Welcome to our News and Insights section. Here we’ll talk about the latest legal developments with our articles and videos. You can browse or search by practice area or sector. We’ll also let you know about changes at our firm including the expansion into new practice areas, sectors and locations.

Partner Elizabeth Vago calls on government to open up green hydrogen in Energy Manager Magazine
Our renewable energy partner Elizabeth Vago has had an article published in the June edition of Energy Manager Magazine,...
Press | Energy & Natural Resources | General
Posted: 14 Jun 2021

Holiday Leave, Coronavirus, and rolling over your days
As the UK gets closer to opening back up, and we move with growing momentum along the road mapped out by Boris Johnson, the sun has emerged in full fo...
Article | Employment Law
Posted: 9 Jun 2021

Commercial Surrogacy Arrangements
The main difference between altruistic surrogacy and commercial surrogacy is the existence of a commercial agreement binding...
Article | Family Law
Posted: 4 Jun 2021

IP & Tech Partner Jowanna Conboye featured in Images Magazine
Our Intellectual Property and Technology Partner Jowanna Conboye has been featured in an interview for Images Magazine,...
Press | Intellectual Property | General
Posted: 3 Jun 2021

Post Study Working It! The New Graduate Visa
The exciting new graduate route visa is nearly here! You can now stay in the UK for up to 2 years post study. Are you ready for...
Webinar | Immigration & Global Mobility
Posted: 3 Jun 2021

Practicalities following death in the family
“Nothing is certain except death and taxes” – is a famous quote originating with Benjamin Franklin in 1789, which still...
Article
Posted: 2 Jun 2021

Domicile – Much Ado About Nothing?
Domicile is a common law concept most people do not usually come across until they start putting their affairs in order. Under...
Article
Posted: 1 Jun 2021

International Surrogacy
Embarking on a surrogacy arrangement abroad can be daunting for anyone wishing to engage in this process. There are lots of...
Article | Family Law
Posted: 1 Jun 2021

The Consequences Of Not Having A Valid Will
The need to write a Will cannot be stressed enough. Nonetheless over 50% of the UK population has not made a Will. During the...
Article
Posted: 28 May 2021

Digital Bytes - May 2021
Some noteworthy recent highlights of proposed UK regulation impacting the Telecoms/TMT sector: Internet safety – We have...
News | Media & Advertising | Technology | Telecoms | Technology, Media, Telecoms
Posted: 26 May 2021

EU Settlement Scheme tips in advance of the deadline
The EU Settlement Scheme deadline is fast approaching! In this quick video, Samar Shams explains some little-known but...
Video | Immigration & Global Mobility
Posted: 26 May 2021

One of our client’s outstanding success stories
CT4N is the operating arm for Nottingham Community Transport, a small bus company based in Sherwood, Nottingham. CT4N will...
News | Employment Law
Posted: 25 May 2021

How COVID 19 will change the Civil Litigation landscape
By Jeremy Berg of Spencer West LLP and James Stuart, head of commercial of Lamb Chambers. In many parts of the economy, people...
Article | Dispute Resolution
Posted: 25 May 2021

Surrogacy in the UK
Surrogacy is now becoming a well-recognised concept in the U.K, but if you are unfamiliar with what the terms means ‘it...
Article | Family Law
Posted: 25 May 2021

Intellectual Property and Technology Partner Jowanna Conboye discusses Apple's strategy in settling the case.
Our Intellectual Property and Technology Partner Jowanna Conboye has been featured in a BBC News article, discussing class...
Press | Intellectual Property | General
Posted: 21 May 2021

Our Construction Partner Sarah Evans is published in key industry title PBC Today
Our Construction Partner Sarah Evans has had an article published in PBC Today, a key industry title focusing on construction,...
Press | Construction, Engineering & Projects | General
Posted: 21 May 2021

Intellectual Property and Technology Partner Jowanna Conboye has had an article featured in The Successful Founder digital magazine
We're delighted that our Intellectual Property and Technology Partner Jowanna Conboye has had an article featured in The...
Press | Intellectual Property | General
Posted: 19 May 2021

Employment Law Partner Amanda Lennon has been quoted in key industry title Retail Gazette
Discussing the topic of how staff mental wellbeing in the UK retail sector can be prioritised now that restrictions are being...
Press | Employment Law | General
Posted: 17 May 2021

Amanda Lennon quoted in the Daily Express - details of the fifth SEISS grant for the self-employed
Our Employment Law Partner Amanda Lennon has been quoted in the Daily Express in a piece explaining the details of the fifth...
Press | Employment Law | General
Posted: 17 May 2021

In Conversation with Leeds University Business School
Our distinguished employment partner Dr John McMullen is a Visiting Professor at Leeds University Business School (LUBS) at the...
Article | Employment Law
Posted: 17 May 2021

Intellectual Property and Technology Partner Jowanna Conboye discusses copyright in a case involving TikTok.
Intellectual Property and Technology Partner Jowanna Conboye has been featured in a BBC News article discussing a copyright...
News | Press | Intellectual Property | General
Posted: 13 May 2021

Exploiting TMT Business Relationships in a Covid World - Legal Strategies May 2021
Take a look at our latest video where we take an overview of some commercial legal strategies for TMT businesses managing a...
Video | Telecoms | Technology, Media, Telecoms
Posted: 13 May 2021

Partner Spotlight: Family Matters
Spencer West family lawyer Richard Gilbert talks about his pro bono work with families in Hertfordshire, and how this work is...
Article | ESG
Posted: 13 May 2021

The EU’s “Brave New World” of Regulated Trustworthy AI
With the unfailing rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems being used in everything from planning national defence...
Article | Telecoms | Technology, Media, Telecoms
Posted: 12 May 2021

