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Confidential… Until it isn’t. Protected Conversations in employment law

Protected Conversations are a useful tool when you're looking to part ways with an employee on agreed terms, but they should not be seen as a get-out-of-jail-free card. Handled well, they can avoid costly disputes, but they can also be an evidential goldmine for employment lawyers if handled badly. Managers…
Fabio Grech
30/10/2025

Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs) – lessons learned, 10 years on

Employee Ownership Trusts first became available in 2014. After a slow start, with fewer than 500 EOTs estimated in 2019, they are growing in popularity, and there are now estimated to be more than 2,000. Now is therefore a good time to consider what lessons have been learned. Is the…
Jonathan Poole
20/10/2025

Temple Bright supports Three Cheers Pub Co. in launch of…

London and Bristol law firm Temple Bright has advised Three Cheers Pub Co. with the leasehold acquisition and financing of their new premises in London SW3. The Trafalgar will be the first new pub to open on Chelsea's King's Road for around 100 years. The Grade II listed building, a…
Will Forrest
06/10/2025

Companies House updates for November 2025: ID verification and statutory…

There are two practical changes coming into effect on 18 November 2025 of which a company’s directors will need to be aware. They are: a mandatory requirement for the directors and any person exercising significant control over the company (a PSC) to verify their identity at Companies House; and companies…
Philip Wigg
30/09/2025

Temple Bright acts for Jamaica Street Studios CIC in landmark…

Law firm Temple Bright has assisted Jamaica Street Studios CIC with the acquisition of the historic Grade II listed 37-39 Jamaica Street in the heart of Bristol's Stokes Croft area. The architecturally significant building, a late 19th century carriage works, has been home to an eclectic mix of talented and…
Aaron Bennett
24/09/2025

Temple Bright advises Watergate Bay on sale of Beach Retreats

London and Bristol law firm Temple Bright has worked with Watergate Bay Hotel Limited on the successful sale of Beach Retreats, its award-winning Cornish holiday lettings agency, to Travel Chapter, one of the UK’s leading holiday lettings operators. Beach Retreats manages a portfolio of over 230 luxury self-catering coastal properties…
Nick Cheshire
16/07/2025

£6.6m loan on Central London flats completes in just 3…

Century Capital has completed a £6.6 million first charge loan secured against five super-lateral flats within a white stucco period building overlooking Hyde Park. Situated in one of central London’s most sought-after locations, the properties benefit from close proximity to world-class amenities, transport links, and cultural landmarks. The loan was…
Alistair Hill
26/06/2025

Temple Bright advises Plaza 21 and 35 Florida Street on…

Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has advised Plaza 21 Residential Management Company Limited, a Swindon-based high-rise residential block, on a fire safety remediation project to remove unsafe cladding from an 18m+ building. Plaza 21 initially applied in its own name to the government’s Building Safety Fund, established after…
Julia Davenport-Cooper
11/06/2025