All employers should be familiar with the raft of regulations that they are obliged to implement to ensure the safety of their employees in the workplace. For example, the Manual Handling Regulations 1992 and the Health and Safety at Work Regulations...
Team Frettens snatched another victory against The Angels taking them to five wins and a draw this season and leaving the team "poised" mid table as the end of the season approaches. It was a close...
In Warby v Wunda Group plc the Employment Appeals Tribunal (“EAT”) has upheld a tribunal's decision that there was no harassment on the ground of an employee's pregnancy, when the employee was accused of lying about her pregnancy and...
Team Frettens snatched another victory against The Angels taking them to five wins and a draw this season and leaving the team “poised” mid table as the end of the season approaches. It was a close match,...
In Warby v Wunda Group plc the Employment Appeals Tribunal (“EAT”) has upheld a tribunal’s decision that there was no harassment on the ground of an employee’s pregnancy, when the employee was accused of lying about her pregnancy...
For home buyers of new build properties (including reserving a plot and newly converted properties) there is a Consumer Code in place. Conveyancing Executive, Mandy Johnson explains "This was developed by the home building industry to make...
For home buyers of new build properties (including reserving a plot and newly converted properties) there is a Consumer Code in place. Conveyancing Executive, Mandy Johnson explains “This was developed by the home building industry to make...
In Meister v Speech Design Carrier Systems GmbH , the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has held that EU law does not require an employer facing a discrimination claim from an unsuccessful job applicant to disclose information on the...
Employment Solicitor, Chris Dobbs looks at whether employers have to disclose information to unsuccesful job applicants regarding who got the position.
As part of David Cameron’s ‘Big Society’ the government has reduced the rate of Inheritance Tax (IHT) from April this year, in a bid to encourage more people to include a gift to charity in their Will. Lee Young heads our Wills and Tax...
As part of David Cameron’s ‘Big Society’ the government has reduced the rate of Inheritance Tax (IHT) from April this year, in a bid to encourage more people to include a gift to charity in their Will. Lee Young heads our Wills and Tax...
A group of local Solicitors is teaming up to help people plan for the future and raise money for a local charity by taking part in Lewis-Manning Hospice’s "Make a Will Fortnight", which runs from the 11th - 22nd June 2012. The...
A group of local Solicitors is teaming up to help people plan for the future and raise money for a local charity by taking part in Lewis-Manning Hospice’s “Make a Will Fortnight”, which runs from the 11th – 22nd June 2012. ...
When is the effective date of termination (“EDT”) when an employee unequivocally resigns on one date, with immediate effect, and her employer subsequently informs her that her resignation is to be taken as commencing on a later date? The...
When is the effective date of termination (“EDT”) when an employee unequivocally resigns on one date, with immediate effect, and her employer subsequently informs her that her resignation is to be taken as commencing on a later date? The...
Any legal process can be intimidating, often largely due to confusing legal jargon. Julie-Ann Harris , Family Solicitor, outlines the meaning of some of the terms used in the divorce process. Acknowledgement of Service A form sent by...
Any legal process can be intimidating, often largely due to confusing legal jargon. Julie-Ann Harris, Family Solicitor, outlines the meaning of some of the terms used in the divorce process. As of 6th April 2022 divorce law has changed...
A range of employment law reforms came into force in April 2012. Perhaps the most important of the Government’s employment law reforms, the increase in the unfair dismissal qualifying period, took effect on 6 April. Other changes in April include new...
A range of employment law reforms came into force in April 2012. Perhaps the most important of the Government’s employment law reforms, the increase in the unfair dismissal qualifying period, took effect on 6 April. Other changes in April include new...
The Government recently announced a huge shake up of England’s planning laws. Proposed legislation is intended to reduce and simplify planning laws, which it claims are unwieldy and do not encourage development. The National Planning Policy Framework...