Author Archives: Christopher Wilsher

Collyer Bristow promotes Aidan Grant to Partner

Posted on September 20, 2024 by Christopher Wilsher

Collyer Bristow has announced the promotion of Aidan Grant to Partner in the Private Wealth department. Aidan’s promotion was effective from 20 September 2024. Aidan has been made up to Partner in the Tax & Estate Planning team. He joined …

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What is a Reconciliation Agreement?

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Christopher Wilsher

As all keen (and even not so keen) observers of celebrity couples are aware, shortly before ‘Beniffer’ collapsed like a celebrity supernova, Rory McIlroy and his wife Erica, having seemed set to do the same, blindsided the tabloids by getting …

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Shop workers’ union wins Tesco ‘fire and rehire’ battle

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Christopher Wilsher

A shop workers’ union has won a Supreme Court battle against Tesco over so-called “fire and rehire” plans put forward by the supermarket giant. The case centred on a group of workers who had their salaries significantly increased by Tesco …

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Collyer Bristow promotes four in its latest promotion round

Posted on September 2, 2024 by Christopher Wilsher

Collyer Bristow has announced four promotions to Senior Associate, across the firm’s Corporate & Commercial, Real Estate and Private Wealth departments. Rebecca Mitchell, in our Real estate disputes team, is experienced in dealing with landlord and tenant disputes relating commercial premises, …

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Are you a member?

Posted on August 29, 2024 by Christopher Wilsher

Under the Companies Act 2006, every company is required to keep a register of its members. Apart from the founding members of the company (also known as the subscribers), whose membership takes effect automatically upon the company’s incorporation, a person …

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Workplace culture and the proactive duty to prevent sexual harassment: What do employers need to know?

Posted on August 23, 2024 by Christopher Wilsher

From 26 October 2024, employers will have a new legal obligation to “take reasonable steps” to prevent sexual harassment. Here we explain how the law is changing, sanctions for non-compliance and what you can be doing now to prepare for …

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Trends in International Arbitration: A review of the 2023 casework statistics for the LCIA and ICC

Posted on August 8, 2024 by Christopher Wilsher

This article looks at trends and key numbers arising from: The London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”) Casework Report for 2023, released on 31 May 2024 (“The LCIA Report”). (LCIA News: Annual Report on 2023, LCIA Court and African Users’ …

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Sexual Harassment & the risk of relying on workplace ‘banter’ to defend a claim

Posted on July 24, 2024 by Christopher Wilsher

The recent case of Bratt v JGQC Solicitors Ltd is a stark reminder of the risk of relying on workplace ‘banter’ to defend a sexual harassment case. In this case, Miss Bratt, a legal secretary, issued a claim against her …

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Election 2024: Domicile, Inheritance Tax, and change promised by the new Labour government

Posted on July 10, 2024 by Christopher Wilsher

Labour won a substantial majority in the General Election on Thursday 4 July, meaning that the new administration led by Sir Kier Starmer has an electoral mandate to carry out in full its programme for government. One of the widely …

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What is a nuptial agreement? A full guide to everything you need to know about pre and post nups

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Christopher Wilsher

Run time: 9 minutes Nuptial agreements are put in place to provide security, clarity and certainty in the future for both parties. You may be looking to safeguard inheritance or future inheritance, own a business you would like to retain …

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