We are proud to announce the promotion of several integral members of our team, including two new partners, in recognition of their continued dedication and contribution to the firm’s ongoing...
Welcome to our employment newsletter as we hop into the Easter period with plenty to consider from an employment perspective. Whether you are an employer or an employee, we have...
Family Mediation Week runs from Monday 22 – Friday 26 January and is an opportunity to raise awareness about family mediation, and the huge benefits it can bring to separating...
From the 2nd of January 2024, Sloan Solicitors, known for their expertise in residential property law and long-standing presence in Wokingham, will become part of Clifton Ingram following a sale...
There is a common misconception that having a prenuptial agreement sets a precedent that the couple will undoubtedly separate later down the line. However, prenuptial agreements are not about predicting...
Cohabitation refers to a living arrangement where a couple who is not married live together in the same household. The term can apply to both opposite-sex and same-sex couples. Cohabitation...
The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 obliges Agents not to omit any ‘material information’ on property listings – but what constitutes ‘material information’ has always been somewhat of...
As we approach the end of a year in which the economy has been plagued by inflation and the country has been struggling with a cost-of-living pinch, the Chancellor announced...
A developer suffered substantial losses as a result of being unable to exercise an option agreement to acquire land for residential development. Background In Denton Homes Limited v Christoper Cobb...
Many leases, both of commercial and residential property, contain a service charge provision. This is the method by which the landlord recovers the cost which it has incurred in maintaining,...
If an employee wins an unfair dismissal case, the Employment Tribunal will decide how much compensation is due. If the employer has made procedural errors during the dismissal, and the...
Exclusivity clauses are terms which prevent an employee from taking up work elsewhere or require an employee to ask permission before working for another business. These clauses have been unenforceable...
The EAT has given judgment in an employment status claim which confirms that the ‘label’ that parties place on a working relationship is only one piece of the puzzle. Too...
Employers are obliged to make reasonable adjustments to remove or reduce any substantial disadvantage that disabled employees experience because of workplace arrangements. In Hilaire v Luton Borough Council, the EAT has...
Sections 100(1)(d) and (e) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 provide employees with protection against dismissal if they leave the workplace, refuse to return to it, or take other steps to protect...
If an employee wins a claim for unfair dismissal, a Tribunal will decide what compensation is fair in the circumstances. The stakes are raised in a whistleblowing unfair dismissal because...
COT3 settlement agreements, negotiated and arranged via Acas, can be used to settle employment claims. The Court of Appeal has considered a case where an employee brought a claim after...
Dismissing an employee with a disability can seem risky but is not always unfair, even where the reason for dismissal is impacted by the disability. The EAT has recently upheld...
Family Mediation Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of the benefits of family mediation and how it can help separating families resolve their issues in a constructive and...
Please find the latest edition of Citation, our legal newsletter. As you will see from our cover story, in this edition we look into the impact of the cost-of-living crisis...
Deciding whether to buy or sell a property is always a difficult decision, but with rising household bills, a cost-of-living crisis, and higher interest rates leading to increased mortgage costs,...
What is Ground Rent? In simple terms, a ground rent is a contractual rental payment for the occupation of the land on which a property sits. It is usually paid...
Most employers will have experienced an employee who suffers badly with a bout of Covid, and which then develops into post-Covid-19 syndrome, or ‘Long Covid’. A Tribunal has looked at...
Section 123(1) of the Equality Act 2010 says that discrimination claims must be brought within three months of the alleged discriminatory act or such other period that the Tribunal thinks...
Employees are entitled to 5.6 weeks’ holiday under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR). Calculating the holiday pay of someone with no normal working hours can be tricky. Some employers...
When there is a TUPE transfer, all of the transferor’s (the original employer) rights, powers, duties and liabilities connected to the transferring employee’s contract of employment transfer to the transferee...
Can continued lateness justify dismissal? The EAT in Tijani v The House of Commons Commission held that it could. The employee had been a cleaner at the House of Commons since June...
Communication between a client and their solicitors for the purposes of getting legal advice, and any documents prepared for the purposes of litigation, are ‘privileged’. This means that they do...
In the “Mini-Budget 2022” delivered on 23 September 2022, the government announced a tranche of new measures with a view to stimulating growth in the UK economy, a number of...
Compensation If an employee wins an unfair dismissal claim, the employment tribunal can award compensation that they consider to be ‘just and equitable’ bearing in mind the employee’s losses. In...