Higher rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) will apply to the purchase of second homes and investment properties from 1 April 2016. As part of last year’s Autumn Budget, the government announced a higher rate of SDLT that will apply to pu...
9th Feb 2016
A recent judgement handed down by the Supreme Court involving Marks and Spencer plc (M&S) and BNP Paribas (BNP) demonstrates that getting a break clause wrong can have a significant impact on the bottom line of a business. When it came to...
17th Nov 2015
Asks business development partner Neil Warwick in the Sunday Times Sirs, Private hire and taxi companies hoping to halt Uber’s increasing dominance of UK cities by persuading drivers to follow their US counterparts and suing the ...
11th Nov 2015
I had an interesting conversation with a HR Director last week on the group litigation issued against Morrisons by its employees for data breaches and I think the key points are worth sharing. You may recall the disgruntled Morrisons em...
Square One Law senior partner, Ian Gilthorpe shares his opinion on the Northern Powerhouse debate After a difficult beginning, it is great news that the Tees Valley and the North East Combined Authority have signed a devolution deal w...
Square One Law business development partner and chair of Service Network Neil Warwick explains why it is important for businesses to have a voice. At a private launch earlier this month a senior former national chair of a national busin...
The discussion around the gender pay gap is growing and its impact can be seen across the globe. Last week, American actress Jennifer Lawrence wrote an essay for Lena Dunham’s Lenny Letter newsletter sharing her reaction to the Sony hack...
Nigel Mills, chairman of The Lakes Distillery and The Entrepreneurs’ Forum talks to Ian Gilthorpe, senior partner of Square One Law, about his career and ambitious new venture, The Lakes Distillery in Cumbria. In April 2012, Nigel Mil...
The summer Budget introduced a new Inheritance Tax allowance, and we are now seeing how this will work in practice. The new family home allowance, which introduces a nil rate band, will be available to people who own a home from April 2...
Wednesday’s Court of Appeal decision will be a welcomed relief for many employers. The number of claims being brought in the employment tribunals is expected to remain at the low levels we currently see following Unison’s unsuccessful ...