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8 August 2022
Recent Developments in Commercial Property
*ASBESTOS CHECK & SURVEY IN COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES*
13 May 2021
Mental Health Awareness Week
26 April 2021
Community Book Pledge Project
As part of our latest community support project, we are
working in partnership with Jade Field (Independent Usborne
Organiser with Usborne Books at Home) to increase access to
books for those in need within the local Derby area.
25 March 2020
COVID-19 - Job Retention Scheme
*For a FREE FURLOUGH LEAVE AGREEMENT, please see below.
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20 February 2020
Employment Law Changes from April 2020
*Amanda Jefferies, Head of Employment Law, summarises the
Employment Law changes which are likely to affect all
businesses from April 2020*
Most readers will know that there are rules in place to
protect employees if the business in which they are employed
changes hands. They are rather snappily entitled “the
Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
Regulations” (TUPE for short) and their effect is to move
employees and any liabilities associated with them from the
old employer to the new employer.
9 November 2018
To be or not to be (represented)?
There is an increase in County Court Civil action cases
where parties to proceedings are not legally represented,
often known as litigants in person (LIP). The Ministry of
Justice quarterly published figures showing that 44% of
defended claims in the County Court were unrepresented
between April – June 2018.
7 April 2017
Latest changes in the Legal System
The various specialist civil courts in England and Wales
will be reorganised and be officially known as the
“Business and Property Courts of England and Wales” from
June 2017. They will handle, amongst other matters,
international dispute resolution jurisdictions. The courts
included within the Business and Property Courts will be as
follows:
7 April 2017
Article 50 is here.
Well article 50 has been effectively triggered today. Since
the referendum there has been a period of uncertainty, but
the latest analysis of possible effects on businesses and
the probable changes to the law can be better understood.