EmploymentHub
Employment documents for UK employers
The employer hub for contracts, policies, exits, and Employment Rights Act 2025 compliance across the employment lifecycle.
Updated May 2026
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Bracton legal guides and explainers.
The canonical discovery layer for Bracton's legal hubs, practical guides, deep dives, and tools — organised by the legal area you need to understand next.
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Featured guides
Start with the frameworks most users need first.
These pages are the principal routes into Bracton's guide architecture: the main legal hubs, the current reform explainers, and the practical tool most closely tied to guide workflows.
EmploymentGuide
Employment Rights Act 2025
A practical employer guide to phased ERA 2025 implementation, SSP reform, probation, flexible working, and contract updates.
9 min
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How Much Does It Cost to Employ Someone in the UK?
A practical hiring-cost guide for small businesses budgeting salary, employer NI, pensions, paid leave, onboarding and employment documents.
10 min · Updated Jun 2026
Read guide →EmploymentGuide
Settlement agreements in the UK
Employer-side guidance on valid statutory waivers, independent legal advice, tax treatment, confidentiality, and settlement drafting.
12 min
Read guide →EmploymentTool
Statutory Redundancy Pay Calculator UK
Estimate statutory redundancy pay using age, full years of service, weekly pay, and the current statutory cap.
Open tool →PropertyHub
Property documents for UK landlords
The landlord hub for post-Renters’ Rights Act tenancy documents, statutory notices, compliance records, and possession routes.
Updated May 2026
View hub →PropertyGuide
Renters’ Rights Act 2025
The flagship landlord guide to the post-1 May 2026 framework, new tenancy model, Section 8 grounds, and document requirements.
14 min · Updated Apr 2026
Read guide →FreelanceHub
Freelance work in the UK
The core freelancer hub covering status, IR35, late payment, IP ownership, scope control, and contract documents.
13 min
View hub →FreelanceTool
Late Payment Interest Calculator UK
Calculate statutory interest, fixed compensation, and the total demand figure for an overdue commercial invoice.
Open tool →BusinessHub
Business documents for UK founders and companies
The business hub for shareholders agreements, NDAs, commercial records, confidentiality, and founder risk controls.
Updated May 2026
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Small Business Legal Toolkit
A practical legal hub for UK small businesses covering contracts, employment, freelancers, debt recovery, GDPR, IP, and company ownership.
Updated May 2026
View hub →Wills & ProbateHub
Wills, LPAs and estate planning documents
The estate planning hub for wills, codicils, lasting powers of attorney, advance decisions, and letters of wishes.
Updated May 2026
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Find the right guide by legal area.
Employment
Employment guides
Employer-side explainers for hiring, workforce reform, flexible working, and compliant exits.
EmploymentHub
Employment documents for UK employers
The employer hub for contracts, policies, exits, and Employment Rights Act 2025 compliance across the employment lifecycle.
Updated May 2026
View hub →EmploymentGuide
Employment Rights Act 2025
A practical employer guide to phased ERA 2025 implementation, SSP reform, probation, flexible working, and contract updates.
9 min
Read guide →EmploymentGuide
How Much Does It Cost to Employ Someone in the UK?
A practical hiring-cost guide for small businesses budgeting salary, employer NI, pensions, paid leave, onboarding and employment documents.
10 min · Updated Jun 2026
Read guide →EmploymentGuide
Hiring Your First Employee in the UK
A first-hire checklist for small businesses covering role design, employment status, offer letters, contracts, payroll, pensions, policies and onboarding.
11 min · Updated Jun 2026
Read guide →EmploymentGuide
What Should Be Included in an Employment Contract?
A practical employment contract checklist for UK small businesses covering written particulars, pay, hours, holiday, sickness, notice, confidentiality, IP, policies and termination.
12 min · Updated Jun 2026
Read guide →EmploymentGuide
Contractor vs Employee UK
A practical small-business guide to choosing between employment and genuine freelance or contractor arrangements, including status indicators and the right document to use.
10 min · Updated Jun 2026
Read guide →EmploymentGuide
Settlement agreements in the UK
Employer-side guidance on valid statutory waivers, independent legal advice, tax treatment, confidentiality, and settlement drafting.
12 min
Read guide →Property
Property guides
Guides for landlords navigating the Renters’ Rights Act, possession grounds, rent changes, and tenancy setup.
PropertyHub
Property documents for UK landlords
The landlord hub for post-Renters’ Rights Act tenancy documents, statutory notices, compliance records, and possession routes.
Updated May 2026
View hub →PropertyGuide
Renters’ Rights Act 2025
The flagship landlord guide to the post-1 May 2026 framework, new tenancy model, Section 8 grounds, and document requirements.
14 min · Updated Apr 2026
Read guide →PropertyDeep dive
The 12-Month Protected Period
When Ground 1A and Ground 1 can actually be served, where the one-year clock starts, and how converted tenancies are treated.
