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For good or for bad, the people of Britain made the monumental decision yesterday to leave the EU. The referendum itself is not legally binding, but it is implausible that […]

Past surveys by the Intellectual Property Office and Federation of Small Businesses have revealed that 74% of businesses were unsure who owned the intellectual property rights (IPR) to their website, […]

Willans is helping to promote Dementia Awareness Week running from 15 May – 21 May. This national campaign week is supported by the Alzheimer’s Society which report that: there are […]

Many people have become disillusioned with traditional pension plans based on stock market investment returns, and have focused on ‘buy-to-let’ properties instead. The recent turmoil in financial markets has also […]

Following the publication of the Migration Advisory Committee’s proposals for Tier 2 earlier this year, the Home Office has recently confirmed that the following changes will be implemented over the […]

All businesses will be required to pay the National Living Wage (NLW) as of April 2016. It is expected to affect around six million workers in the UK. The NLW […]

Unexpectedly from today the Ministry of Justice has increased the court fee to file a divorce application (known as a divorce petition) from £410 to £550 – a rise of […]

In the case of Robert Lindley Ltd v East Riding of Yorkshire Council (reported in January this year), a farmer won a compensation claim in the Lands Tribunal for crop […]

Historically, many companies have viewed the due diligence process as a tick box exercise undertaken by junior lawyers producing a long report often not viewed by senior personnel or integration […]

Mental health and wellbeing has become a hot topic in the media with various television and other campaigns encouraging people to talk about it to destigmatise the subject. Stress in […]