So you’ve found the home of your dreams but it’s a listed building. Should this put you off buying it? Buying a Listed Property can mean owning a beautiful home, but you should be aware that it comes with a lot of rules and regulations. What [...]
Over the New Year, Think Tank the Resolution Foundation issued a report which said that the generation known as the Millennials (people born between 1981 and 2000) will receive a greater inheritance from their parents than any other post-war generation. Dubbed the Millennial "Inheritance Boom" by the [...]
So there it was..... Merry Christmas! The festivities are now over and it’s back to reality and back to work. For many the harsh reality of the early morning alarm call and the return to working life isn’t so appealing and the dreaded January blues begin [...]
First-time buyers will welcome the recent announcement that Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is to be abolished on the purchase of their first property up to the value of £300,000, a move offering savings of up to £5,000. Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the news as part [...]
Disputes over dress codes are again attracting attention in the press, so here's a question for you: Can you spot the difference? your boss demands that you do not wear your hair in a ponytail your boss demands that you don’t wear a crucifix round your [...]
In this article our Head of Residential Property Liz Searl explains the difference between freehold and leasehold ownership of your property. Whether you own the freehold or the leasehold affects your rights over it and will have ongoing cost implications which can add up to substantial [...]
The debate surrounding the employment status of gig economy workers rumbles on after the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) recently ruled that Deliveroo couriers are correctly classed as self-employed contractors. Earlier this year, the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) asked Deliveroo to recognise it as [...]
The review and pilot phases of the Government's Employment Tribunal fees refund scheme have ended and the refund scheme is now fully open to all applicants. The Government has agreed to refund all Employment Tribunal Fees paid since they were introduced in July 2013 following a [...]
In October 2016 the Employment Tribunal decided that Uber drivers were “workers” for the purposes of employment law, not self-employed as Uber had claimed. Uber appealed to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) who have now dismissed the appeal, agreeing with the original decision that the drivers [...]
The first Autumn Budget, due to be delivered on Wednesday 22nd November, could see Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond deliver some promising news to the property market. It has been rumoured that the Chancellor is considering slashing Stamp Duty for first-time buyers in a move [...]
