In a bid to combat slavery and human trafficking, the Modern Slavery Act (“MSA”) introduced in March 2015, requires large organisations to publish an annual slavery and human trafficking statement. Known as section 54 of the MSA, this is a…
The decision of the EAT in the recent Uber case to uphold the original decision of the Employment Tribunal that Uber’s drivers are “workers” for employment law purposes, quite rightly attracted a lot of publicity. However, given the direction of the…
You will have heard a great deal about the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The implementation date (25 May 2018) is just around the corner and Moorcrofts, like many law firms, has been hard at work advising our clients…
Moorcrofts, appointed a pilot partner to the Linux Foundation’s ‘OpenChain’ Project in August, has cemented its commitment to the project by meeting Shane Coughlan, project director for Open Chain Project and the core team of other pilot partners in Prague…
Corporate law firm, Moorcrofts is celebrating after being recommended for its outstanding expertise by one of the most influential legal directories, Chambers & Partners UK. The new 2018 edition of the independent guide, which ranks law firms from across the…
It was an early start for our energetic and enthusiastic Moorcrofts team on Sunday 5 November, together with some friends and family, as they arrived at Marlow Sports Club, ready to participate in the Marlow Half Marathon and the Marlow…
Law Firm Moorcrofts’ corporate team has advised the Conduit Mead Company Limited (“Conduit Mead”) on the multi-million-pound corporate reorganisation of its various business interests and assets. The reorganisation now provides the shareholders with separate trading, investment, property management and venturing…
Did you know that 92% of Millennial consumers are more likely to buy products from ethical companies? (AFLAC Survey 2017). Companies that are demonstrating high brand authenticity, and an importance and value towards the greater good instead of solely to…
For many businesses, the coming into force on 30 September 2017 of a new criminal offence of failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion, may have passed without much attention, being consigned to the “not something that we need…
The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 (SI12/632) (CAR2012) impose a statutory obligation on those who own, occupy or have a repair obligation for commercial property (non-domestic premises) to ensure that those premises have been properly surveyed for the presence of…
Corporate Law firm, Moorcrofts, is celebrating after being named one of the top tier law firms in the region by leading industry directory, The Legal 500 UK edition. The directory annually provides a full, in-depth and comprehensive analysis of law…
Moorcrofts’ corporate team has advised Extrinsica Global Limited on a demerger and restructuring. Peter Woolley (corporate partner) led the transaction, with support from Kierendeep Sahota (corporate assistant solicitor). Extrinsica Global Limited delivers enterprise-grade, cloud-based solutions to customers around the globe,…