According to the Office for National Statistics, less people are getting married now than they were 60 years ago, but more people are getting divorced. The data shows that in...
We acted for a long-standing employee of a well-known college and university. His employment had been terminated due the college’s Employer Justified Retirement Age (EJRA) of 67, forcing him to...
With the furlough scheme coming to an end on 30 September 2021, we are now seeing some employment tribunal decisions surrounding the furlough scheme and redundancy dismissals. We explore two...
In the recent decision of Re A Company (also known as A v B) the High Court considered the shifting burden of proof imposed by the two-stage Covid-19 test on...
Our client was employed by a magazine company for approximately 6 months. When he discovered an older female colleague in the same job was paid considerably more a year than...
The division of property and other assets is a key part of the divorce process. It is important for separating couples to understand their value as some assets, such as...
With the end of furlough looming, we are seeing an increase in employees needing settlement agreement advice. Settlement agreements are legal documents that prevent an employee from making an employment...
We helped a professional membership body bring a c. £1.2 million professional negligence claim against a software development company. The membership organisation had engaged the software development company to develop...
We helped an individual at an insolvency practitioners’ firm bring a claim for wrongful trading and breach of duty against a director of a golf tour company. Before the company...
From Monday 16 August people who have come into contact with a positive covid case and are double-jabbed or under 18 years old will no longer be legally required to...
“Domicile” is a key concept in successful estate planning. In England and Wales, domicile has a specific legal meaning. It is often incorrectly understood to be your place of residence...
The Court of Protection (COP) is the specialist court that makes decisions on financial or welfare matters for people who lack mental capacity to make decisions at the time they...
The case of Capitol Park Leeds PLC v Global Radio Services Limited, highlights that attention to detail is needed with the wording of property break clauses. as “vacant possession of...
We represented a surviving spouse in a matter concerning his late wife’s valuable estate interest in a Hertfordshire property. Following negligent property and will writing advice given to the couple...
Our client was the main beneficiary of her late partner’s estate and subject to a claim made under the Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975. The claim was...
Debenhams Ottaway continues to be the only firm ranked in band 1 for private wealth law in the recently published Chambers High Net Worth 2021 guide, firmly establishing the team...
We have recently been instructed by a leading national residential property management agency in relation to the recovery of letting fees owed to them by a landlord. Our client locates...
Practice Direction 57AC came into force in April 2021, introducing new rules to deal with “over-lawyered trial witness statements” in the business and property courts. The first case where the...
We helped our clients with the acquisition of: i) a holiday lodge business operated in Cambridgeshire by one of the two sellers ii) a residential dwelling owned and occupied by...
