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The Employment Rights Bill received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025 and is now the Employment Rights Act 2025. This means all the anticipated changes discussed previously are now going to come in force at different stages over 2026 and 2027.

The growing backlog of Employment Tribunals is particularly important for employers to understand. This increases the cost, disruption and risks associated with disputes in the workplace.

The Tribunal followed this approach and found that allowing biological males to access female changing rooms amounted to unlawful harassment and indirect sex discrimination of the eight female claimants.

Higgs LLP has announced that it raised a staggering £40,000 for charity in 2025, supporting a wide range of local causes and naming The West Midlands Care Team as its charity for 2026.

Higgs LLP Real Estate lawyers Maria Nicol and Eleanor Parkin have supported Worcestershire-based M.T.C.R Marketing Limited on the purchase of unit 16a Blackpole Trading Estate for the purposes of a car show room and warehouse.

A Higgs LLP webinar exploring routes into law through apprenticeships, with practical advice from apprentices and legal professionals.

When you're going through a divorce, understanding what types of pensions exist and how they work is vital to securing a fair financial settlement. Different types of pensions work in fundamentally different ways, and this matters when dividing them.

When dealing with pensions in your divorce two of the most common approaches are pension sharing and pension offsetting. It is important to understand the difference between them.

This article explains the ten most common and most expensive mistakes people make when dealing with pensions in divorce, and more importantly, how you can avoid making them yourself.

This article explains why pensions should be at the top of your list when thinking about your divorce settlement, not an afterthought.

This article explains exactly what a Pension Sharing Order is, how it works, when it's the right choice, and what the process involves from start to finish.

If you or your spouse works in the public sector or armed forces, your divorce involves a pension that requires special attention.