The Family Procedure Rules have been amended to encourage the use of non-court dispute resolution before cases reach court. Read more…

The Immigration Rules have been amended to reflect the Government’s ongoing policy to reduce net migration to the UK. Changes involve health and care workers, skilled workers, illegal workers, and employers. Read more…

The Looking to the Future commentary, available in the reference materials folder of the matter plan, has been updated to include recent legislative changes and new bills. Read more...

Carer’s leave was introduced on 6 April 2024, and changes were made to redundancy protection for pregnant employees and new parents. Paternity leave entitlements were also amended. Read more…

The By Lawyers Criminal Offences App has been updated to reflect changes to several sentencing guidelines published by the Sentencing Council and effective from 1 April 2024. Read more...

A user recently requested a document explaining the court’s paramount intention to prioritise the welfare the children, and describing the considerations of section 1(3) of the Children Act 1989. Read more...

The matter plans in each guide have been reviewed to give a practical flow to matters and ensure that documents are in the right place for easy location and use. Read more...

Following a user request, we have published Enclosure – Conveyancing glossary as a document to give to clients explaining the jargon and help them understand the conveyancing process. Read more...

Will commonhold become the cool kid on the block? Read more...

For centuries, a litigant's recurring nightmare of their costs bill can be found in a murky corner of every firm. Here, mischievous goblins weigh files, triple the weight, and calculate a figure by multiplying it with an arbitrary hourly rate determined by the senior partner’s mood of the day. The only perceived certainty is, that pound for pound, they will be paying a pound for every word in their legal documents. Therefore, the final bill is anyone’s guess. Read more...

Our author specialising in immigration work, Andrew Nyamayaro of Tann Law, has reviewed and enhanced our Immigration guide. Read more...

The By Lawyers Criminal Offences app now includes new sentencing guidelines for Perverting the Course of Justice and updated sentencing guidelines for Witness Intimidation. The guidelines are effective from 1 October 2023. Read more...

As part of the continual updates and enhancements which take place across all our guides, we have enhanced the Freehold property disputes – Acting for the claimant guide. Read more...

Mr Justice Mostyn, in a judgment given shortly before his retirement, looked at the issue of costs in James v Seymour [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam). Read more...

In good news for those with pre-settled EU status, the Home Office in compliance with the decision in Independent Monitoring Authority v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 3274 (Admin), has announced that an additional application to switch from pre-settled to settled status is not required. Read more...