In this episode, Chloe Howard-Smith is joined by Fergus Charlton, a Partner in our Planning team, and Harriet Grimes, a Senior Associate in our Planning team. This is the first of two episodes on planning, where we cover recent changes to the NPPF, planning conditions, overlapping permissions, and variations to planning permissions. These topics ar…

In this episode, Chloe Howard-Smith is joined by Anna Wood, Partner and Head of our Construction & Engineering team. Together, they will explore some general considerations that all developers need to be thinking about in the context of constructing new buildings under the Building Safety Act. These issues are relevant to everyone in the constructi…

In this episode, Ross Jarvis is joined by Elizabeth Newson and Rachel Tilley, both partners in our Transactional Real Estate team. Together, they will be exploring site delivery issues including highway gaps, unregistered parcels of land, ransom strips and issues arising from technical due diligence, archaeology and even unexploded ordnance!…

In this episode, Ross Jarvis is joined by Chloe Howard-Smith and Rachel Tilley, both partners in our Transactional Real Estate team. Together, they will be exploring utilities in the context of site delivery. Whilst we could have created a whole podcast series on utility issues alone, this episode discusses some key issues around utilities discover…

In this episode, Ross Jarvis is joined by Charlotte Curtis from our Property Litigation team. Together, they will be exploring some of the common practical issues often revealed by a site visit and will discuss what options are available to developers in seeking to minimise disruption to the delivery of a scheme.…

In this episode our presenters, Chloe Howard-Smith and Ross Jarvis will be summarising the topics being covered across the series. Chloe and Ross will also be discussing the current challenges facing the housebuilding industry and there will be some reaction to recent announcements made by the new Labour Government.…

Intellectual Property Partner Iain Connor and Employment Law Partner Robert Forsyth explain the relationship between intellectual property (IP) and confidential information in the context of employment contracts and consultancy agreements. Iain and Robert discuss ownership rights and current legal considerations related to copyright, patents, trade…

New UK legislation and case law are having a dramatic impact on employment relationships. In this podcast, Michelmores' Data Protection and Employment lawyers Emily Aggett and Robert Forsyth discuss common pitfalls employers should be aware of when handling personal data, disputes involving senior executives, data breach scenarios, and data subject…

Employment law Associate Omar Mahboob and Partner Robert Forsyth explore the sensitive issues surrounding redundancy. In this podcast, Omar and Robert discuss a range of topics, including layoffs, short-time working, voluntary redundancy, redundancy consultations, giving staff notice of redundancy terminations, redundancy pay, the tax implications,…

With lots of conflicting information available online, it can be difficult to work out what UK visa options are actually available to those wishing to make the jump across the pond. Even more confusing is what they can and can't do once they're on these visas. Our Employment and Immigration specialist partner, Lynsey Blyth, and Employment partner, …