Ebriefings

Judges are well aware of this and it has long been possible to apply to the court for interim maintenance against your other half which includes an element of support […]

Well, the honest answer at this stage is ‘we don’t know!’. Not altogether helpful I appreciate but, unfortunately, it is a true reflection of where we are! The Conservative Manifesto […]

The LGA estimate that Councils will need to find a further £330 million to fund social care to ensure providers can pay the Living Wage from an already shrinking budget. […]

Introduction The most common approach to sleep-in shifts across the care sector has been to pay a flat rate for a sleep in shift, rather than pay an hourly rate […]

The case was Various Occupational Leaseholders of Foundling Court and O’Donnell Court, Brunswick Centre, London v (1) London Borough of Camden (2) Allied London (Brunswick) Limited [2016] UKUT 366 (LC) […]

Unfortunately, what the programme did not do is highlight the good care and practice that is delivered by social care providers and their care workers everyday across the country. For […]

1. Register of Persons with Significant Control (PSC Register) update UK Companies and LLPs have been required to prepare and maintain a PSC Register since 6 April 2016. The Fourth […]

The GPA is a free trade agreement promoted by the World Trade Organisation (“WTO”) that regulates “public procurement”. Alongside the EU Treaty, the GPA forms the basis of the UK’s […]

The draft regulations will apply in relation to children born or adopted on or after 5 April 2015 but the implications can have effect already for expectant parents or adopters. […]

The 2015 Regulations represent some significant changes for purchasers across the public sector, who now have a short window in which to consider the changes that are needed to their […]

The 3 million apprentices that the government hopes to have in place will partly be paid for by the new apprenticeship levy, whereby every employer with a wage bill of over […]

Inheritance Tax is primarily payable on death on the value of your assets at that time. You can reduce the liability by making lifetime gifts and then surviving seven years. […]