UK Immigration changes 2025: migrants, graduates, and skilled workers impacted Changes to the Immigration Rules (October 2025) Several changes to the Immigration Rules were made on 14 October 2025. This note explains some of the key changes, and what they mean for you. New requirements for English language for economic migrants The English language requirement is to be [...]
Noel Clarke vs The Guardian: Key legal lessons The libel case of Noel Clarke -v- The Guardian has sparked widespread discussion about the boundaries of truth, and investigative journalism and the public interest defence, in the context of defamation. This article sets out the chronology of the proceedings and explores the key legal and media lessons from Mr Clarke’s failed [...]
Exit plans, good faith, and statutory duties Lessons from Saxon Woods v Costa This case explores the intersection of contractual duties of good faith in shareholder agreements and directors’ statutory duties, highlighting the risks for directors of not being completely transparent with the board or relying solely on personal belief when making management decisions. It serves as a cautionary tale [...]
Putting the “Contract” in the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 In Campeau v Gottex Real Asset Fund 1 (OE) Waste SARL [2025] EWHC 2322 (Comm) (12 September 2025) the share purchase agreement expressly entitled the claimant to benefit from certain provisions for the purposes of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. In this case, the claimant [...]
Is repudiatory remediable? Recently, the Court of Appeal in Kulkarni v Gwent Holdings Ltd & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 1206 (26 September 2025) held that a repudiatory breach is not automatically incapable of remedy for the purposes of a contract. This case involved a shareholders’ agreement between two shareholders. Within the shareholders’ agreement there was a clause stating that a [...]
NDA reforms explained: a guide for employers and employees From October 2025, new legislation will reshape how confidentiality clauses, also known as non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) are used in England and Wales. Whether you are an employer drafting an agreement or an employee navigating a workplace dispute, the changes that will be introduced by the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 will [...]
Can a warranty be better than an indemnity? In Learning Curve (NE) Group Ltd v Lewis [2025] EWHC 1889 (Comm) the High Court found that a buyer's right to bring a claim under an indemnity did not preclude a claim for breach of warranty. In this case, the buyer had received payment under an indemnity but also brought a separate claim [...]
Shareholder Rule Implications Further to my colleague Luke Hackett’s post reporting that “The Shareholder Rule, a doctrine which had precluded companies from asserting Legal Professional Privilege against their shareholders, is no more” it is important to consider the implications that the Privy Council’s decision has on directors and shareholders alike given this principle, rightly or wrongly, has stood in English [...]
Landmark decision: Ruling on Insurance Rent Commissions Background In May 2025, Mr Justice Richards delivered judgment in the second round of dispute between London Trocadero (2015) LLP, landlord of the Trocadero Centre in London, and Picturehouse Cinemas Ltd, its cinema tenant. The issue in question: Was the landlord entitled to charge the tenant the insurance premium which included the commission [...]
Supplementary Employment for Skilled Workers – Know Your Options If you're a Skilled Worker in the UK considering taking on additional paid work alongside your sponsored job, it's crucial to understand what’s permitted under the latest immigration rules. As of 22 July 2025, the rules on supplementary employment have been updated to clarify who is eligible and under what conditions [...]
