Corporate and Commercial
Charlotte Hamilton, Becci Collins, Ewan Ooi, Samantha Aldridge
April 2025
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Letter from the Editor Charlotte Hamilton
It has been a busy first quarter of 2025 in the corporate, commercial and employment sectors.
In this edition of our Newsletter, I have summarised the report issued by the Investment Security Unit of the Government (ISU) on the effectiveness of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (Notifiable Acquisition) (Specification of Qualifying Entities) Regulations 2021 (NARs). For businesses in the 17 sectors considered sensitive, the NARs dictate whether a notification must be made to the ISU for any proposed acquisition having considerable impact on the timing of an acquisition.
Becci Collins, Solicitor in our Employment team, has summarised the new right introduced by the Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025 for parents to take neo-natal care leave, to receive statutory neo natal care pay and what steps employers should be taking now.
Ewan Ooi, trainee in our Banking team and Samantha Aldridge, paralegal in our Employment team discuss the importance of careful drafting in legally binding agreements and how it can protect businesses.
They summarise two cases highlighting how enforceability depends on the use of clear and precise wording and why legal advice is needed when drafting the terms of commercial agreements and employment contracts.
Please see the key dates section for upcoming corporate, commercial and employment law updates and as always, please be in touch with any queries.
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