We are helping an insolvency litigation financing company bring a claim against a sole director of a restaurant and Shisha bar. The restaurant was investigated for suspected suppression of sales...
Following the recommendations put forward by the UK’s Chief Medical Officers, it has just been announced that children aged 12 to 15 in England will be offered one dose of...
Employment specialists Louise Attrup and Michael Kerrigan spoke at the most recent virtual CIPD Hertfordshire Branch event in September 2021. Louise and Michael provided a legal update on issues which...
Cap on adult social care costs The government has announced a cap on the amount that people have to pay for their care costs. From October 2023, it is proposed...
We were delighted to relaunch the City Club network in October 2021. Our guest speaker, John Hardy, Consultant Development Manager at Travelodge shared the rationale and process behind the new Travelodge...
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...
