The international professional services group ETL Global has acquired the Top 200 law firm Laytons LLP through its existing UK law firm investment Glaisyers Solicitors. The deal has more than doubled ETL Global’s footprint in the UK legal sector.
The tussle between the House of Lords and the House of Commons as to the extent leaseholders should be liable for the costs of fire safety works on their buildings continued yesterday.
As if trustees and sponsoring employers didn’t have enough on their plates dealing with the aftermath of Brexit and Covid 19, along comes the Pensions Act 2021 which has now received Royal Assent.
On 19 February 2021 the Supreme Court have handed down the unanimous decision in Uber BV & Others v Aslam & Others. The judgement is considered to be a key landmark decision for companies operating in the ‘Gig Economy’.
The issue of unsafe cladding has recently been thrust back into public debate with the recent unveiling of the Governments plan on remediation costs and help for leaseholders in dealing with problem cladding.