6 min
Read guide →PropertyDeep dive
The 12-Month Re-Letting Restriction
What landlords cannot do after using Ground 1A or Ground 1, including the practical 16-month exposure window.
6 min
Read guide →PropertyDeep dive
Section 13 Rent Increases
The statutory route for raising rent under the RRA 2025, the once-per-twelve-months ceiling, and tribunal challenge process.
7 min
Read guide →PropertyDeep dive
Section 8 Ground 8: Rent Arrears
The rewritten mandatory rent arrears ground, four-week notice period, threshold tests, and deposit compliance gate.
7 min
Read guide →Freelance
Freelance guides
Freelancer and contractor guides covering status, IR35, payment disputes, IP ownership, and project contracts.
FreelanceHub
Freelance work in the UK
The core freelancer hub covering status, IR35, late payment, IP ownership, scope control, and contract documents.
13 min
View hub →FreelanceGuide
Late payment for freelancers
A practical escalation guide for overdue invoices, statutory interest, fixed compensation, and formal pre-action demands.
8 min
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IR35 for freelancers and contractors
How off-payroll working rules interact with genuine independence, substitution, control, financial risk, and client status.
8 min
Read guide →FreelanceGuide
Employment status for freelancers
The difference between employee, worker, and self-employed status, and why the label in the contract is not decisive.
8 min
Read guide →FreelanceGuide
IP ownership for freelancers
Who owns freelance work by default, when assignment is needed, and how licences, moral rights, and chain of title fit together.
8 min
Read guide →Freelance documents and next steps
If you already know the freelance workflow you need, open the hub or go straight to the relevant document.
Business
Business guides
Commercial guidance for founders, shareholders, confidentiality, trading terms, and business risk controls.
BusinessHub
Business documents for UK founders and companies
The business hub for shareholders agreements, NDAs, commercial records, confidentiality, and founder risk controls.
Updated May 2026
View hub →BusinessHub
Small Business Legal Toolkit
A practical legal hub for UK small businesses covering contracts, employment, freelancers, debt recovery, GDPR, IP, and company ownership.
Updated May 2026
View hub →BusinessGuide
Shareholders’ Agreement vs Articles of Association
A practical UK company guide explaining how mandatory articles of association and a private shareholders’ agreement should work together.
13 min · Updated Jun 2026
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Do I Need a Shareholders’ Agreement?
A practical company-governance guide for UK founders and shareholders covering articles, share transfers, deadlock, leavers, reserved matters and exit risk.
12 min · Updated Jun 2026
Read guide →BusinessGuide
Founder Agreement vs Shareholders’ Agreement
A practical UK founder guide explaining when early founder terms help, and why a shareholders’ agreement usually matters once shares are issued.
13 min · Updated Jun 2026
Read guide →BusinessGuide
What Should Be Included in a Shareholders’ Agreement?
A practical shareholders’ agreement checklist for UK founders and small companies covering reserved matters, transfers, leavers, valuation, drag/tag rights, deadlock and articles alignment.
14 min · Updated Jun 2026
Read guide →BusinessGuide
50/50 Shareholder Deadlock UK
A practical guide to what happens when equal shareholders cannot agree, what documents to check, and how deadlock and buyout routes can be set in advance.
10 min · Updated Jun 2026
Read guide →BusinessGuide
Good Leaver vs Bad Leaver Clauses Explained
A practical UK guide to good leaver and bad leaver clauses in shareholders’ agreements, including founder exits, compulsory transfers, valuation and disputes.
13 min · Updated Jun 2026
Read guide →BusinessGuide
What Happens if a Shareholder Wants to Leave a Company?
A practical UK company guide explaining what happens to shares, director roles, employment, transfers, valuation and shareholder exit clauses when someone wants to leave.
13 min · Updated Jun 2026
Read guide →BusinessGuide
Can a Minority Shareholder Be Forced to Sell Shares?
A practical UK company guide explaining when a minority shareholder may be required to sell, including articles, shareholders’ agreements, drag-along rights, leavers, valuation and disputes.
14 min · Updated Jun 2026
Read guide →Wills & Probate
Wills & Probate guides
Estate planning guidance for wills, codicils, LPAs, advance decisions, and supporting wishes.
Tools and resources
Practical resources that support the guides.
Bracton tools sit alongside the legal explainers where a calculation or workflow helps you put the guidance into practice.
EmploymentGuide
How Much Does It Cost to Employ Someone in the UK?
A practical hiring-cost guide for small businesses budgeting salary, employer NI, pensions, paid leave, onboarding and employment documents.
10 min · Updated Jun 2026
Read guide →EmploymentTool
Statutory Redundancy Pay Calculator UK
Estimate statutory redundancy pay using age, full years of service, weekly pay, and the current statutory cap.
Open tool →FreelanceTool
Late Payment Interest Calculator UK
Calculate statutory interest, fixed compensation, and the total demand figure for an overdue commercial invoice.
Open tool →Ready when you are
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