Dec 21, 2022 Controversial pension reforms proposed in the interests of "fairness" - but for whom? By Matthew Peto The Institute for Fiscal Studies ("IFS") recently released a report titled "Death and taxes and pensions", which makes some fairly punchy...
Dec 21, 2022 Company insolvencies may be rising but let's not get too gloomy By Matthew Padian There have been some very gloomy stories in the press over the last week or so about rising company insolvency rates. All rather...
Dec 15, 2022 Compensation in divorce - a thing of the future? By Grace Parker-White A potentially interesting development of the principle of "compensation" in divorce. Historically compensation has rarely been a feature,...
Dec 08, 2022 A day in the life of a trainee solicitor - meet Olivia Bishop By Stevens & Bolton LLP Applications have just opened for our 2023 vacation schemes and 2025 training contracts, so on that basis, we thought it would be helpful...
Dec 02, 2022 Sibling squabbles By James Lister This week the High Court threw out a claim by Anne Lettice (70) that the £105,000 left to her by her mother Margaret (who died in April...
Dec 01, 2022 Family Court backlog reaches new high By Sean Hilton The most recent figures from HMCTS have revealed a backlog of 110,000 family law cases in the court system. A recent article in the Law...
Nov 29, 2022 National NHS guidance published on support measures for menopausal women in the NHS By Stevens & Bolton LLP Following on from the Menopause in the Workplace podcast which my colleague, Chantelle, and I recorded last month, it is really...
Nov 28, 2022 Winter is coming... is Joules simply one of the first to feel the "cold" recession bite? By Georgie Barrow Joules is the latest retailer to announce that it is appointing administrators, following its failure to attract investors to save the...
Nov 28, 2022 M&S employee made redundant during the pandemic unfairly dismissed due to her dyslexia By Stevens & Bolton LLP A former employee of Marks and Spencer (M&S) has been awarded over £50,000 in compensation after it was found that she had been unfairly...
Nov 23, 2022 Long-term sickness absence is at a record high By Rebecca Berry There has been a marked increase in the number of people absent from work due to mental illness, and other disabilities. This increase is...
Nov 21, 2022 Fixed recoverable costs rules for claims up to £100,000 delayed until October 2023 By Stevens & Bolton LLP The government has recently announced that the introduction of new rules extending fixed recoverable costs to all fast track cases...
Nov 18, 2022 UK government orders reverse of Chinese takeover of Britain’s largest chip plant By David Draper The UK government has this week published a decision concerning a £63m takeover of Newport semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia Newport...