses the strategic value of ransom strips to sellers and promoters of land with development potential.

The way the cookie consent crumbles

ECJ ruling that cookie consent must be active and specific.

FSP advises Nationwide Hire management team Livingbridge backed MBO

Field Seymour Parkes has advised the management team of Nationwide Hire on their recent MBO backed by a £15m investment from UK mid-market private equity firm Livingbridge.

Contractors and IR35 webinars – how to be prepared for the changes ahead

Part 1 – Summary of current position: Part 2 – April 2020 changes Part 3…

Contractors and IR35 – How to be prepared for the changes ahead

Tips on negotiating Heads of Terms on property transactions

Getting a set of heads of terms that fairly describe the terms of a new letting is a balancing act. Too little detail in the heads of terms and you risk encountering unforeseen commercial or practical obstacles in a transaction when you are already well advanced in your legal negotiations. Too much detail at the heads of terms stage and you risk wasting time by ‘rehearsing’ the negotiation of the deal itself.

Workers gain further rights

Christian Meredith reviews the changes to worker rights coming April 2020.

Indecent contact?

William Grassick analyses a case on whether massaging an employee’s shoulders was found to be sexual harassment.

A vegetarian belief

Christian Meredith explores whether vegetarianism can qualify as a ‘philosophical’ belief for the purposes of discrimination under the Equality Act 2010.

Cap on redundancy pay

Where employees bring contractual redundancy claims, does their statutory redundancy entitlement count towards the cap on breach of contract claims?

“Title Absolute” and “Possessory Title” – what does this mean?

Lauren Ellison, an associate in the Real Estate team, looks at the importance of understanding the different types of title which can be given when land is registered at the Land Registry.