The Government is launching a call for evidence asking for views on non-compete clauses in contracts of employment. These are common and can prevent individuals from competing against their former employer or working for a competitor for a set period of...
The housing bubble has burst, analysts have said, after sellers started slashing money off their asking prices and accepting offers up to 10 per cent less than when the property was listed. According to Zoopla, the average discount on the original price of...
Department of Transport v Sparks The Court of Appeal had held in this case that an absence management policy in a staff handbook was contractual, the Department of Transport's appeal against an employment tribunal finding. The case arose from a...
Frettens are pleased to announce some recent promotions at the firm. Head of Conveyancing Clare Hallett , is being promoted to Partner. Clare who joined the firm in 2002, trained and qualified at Frettens and has extensive experience in both...
"Any company or organisation that handles or captures customer or employee data must follow the data protection laws or face heavy penalties," emphasises Karen Edwards , Commercial Solicitor. Personal information may be on a server, in a...
Theresa May, the Home Secretary, recently said that the police are still not taking domestic abuse seriously enough as a crime. In 2015 a new criminal offence of ‘coercive control’ was put on the statute books. Domestic abuse is not limited to...
The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills has published its form for claiming penalties from employers for non-payment of tribunal awards or settlements. Under the new s37A to 37Q of the Employment Tribunals Act, a Claimant who has not been paid any...
Countries all over the world are bringing in legislation to make bribery a criminal offence. The Bribery Act 2010 replaced laws that date from 1889 to 1916 making it the first new anti-bribery law in the UK in a hundred years. Possibly the best known case is...
There is no need to be nervous about seeing a Lawyer about a will. Wills & Tax Associate Heather Varley , has put together a small glossary of terms that may be mentioned to help: Administrator - personal representative of a...
Every company, large or small, is different and there are many ways to structure the shareholding. Smaller companies in particular often don’t consider their structuring apart from the number of shares to be held by shareholders. If there are likely to...
A recent survey of employers, undertaken after a year has passed since the introduction of the right, has shown that only 1% of fathers have taken up shared parental leave (SPL). The survey of more than a 1,000 parents and 200 businesses found that taking up...
Clare Hallett details the process of purchasing a property with an unadopted road, weighing up whether its worth buying or not. Clare also describes the difference between a private and an unadopted road.
In order to identify what properties are covered by Flood Re we need to understand how it works. How does it work? In brief Flood Re is a non-profit scheme designed for specific task over a specified period of time that allows insurers to insure...