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Employees suffering from depression caused by work-related stress could ask their employers to pay for psychiatric counselling, following a recent ruling by the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Here Sarah Whitemore, Employment Partner, explains what this means for employers in the future.
Experienced Personal Injury Partner, Andy Munden, has been announced as our newest Equity Partner, with effect from 1st May 2014.
Hard on the heels of Britain’s longest-running and most bitter divorce, the Government has said it will be pushing more couples towards mediation. Working as a mediator, Samantha Miles, Partner and Head of the Family department, has seen first-hand how mediation can help couples make life-changing decisions in their relationship, and so is wholly supportive of this initiative.
It is now commonly understood that if a service providers’ contract with its client is terminated employees of the service provider engaged mainly or wholly to fulfil the contract are likely to transfer to the employment of the client under The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 as amended (TUPE).
Flood warnings have been prevalent in the news recently and it looks as if the rest of 2014 will be no different as forecasters warn that climate change will bring more unpredictable and turbulent weather. Paul Winslade, Commercial Property Lawyer discusses why property owners should be prepared, and also what issues developers could face in the future.
The Court of Appeal has recently ruled that a contract clause denying one party the right to rescind the contract or seek damages for the other’s pre-contract mis-representation (false information given which induced the innocent party to enter into the contract) was enforceable in the circumstances of the case, explains Geoffrey Sturgess, Commercial Consultant.
Helen Porter here reviews two recent cases between neighbours regarding tree roots extending into properties, the importance of foreseeable risk, and gives guidance to commercial property owners on avoiding these risks.
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