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Become our next trainee solicitor Are you degree-educated or about to graduate? Have you achieved LPC or SQE1 and SQE2? Is your written English proficient, and do you have ambition, commercial awareness and team spirit? If you have the right to work in...
We’re Looking for Trainee Solicitors Are you degree-educated or about to graduate? Have you achieved LPC or SQE1 and SQE2? Is your written English proficient, and do you have ambition, commercial awareness and team spirit? If you have the right to...
Are you returning from Portugal and facing the prospect of quarantining? Perhaps you're mulling over the implications of jetting off on a foreign holiday? Make sure you understand the implications of post-holiday quarantining on your employment and...
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (JRS) ends on 31 October 2020, when it will be replaced by the Job Support Scheme which aims to protect “viable” jobs. What are the main implications for employers and employees?...
Today the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced an update to the new Job Support Scheme (to be known as the 'Open' Scheme in order to distinguish it from the Scheme provided for businesses legally required to close). The new support includes a...
If you’re planning to jet off for some last minute summer sun, you might be considering the implications of self-isolating when you return to the UK. Before you book that last minute getaway, it’s essential to understand the implications of...
Today -10 June 2020 - is the last day employers can furlough staff who have not already been furloughed through the coronavirus job retention scheme. From 1 July 2020 employers may only claim for employees they have already claimed for;...
To support businesses and employees in re-opening workspaces and returning to work, the Government has now published a series of guides to making workplaces ‘COVID secure’. Eight sector-specific guides have been produced. These are for:...
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The Government has now published additional information about Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the Furlough Scheme). At present the details represent guidance for HMRC; whether legislation follows remains to be seen. We recommend you...
SUPPORT FOR BUSINESSES Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme HMRC will set up a new online portal so that all UK employers will be eligible for assistance where an employee has been designated...
Problems at work? If your employer offers you a settlement agreement, here are five things you need to know. Make sure your settlement is put in writing Settlement Agreements are legally binding contracts and must relate to a...
If you’re a business based in Brighouse, you’ll know the Brighouse Business Improvement District (BID) initiative is gathering pace. Based on the results of their recent survey, the BID team are now developing a business plan for a potential...
The recent heatwave has sparked a series of questions about working in high temperatures. Our employment law specialist James Hodgson offers some advice for employers and employees. In the UK there is no maximum temperature that a workplace is allowed to...
We’ve been part of our community for an awfully long time (over 130 years!) and are very proud to support some brilliant local charities who work for the communities of Calderdale and Kirklees. In the run up to Christmas, we’re devoting our...
We’ve been part of our community for over 130 years and are proud to support some very important local charities who work for the communities of Calderdale and Kirklees. In the run up to Christmas, we’ve decided to devote our blog to...
We’ve been part of our community for over 130 years and are proud to support some very important local charities who work for the communities of Calderdale and Kirklees. In the run up to Christmas, we decided to devote our blog to highlighting...
If you’ve been experiencing problems at work and have been put off taking your employer to a tribunal because of the cost of tribunal fees, you could benefit from last week’s Supreme Court ruling to scrap tribunal fees with immediate effect. The...
I’ve represented landlords and tenants for over three decades now and I continue to see landlords struggling to remove troublesome tenants from their properties. Beware of Defective Tenancy Agreements In some cases defective tenancy agreements...
Despite being a legal requirement since 2007, many landlords remain unaware of their need to comply with the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS). Legal requirements for landlords Under an assured short hold tenancy landlords must – by law –...
As the holiday season approaches, it’s sad to think that some families could see their hopes of a festive family getaway dashed by increasingly tight immigration regulations which affect children travelling with only one (or neither) parent. Amid...
It’s a good question which is probably best answered by another question - what is a Notary? Notary work is the oldest branch of the legal profession in England and Wales. A Notary is a lawyer (usually also a Solicitor) who has taken additional...