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A 24 year old man died at a party hosted by his employer at his home in 2015. The mans widow is now seeking £1 million in compensation for her loss and for the wages her husband would have earned during his lifetime.
The number of employment tribunal claims fell by almost 20% in the quarter following the introduction of fees in 2013. Official quarterly employment tribunal statistics...
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has urged SMEs to plan ahead for auto-enrollment to pension schemes to avoid unnecessary costs and also guarantee they get access to the best advice and pension schemes...
The key question to ask when setting up a website or even if you already have one up and running is this:- is it mine? Around this question are a million and one other questions...
Businesses that sell goods and services to consumers over the internet should face criminal penalties if they fail to display details on cancellation rights, according to the Trading Standards Institute...
Online giant eBay has said it is forcing users to change their passwords after discovering that a database containing user details was hacked between late February and early March...
A survey commissioned by employee benefits company Unum has discovered that as many as a third of employees would consider leaving their employer over wellbeing concerns...
The new Collective Redundancies & Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2014, (known as TUPE 2014), will come into force tomorrow, 31 January...
New research by the Institute of Leadership and Management has found that nearly half of UK managers work at least one extra day of overtime per week...
Recruitment firm Reed have published a report showing that more employees value good communications skills in their managers than value strong leadership qualities...
Further to its promise in 2015, the government has now confirmed that the National Living Wage for 25+ year olds will come into force on 1st April this year...
From 1st July employers will need to take overtime and commission into account when calculating holiday pay, so that it is calculated on an employee’s actual earnings...
The flexible working regulations 2014 come into force on 30th June and give all workers who have been employed for 26 weeks the right to request flexible working...
A new survey from Regus has shown that more than half of employers are reporting an increase in stress-related illness in the workplace since the economic downturn began, but, that flexible working can actually reduce work-related stress...
Acas is to amend its "Code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures" following a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling...
Data from the Office for National Statistics shows average pay in the UK grew more than inflation for the first time in five years...
In a speech recently, the head of the Serious Fraud Office denied that the lack of prosecutions under the Bribery Act shows that the legislation is not working...
Lawson-West Commercial look forward to welcoming a number of guests at tomorrow's Leicestershire Law Society dinner and annual legal awards...
As a business owner, do you pay yourself and others by way of a dividend? If so, do you know the rules? It was recently reported in the news that the fashion giant Next...
From 1st January 2017 negotiations began to determine the rights of French employees to ignore their work phones after the working day. The advent of smartphones mean that staff always have access to their work which in turn makes it harder for them to completely switch off when they are at home.
When the Government decided to change the judicial pension scheme in April 2015, they allowed for a transitional provision which saw judges aged 58 or over, protected from the changes.
Generally speaking, bosses do not have a problem with their staff being in relationships – providing their status bares no affect on them carrying out their work.
With Social Media ever growing, do we know how much of what we publish or have published in the past could be viewed by current employers and prospective employers.
According to the charity Arthritis Research UK, around 600,000 people with arthritis are missing out on the opportunity to work.
The Ministry of Justice have confirmed that probate fees are set to rise by up to 9,000% from May 1st.
In a land sale some time ago, the seller was disposing of land which was, at that time, greenbelt land so couldn’t be used for development...
Compassionate leave is there to help staff cope with the death of a close relative, deal with arrangements and attend their funeral. It can also be allowed where a close relative is seriously or critically ill.
As from 1st March 2017, the penalty for being caught using your mobile phone whilst you are behind the wheel has doubled. You will now receive a £200 fine and six points on your driving licence.
To assist with the economic recovery the Government has continued the business rate relief that small businesses receive...
Property experts are reporting a rise in demand from wealthy investors for commercial property. They say wealthy clients looking for investments are moving away from...
There are many ways in which rights of way can develop over land and it is absolutely essential to investigate all of them when a problem arises...
A recent example we came across highlights the importance of rights of access over land, in particular when you want to sell...
A London landlord charged a family £700 per month to live in a house that was not fit for purpose. The condition of the property was described as “slum-like” and a “house of horrors”...
Many an employee, on a Friday in particular head to a public house where a drink or two maybe consumed over lunch. Recently insurance service provider, Lloyd’s of London, have issued a new policy to staff which prevents them from drinking alcohol at any time between 9am – 5pm on a Monday to Friday.
The commercial rent arrears recovery (CRAR) procedure is now a year old and we’re looking at how things have changed for landlords trying to find alternatives to forfeiting their tenant’s lease...
A family from Finchley, North London decided to extend their ground floor flat and so they employed a builder to convert their basement into two new bedrooms. However, the shoddy work that was carried out caused the property to collapse...
The Court of Appeal has ruled that administrators of a business must pay the full rent for the period a property is used for the benefit of an insolvency, whether the rent is payable in advance or in arrears...
Business rates are a tax on non-residential property- i.e. commercial property. The amount that a business pays is based on how much annual rent could be charged on the premises- known as the rateable value...
Our client ran a venue that was popular for Asian weddings. He was approached by another person who wanted to partition off a section of the venue to create a nightclub...
When selling your business, sorting out the legal issues is essential to ensure things go smoothly. Although each sale is different, the process generally breaks down into 5 key stages...
There was a story published in the media recently about the owner of a convenience store in Hereford who had changed the signage of his shop to look incredibly similar to that of a very famous super market. But what was wrong in him doing this?
It has been hard to avoid the furore surrounding the new home for The Great British Bake Off this week after it was announced that the hit show will move from the BBC to Channel 4 after this series.
An NHS associate director was advised in 2011 that her role was at risk of redundancy. She was due to go away on a family holiday that same month so she immediately requested that no decision was made until she returned...
In a recent case at the High Court, the judge rejected an application from the defendant to move the date of the trial set against them...
More than 115,000 UK employees of fast-food chain McDonald’s, are being offered fixed hour contracts rather than zero hour contacts, in a move they say is a way to show their investment to their staff.
We recently had an enquiry from a client who is a 50% shareholder, director and employee with her business partner in a company...
A Leicester businessman was dismayed at having been issued with court proceedings for over fifty thousand pounds by a loyal and previously happy customer...
An employment appeal tribunal has concluded that a trainee solicitor with Asperger’s was unfairly disadvantaged after she was required to complete a multiple- choice psychometric test as part of the recruitment process.
The expectation that men are the breadwinners whilst women stay at home to tend to the children is an old fashioned view which is out of date. A more modern attitude to parenting is sharing the responsibilities where possible which increasingly sees more men staying at home with the children or working part-time and the mothers returning to work full time.
