Harron v Dorset Police The Employment Appeal Tribunal confirmed in this case that a belief that public service is improperly wasteful of money can potentially be protected as a 'philosophical belief' under the Equality Act 2010. The Claimant...
Ministry of Justice figures show that there has been a significant rise in the number of Wills being contested in Court. This is thought to be as a result of more family breakdowns and an increase in re-marriages, co-habitation and step-families. Under The...
Santos Gomes v Higher Level Care Limited The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held a worker cannot claim compensation for injury to feelings if they are not allowed rest breaks under the Working Time Regulations. The Claimant won compensation from an...
Pendleton v Derbyshire County Council The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has decided in this case that is indirect religious discrimination to dismiss a teacher for refusing to leave her husband after his conviction for sex offences. The Claimant was a...
Your business has fire insurance, maybe flood insurance and computer system insurance, and you may well have “key man” insurance in place in case of your death, but what would happen to your business should you, or a partner, become physically or...
Are you separating or divorcing but your spouse or civil partner won’t agree to sell the matrimonial home?
Family solicitor Simon Immins looks at selling the matrimonial home after separation or divorce.
ACAS has just published a lengthy research paper on the effect of its conciliation processes in employment tribunal claims. There is an enormous amount of material in the report for those interested in employment tribunal statistics. One particularly...
Thinking about separating or divorcing from your spouse or civil partner but the matrimonial home is in their sole name? As family lawyers, we are often asked by clients “I am not registered on the title deeds of the matrimonial home and my spouse or...