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13/02/2025

The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (Commencement No 2 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025 are now in force, removing the requirement to own a property for two years in order to make a claim for a new lease or purchase the freehold.

These Regulations bring into force section 27 of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (c. 22) (“the Act”) on 31st January 2025. This removes the two year qualifying period for leasehold enfranchisement and lease extension claims.

11/10/2024

Non-statutory guidance on distributing tips fairly has been published by the government, to coincide with the coming into force of the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 on 1 October 2024

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24/06/2024

Just over 3 weeks to go!!! 🥳
We are SO excited for this!!

24/06/2024

The Leasehold & Freehold Reform Act 2024 has now become law. Amongst other things, it: bans the grant of long residential leases of houses (subject to exceptions); increases the rights of leaseholders regarding service and admin charges; amends the law relating to lease extensions.

The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act has become law today.

09/02/2024

The Ministry of Justice has launched a consultation on the introduction of fees for Employment Tribunal claims and appeals to the Employment Appeal Tribunal. A flat fee of £55 is proposed for almost all claims. The MoJ considers this level of fee to be proportionate/affordable.

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25/01/2024

The Department for Business and Trade has issued guidance on calculating holiday entitlement and holiday pay, focusing on part-year and irregular hour workers following the implementation of the Employment Rights Regulations 2023.

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04/12/2023

BREAKING: The Land Registry has stopped accepting land charges applications by fax. Either a computer, a landline phone, a postman, or a pigeon must now be used. Sad news for devotees of telautograph technology. Please petition your MP as a matter of urgency.

14/11/2023

The Automated Vehicles Bill has been introduced to Parliament (https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3506), setting out a legal framework for self-driving vehicles. We are yet to consider the text of the Bill in detail, but assume that talking to your car via wristwatch will be strongly encouraged.

05/11/2023

Thank you to Signs South West for our lovely shiny new signs. We are really pleased with them, and hugely impressed with the prompt and excellent service that Signs South West provided.

31/10/2023

The text of the Online Safety Act 2023 - a light, 288 page read, aiming to make the internet a safer and better place for us all - has now been published:-https://legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/pdfs/ukpga_20230050_en.pdf

The Government says that the new laws will take a zero-tolerance approach to protecting children from online harm, while empowering adults with more choices over what they see online.

Critics question how workable and effective the legislation will be in practice, whether it has the teeth for dealing with online "misinformation", what its threat to privacy could be, and what the future of online encryption might look like.

It is not yet clear when the provisions of the Act will take effect, as secondary legislation and Ofcom codes of practice are required in order to make it fully operational.

27/10/2023

The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill received Royal Assent yesterday, becoming the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023.

The Act amends the Equality Act 2010 to:-

> Introduce a duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their employees.

> Give employment tribunals the power to uplift sexual harassment compensation by up to 25% where an employer is found to have breached the new duty to prevent sexual harassment.

Wera Hobhouse MP, who sponsored the Bill, described the Act as “the beginning of a much-needed culture change”.

The Act will come into force one year after the day on which it was passed.

Should you require employment advice, whether as an employee or an employer, please contact us on 0333 355 1977 or [email protected].