On Wednesday 25th June, Frettens hosted a football themed quiz night at the Goldsands Stadium in aid of Autism Wessex. Teams from many local businesses including 4 from Frettens represented the 32 nations through to the football finals in Brazil. All the...
Remission is the system whereby a claimant in an employment tribunal case can apply to have the tribunal fees waived due to a lack of income and capital. This system has been in place since tribunal fees were introduced in July 2013. It has now been revealed...
Cockram v Air Products Plc The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) has held in this case that an employee lost the right to claim constructive unfair dismissal because they gave longer than the contractual minimum notice period. Mr Cockram...
Question : I worked for a company for a year on an annual renewable contract. I was initially given the option of PAYE or self-employed and chose PAYE. After a year I wasn’t given the option to choose and was forced to become self-employed. I had...
British Gas v Lock The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has confirmed that a worker’s statutory holiday pay must include commission as well as basic salary. Mr Lock was a salesman on a basic salary with variable commission paid in...
“We want a divorce but don’t want to go to Court.” This is something that we, as family lawyers hear with increasing frequency. A Divorce can only be granted by a Court. However, frequently this is not a contentious issue and is often...
From 6th May, it became compulsory for potential claimants to notify ACAS of an intended tribunal claim before presenting it to the tribunal. ACAS will try to conciliate between the parties before the tribunal claim is lodged, for a period of a month which...
From 6th May, it became compulsory for potential claimants to notify ACAS of an intended tribunal claim before presenting it to the tribunal. ACAS will try to conciliate between the parties before the tribunal claim is lodged, for a period of a month which...
There has always been a statutory cap on the compensatory award a Claimant can receive if they are successful with an unfair dismissal claim. The cap increases each year with the Average Earnings Index and it is currently £76,574. However, the...
There has always been a statutory cap on the compensatory award a Claimant can receive if they are successful with an unfair dismissal claim. The cap increases each year with the Average Earnings Index and it is currently £76,574. However, the...
Question : We are married but neither of us has a Will. We both have independent children from previous marriages. Our house is owned outright but is in my husband’s name although I have contributed towards this quite significantly. We are partners in...