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Read moreThe impending 'incapacity crisis': How LPAs can help
Read moreA recent report by Solicitors for the Elderly (SFE) has given a stark warning of an impending 'incapacity crisis', with a growing number of people losing capacity, primarily as a result of dementia, and many of us also failing to plan ahead for this eventuality. While you may have considered …
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Read moreSleeping on the job
Read moreIn a hugely significant decision which will see many employers breathing a huge sigh of relief, the Court of Appeal has held that employees sleeping in at their employers’ premises while ‘on call’ are not entitled to be paid the National Minimum Wage for their entire shift. Based on the …
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Read morePersonal injury update: No need to plead fraud to argue that a claim is "fundamentally dishonest"
Read moreWhen the ‘Yangtze Xing Hua’ vessel was chartered on an amended New York Produce Exchange form to carry soya bean meal from South America to Iran, she arrived off the discharge port in December 2012. After not being paid by the receivers, the charterers ordered the vessel to wait off …
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Read moreWorld Cup 2018: Seven points for employers
Read moreThe World Cup's in full swing, but it's not too late to check your holiday and flexible working policies in anticipation of further requests from staff to take time off for matches, says Jonathan Dale, Head of Employment at Andrew Jackson Solicitors Holiday Requests How do you react …
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Read moreCargo claims and the appointment of liability
Read moreWhen the ‘Yangtze Xing Hua’ vessel was chartered on an amended New York Produce Exchange form to carry soya bean meal from South America to Iran, she arrived off the discharge port in December 2012. After not being paid by the receivers, the charterers ordered the vessel to wait off …
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Read moreShipping partner visits Modal’s state-of-the-art training facility
Read moreAndrew Oliver, a partner in the firm’s Shipping and Transport department, recently visited the world class facilities of Modal Training based at Immingham, North East Lincolnshire, to look at the resources and assess how they could help the firm in assisting clients with the reconstruction of shipping casualties and …
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IR35 update: recent rulings highlight complex rules governing contractors
Read moreEarlier this year, the decision in Christa Ackroyd Media Ltd vs HMRC was published. It was notable not only for being the first in a long line of cases which HMRC is reportedly bringing against former BBC presenters, but also because it was the first IR35 case that HMRC had …
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Read moreCourt of Appeal allows withdrawal of admission of liability where quantum of claim greatly increased
Read moreIn the recently reported case of Wood v Days Healthcare UK Limited and others 2017, Days applied to withdraw an admission made some two years earlier, before court proceedings were issued. Defendants in personal injury claims have long been encouraged to make admissions at an early stage to reduce the …
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Read moreIs your business prepared for a hard Brexit scenario?
Read moreWhether your business is importing or exporting goods, it’s important that you are ready for a so-called ‘hard Brexit’ scenario, in which the United Kingdom would leave the European Union without a trade deal in place. Currently, the UK has access to the EU's internal market which …