Yesterday saw us say a formal farewell to former Practice Manager, Philip Humphrys who was with the firm for exactly 20 years. The bunting was quite literally rolled out as current and former staff gathered at our Waterside Way offices…
By Kelly Willmott In a recent and well publicised case, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Civil Partnership Act 2004 is incompatible with the European Convention of Human Rights because civil partnerships are only available to those in same…
The courts will assist but not protect litigants in person By Richard Forskitt, Associate Solicitor Since the changes to litigation funding through Legal Aid, and the changes to the Small Claims Court limit in 2013 (limiting the recoverability of the…
Associate Solicitor Michael Nadin, an employment law specialist provides 5 'Top Tips' for a new business to consider when starting out. All employees are legally entitled to receive a written statement of terms and conditions of employment and failure to…
In a workplace context, an employer can be found liable for the acts or omissions of its employees, provided it can be shown that they took place in the course of their employment – i.e. where there is sufficient connection between…
Questions asked of job applicants at interview should be carefully considered in advance and formulated with the benefit of legal advice. In one case where that signally did not happen, a 67-year-old man who was turned down for a park…
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 established a new statutory offence of corporate manslaughter (corporate culpable homicide in Scotland). An organisation is guilty of the offence if the way in which it manages or organises its activities causes…
A team from DFA took part in Kilby Fox's annual Games Night held at Barratts Snooker Club last week. It is always a great event and this year was no different with everyone playing Darts, Table Football, Pool, Table Tennis…
Workers are legally entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks' paid holiday per annum (28 days). However, what happens if an employee reduces the number of hours they work, part way through a holiday year? As an example, if an…
By Amy Cornelius Stamp Duty Land Tax: Important changes to timescales for filing returns From 1 March 2019 the period of time to file a Stamp Duty Land Tax (“SDLT”) return, and pay any SDLT due, will reduce from 30…
