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Business Resilience and Leading a Dispersed Team

Business Resilience and Leading a Dispersed Team

In an unprecedented and uncertain time, business resilience and tools to ensure business continuity are imperative. With the advancement of ...
How to survive isolation/quarantine if you had been contemplating divorce

How to survive isolation/quarantine if you had been contemplating divorce

Whether you have already started divorce proceedings or were thinking about it and are now forced into lockdown together, what ...
UPDATED: International Surrogacy - COVID -19 Travel Ban

UPDATED: International Surrogacy – COVID -19 Travel Ban

Coronavirus and international surrogacy: Your baby is due to be born overseas and you are affected by the travel ban ...
UK surrogacy law: who needs a lawyer and why?

UK surrogacy law: who needs a lawyer and why?

Surrogacy should be an exciting process, but it can feel daunting too. Here is our professional legal advice to ensure ...
Utilising Blockchain Forensics in a Divorce with Hidden Cryptocurrency

Utilising Blockchain Forensics in a Divorce with Hidden Cryptocurrency

As with all other assets, cryptocurrency such a Bitcoin must be properly disclosed within financial remedy proceedings following a divorce ...
Heterosexual civil partnerships approved

Heterosexual civil partnerships approved

The law in England and Wales has now been changed to allow heterosexual couples the right to enter civil partnerships ...
Divorce Law: What The ‘No Fault Divorce Bill’ Will Mean

Divorce Law: What The ‘No Fault Divorce Bill’ Will Mean

One aspect of the divorce process is specifying a reason for the separation, this is set to change with the ...
The History of LGBT Rights in the UK

The History of LGBT Rights in the UK

LGBT history has been around since the beginning of human history. Different time-periods & countries litter the history of LGBT ...
Parental bereavement leave – new laws 2020

Parental bereavement leave – new laws 2020

New legislation will be introduced in April 2020 which will now give employees the right to receive paid parental bereavement ...
Ethical Veganism: The New Ruling and what Change may need to be implemented for businesses

Ethical Veganism: The New Ruling and what Change may need to be implemented for businesses

A Norwich Employment Tribunal decision has accepted ethical veganism as a philosophical belief to be protected under the Equality Act ...
The Importance of a Proper Redundancy Process

The Importance of a Proper Redundancy Process

A recent employment case highlights the importance of following the correct procedure in a redundancy situation where an employee could ...
Do you have policies that are currently outdated or need a revision for 2020?

Do you have policies that are currently outdated or need a revision for 2020?

A number of changes in employment law will shortly come into force, resulting in businesses needing to update their employment ...
Update: Government launches review of the draft legislation extending the off-payroll (IR35) rule changes

Update: Government launches review of the draft legislation extending the off-payroll (IR35) rule changes

The Government plans review of IR35; the legislation that is set to enable HMRC to collect additional tax payments, where ...
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU ARE CONTEMPLATING ENDING AN UNHAPPY RELATIONSHIP

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU ARE CONTEMPLATING ENDING AN UNHAPPY RELATIONSHIP

If, sadly, a relationship breakdown is happening to you right now, or you are contemplating ending an unhappy relationship, what ...
Brexit planning: consider your commercial contracts

Brexit planning: consider your commercial contracts

In the wake of the recent election result held on 12 December 2019, Boris Johnson, the conservative prime minister has ...
TECH & IP

TECH & IP

BLOCKCHAIN – is a decentralised, distributed ledger system offering complete transparency, used for numerous tech advances, including intellectual property rights ...
Equality and diversity in the workplace – how to be compliant and inclusive

Equality and diversity in the workplace – how to be compliant and inclusive

Inequality, unfortunately, is still prevalent in the workplace, despite equality legislation and recognition by many organisations of the importance of ...
Updated Press Release:

Updated Press Release:

Karen Holden is the founder of A City Law Firm judiciary.uk/judgments/r-on-the-application-of-tt-v-the-registrar-general-for-england-and-wales-and-others/ “As a firm that champions equality we are of course disappointed ...
Award-winning London-based lawyer and Founder of A City Law Firm, Karen Holden, has been invited to gain Freedom of the City.

Award-winning London-based lawyer and Founder of A City Law Firm, Karen Holden, has been invited to gain Freedom of the City.

She was presented with the certificate at Guildhall on Friday 17th May 2019. A City Law Firm (ACLF) launched in ...
What Is The Employer’s Responsibility If An Employee Is Injured At Work?

What Is The Employer’s Responsibility If An Employee Is Injured At Work?

It is an employer’s responsibility to ensure the safety of their staff while at work, ensuring that the workspace is ...