Around 38,000 families a year suffer the ordeal of prolonged probate from ineffective or poorly drafted wills. In a recent case which received national media attention Ms Aregbesola is seeking hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation from Barclays,...
The 1st of October brings important changes for landlords and agents to be aware of. We have outlined the basics below to keep you up to date with the new requirements. If this raises further questions for you, please get in touch with Michelle Hayter , who...
Coles v Ministry of Defence This case involved a Claimant, an agency worker for the Ministry of Defence (“MoD”), who was left without work after the MoD began redeploying redundant permanent employees and filled the Claimant’s role. The...
People aged fifty five and over are being bombarded with cold calls and emails offering bogus pension opportunities the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) has warned. After the Governments’ freedom of choice came into effect for the early draw down of...
SECTION 21 NOTICES The Basics : For all tenancies beginning on or after 1 October 2015, landlords will not be able to serve a section 21 notice within the first four months of the tenancy. From 1 October 2018 this will affect all tenancies. The...
The government is consulting on streamlining the tax treatment of termination payments. As it currently stands, the first £30,000 of any non-contractual termination payment benefits from no tax or national insurance deductions. The government is...
The proposed changes in Inheritance Tax (IHT), being the introduction and the gradual increase in the so called “main residence nil rate band”, is due to begin to come into force from April 2017. Under current law if an individual’s estate...
A new bold identity has been revealed for our firm, Frettens Solicitors. We have waved a fond farewell to our distinctive navy fountain pen in favour of a modern, dynamic and bright new brand. Matthew Fretten , the firm's Managing Partner,...
Stevens v University of Birmingham The Claimant, who was an academic at the Defendant University, was the subject of allegations concerning his role as Chief Investigator to clinical trials of patients suffering with diabetes. The Claimant was requested...
ACAS has recently published three new guides on equality, titled: ‘ Equality and Discrimination: Understand the basics’ , ‘ Prevent Discrimination: Support Equality’ and ‘Discrimination: what to do if it happens.’ The...
British Waterways Board v Smith The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) held that the employer acted fairly when dismissing an employee for the comments he made on Facebook, despite the employee’s claims that these comments were untrue. ...
In the July 2015 budget, Chancellor George Osborne announced changes to the Sunday trading laws in England and Wales. Under current rules large shops are restricted to trading for no longer than six hours. A large shop is defined by one with relevant floor...
Rules on sub-letting in the Private Rented Sector (PRS) are clear – as a landlord you can simply refuse your tenant permission to sub-let. Most residential landords have a clause written into their rental agreement to this effect. An important reason...