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The Renters' Rights Act 2025 - Guidance for Landlords

The government's website provides guidance for landlords on changes contained in the Renters' Rights Act 2025 . Key changes which will take effect on 1 May 2026 include: The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies (ASTs). All existing ASTs will...

Continued Storage of Gametes and Embryos Lawful, High Court Rules

In certain circumstances, the courts are able to grant permission for continued storage of gametes or embryos where the strict legislative requirements for consent to such storage have not been complied with. Recently, the High Court considered 15...

Court of Appeal Rejects Man's Claim to Half Share of Company

Business agreements should always be formally documented, and failing to do so is a recipe for dispute in the future. Recently, the Court of Appeal dismissed a man's appeal against the rejection of his claim that he had been promised a 50 per cent share in...

Gissings Sunday Best Classic Car Vintage Fayre 2026

Willett & Co Supporting Gissing’s Sunday Best 2026 Willett & Co Solicitors are pleased to be supporting Gissing’s Sunday Best – Classic Car & Vintage Fayre 2026 , a much-loved community event taking place in Norfolk. This...

New 'Vento' Bands for 2026/27

New guidance has been issued confirming the updated levels of compensation available in Employment Tribunal claims for injury to feelings , following discrimination or whistleblowing cases. These compensation brackets, commonly known as the “Vento...

Income Tax Rates and Allowances for 2026/27

The UK Government has confirmed that Income Tax rates and allowances for the 2026/27 tax year will remain largely unchanged from the previous year. While there are no major increases, understanding how these thresholds apply is essential for effective...

No Amortisation Deductions for Related Party LLP, Court of Appeal Rules

Where a partnership's members include a company, the company's share of the partnership's profits is calculated as if the partnership's trade was carried on by a company, by virtue of Section 1259 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009 . The Court of Appeal...

The Renters' Rights Act 2025 - Changes for Tenants

From 1 May 2026, changes brought in by the Renters' Rights Act 2025 will provide more rights and better protection to tenants in the private rented sector. Changes introduced by the Act include: The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies. All...

Woman's Family Successfully Challenge Forged Will

A woman's family have succeeded in their challenge to a will purporting to leave her £500,000 estate to her partner after a judge ruled that the will was a forgery. The woman had made a will in 2022 leaving her estate in trust to her daughter. After...

Seller of Refurbished AGAs Loses Trade Mark Infringement Appeal

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a company that sold range cookers against a ruling that it had infringed AGA Rangemaster's trade marks. The company's range cookers were fitted with an electric control system, which could also be fitted to...
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