Anne Mannix quoted in the Financial Times in an article about whistleblowers who seek redress.
We are delighted that Employment Law Partner Anne Mannix has been quoted in the Financial Times in an article about...
Press | Employment Law | General
Posted: 11 May 2021

ISO 45003 – An appropriate new standard or a gross over-simplification
It may well be long overdue, but the global pandemic has certainly created, more now than ever before, an environment and a...
Article | Employment Law
Posted: 11 May 2021

The revised Building Regulations cladding regulations (affecting residential property)
You would be hard pressed to find anyone in the property industry (or outside it) not aware of the ever-present and very...
Article | Construction, Engineering & Projects
Posted: 11 May 2021

Check it out: Right to Work update
In this timely webinar, Spencer West Immigration and Global Mobility Partner Samar Shams will take stock of the new right to...
Webinar | Immigration & Global Mobility
Posted: 6 May 2021

Jowanna Conboye has been quoted in key industry title Retail Sector, discussing the caterpillar cake battle
Intellectual Property and Technology Partner Jowanna Conboye has been quoted in key industry title Retail Sector, discussing...
Press | Intellectual Property | General
Posted: 6 May 2021

Can you still get the fourth SEISS grant if you filed your tax return late?
Partner Amanda Lennon has been featured in the Daily Express, in an article discussing tax return filing and the...
Article | Employment Law
Posted: 4 May 2021

Breach of working conditions can ground a claim for constructive dismissal under TUPE even if the breach concerned is not a breach of contract.
The Employment Appeal tribunal has held an employee can, when TUPE applies, claim constructive dismissal where a breach of...
Article | Employment Law
Posted: 26 Apr 2021

Assessing the impact of COVID 19 on contracts
As the UK started the year in 2020 it still enjoyed free movement of people, which was due to end by December 31st 2020, but...
Article | Dispute Resolution
Posted: 22 Apr 2021

End of temporary policy allowing remote right to work checks
This article was written by Samar Shams, Immigration and Global Mobility Partner, on 21 April 2021 and updated on 17 May...
Article | Immigration & Global Mobility
Posted: 21 Apr 2021

Flexible working and pandemic-related changes in the workplace
Our founder Simeon Spencer features in the Law Society Gazette in an article by Katherine Freeland, which discusses how...
Article | Employment Law
Posted: 21 Apr 2021

The Suez blockage: A lasting smell for construction?
Just when you thought you could put away your Force Majeure manual...Ever Green hit the headlines. Despite reported pent up...
Article | Construction, Engineering & Projects | Dispute Resolution
Posted: 19 Apr 2021

The new rules on witness evidence
When I started my career the Civil Procedure Rules had not been introduced, with its rules governing procedure including in...
Article | Dispute Resolution
Posted: 16 Apr 2021

DR John McMullen published in prestigious International Journal
Dr John McMullen has been published in the March issue of the prestigious Industrial Law Journal. The purpose of his article is...
Article | Employment Law
Posted: 13 Apr 2021

Employment Law Current Rates and Limits 2021-22
The latest rates of certain statutory payments and upper and lower limits on employment tribunal awards
Article | Employment Law
Posted: 13 Apr 2021

Cyber Security Incidents – it’s a matter of when not if
The UK Government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2021 has shown that: four in ten businesses report having cyber security...
Article | Data Protection & Cybersecurity
Posted: 12 Apr 2021

Workplace gender divide: how can employers help?
It’s been over 45 years since the Equal Pay Act and Sex Discrimination Act were introduced to address gender inequality, but...
Article | Employment Law
Posted: 8 Apr 2021

What businesses can expect from Immigration reforms
The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak announced measures for reforming the current immigration system during the 2021 budget, with most...
Article | Immigration & Global Mobility
Posted: 7 Apr 2021

Press Release | Prestigious Appointment for Spencer West's Doyen of Employment Law
LONDON 29TH MARCH 2021 - Spencer West employment partner Dr John McMullen elected as a Member of the Executive Committee of the...
Press | Corporate | General
Posted: 6 Apr 2021

Press Release | Spencer West appoints ex-Clyde & Co Senior Partner to develop APAC offering
Michael Parker to Spearhead Growth Across APAC; Increase Focus on UK Lawyers with Connections to the Region LONDON, 25 MARCH...
Article | Corporate | General
Posted: 29 Mar 2021

Reputation Management
Managing the reputation of an individual or an organisation is of crucial importance. Positive media coverage can enhance...
Article | Corporate
Posted: 25 Mar 2021

Contractual Service Suppliers and Independent Professionals Post-Brexit visas.
In this short video, Immigration and Global Mobility Partner Samar Shams explains how contract-based work by employees and the...
Video | Immigration & Global Mobility
Posted: 24 Mar 2021

Graduate route to open for international students in the UK
The new graduate route launches on 1 July 2021. This will allow international students to remain in the UK to work. This route...
Article | Immigration & Global Mobility | Post-Brexit
Posted: 22 Mar 2021

TUPE and Multiple Transferees
What happens to me when I work across a number of my employers’ businesses, which are then transferred under new contracts to...
Article | Employment Law
Posted: 18 Mar 2021

TUPE and changes in working conditions
An employee is TUPE’d. The new employer changes my terms. These are important to me. But, he says, these terms were not...
Article | Employment Law
Posted: 18 Mar 2021

Press Release | Spencer West opens Brussels office to expand EU offering post-Brexit
Expansion Will Add Considerable EU Competition and EU Regulatory Capability LONDON, 9 MARCH 2021 – International law firm...
News | Corporate | General
Posted: 11 Mar 2021

The Roadmap and Budget 2021: A summary for UK businesses
The Roadmap Following Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown, we know that non-essential retailers, hairdressers and close...
Article | Employment Law
Posted: 9 Mar 2021