Sarah Marten
The Employment Rights Act 2025 came into force on 18th December 2025 and marks a fundamental shift in UK employment law, introducing wide‑ranging reforms that significantly increase employer obligations while strengthening worker protections.
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Mike Carter
Residential landlords are being warned that the Renters’ Rights Act will substantially increase setbacks in possession claims, with a wrong move likely to send more cases back to square one in a game of snakes and ladders.
The Act is being rolled out from May 1 and introduces the most significant reforms to tenancy law in decades.
Continue ReadingBermans has expanded its presence in Manchester with a move to a larger city centre office to accommodate its growing team.
Bermans had outgrown its space on the third floor of One King Street, where it occupied 3,460 sq ft, and has now taken the entire fifth floor in the building on a 10-year lease.
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Adrian Fryer
April marks the month each year where changes to statutory rates come into force. Most rate changes take effect from 6th April (to align with the start of the new tax year).
The statutory rates for family leave, sick pay, redundancy and the cap on unfair dismissal compensatory awards are, from 6th April 2026, as follows:
Continue ReadingWork has started to create a new five-court padel venue in Southport which is scheduled to open in June.
Site clearance and groundworks are under way at the six-figure Birkdale Padel Club development in Victoria Park, which is the first project by Sefton Padel.
Continue ReadingThe Renters’ Rights Act introduces the most significant tenancy reform in decades, with major changes coming into force from 1 May 2026.
For landlords, understanding these reforms now is essential to staying compliant, protecting assets, and avoiding costly pitfalls.
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Charlotte Mills (pictured), joined Bermans in March 2024 and is a partner in our Corporate team. We spoke to her to learn more about her and her work.
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Richard Riley
Recent years have seen exponential growth in the adoption of artificial intelligence tools and systems across almost every industry. From predictive analytics to generative drafting tools, AI is no longer experimental for many businesses – it is becoming embedded in core commercial operations and those that fail to engage with it may risk losing competitive advantage.
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2026 is shaping up to be one of the most significant years for UK employment law in decades.
With the Employment Rights Act 2025 now moving into phased implementation throughout 2026, businesses across all sectors will face a rapidly changing compliance landscape.
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Laura Bridson & James Whittaker
Navigating risk within insolvency scenarios
Whilst a company is solvent, company directors owe various statutory duties as specified by the Companies Act 2006 to the company’s shareholders (which can often be the same people).
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