In November we welcomed Deborah Lewis to the firm as an Associate to lead the personal injury team. Deborah specialises in accidents at work, road traffic accidents, slipping and tripping accidents and injuries involving defective equipment. She also acts frequently for injured children. ...
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A study has reportedly found that most employers don’t fully understand how their business could be impacted by a Supreme Court decision on the correct method of calculating holiday pay.
Harpur Trust v Brazel, which can be found at Citation (2022) UKSC21, was a long-running case about a...
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The executor of a Will is reported to have received a prison sentence following a failure to meet his duties. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/12/uncle-jailed-failing-give-niece-nephew-inheritance/
The story goes that the man’s niece and nephew had started a legal process to for...
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A new law that should ease pressures on some new parents is making its way through parliament.
The Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill is designed to help new parents of premature babies by enabling them to take up to 12 weeks of paid leave to be with their child. This is in addition to existing mat...
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We are delighted to announce the promotion of Andrew Guilfoyle as an Associate and Head of our Private Client Department.
Congratulations Andrew, a very well-deserved promotion. We look forward to the future of the Private Client Department with your leadership.
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Another exciting announcement for Barker Son & Isherwood LLP this week is the promotion of Samantha Travella to Associate.
Congratulations, Samantha, thoroughly deserved!
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People often come to us for advice on their rights after a breakup. The details and legal options obviously vary from case to case, but a common theme is clients’ surprise that cohabitation offers so much less protection than marriage or civil partnership.
They do not expect this, particularl...
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The complete terms of a person’s will are not usually discovered until after their death. While these are often as anticipated, family members are occasionally taken by surprise. Those who had expected to inherit may feel disappointed or hard done by; they don’t understand why they have...
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As homeworking continues to be the order of the day in many UK businesses, employers must take care not to become complacent. Workers may be out of sight, but they should never be out of mind, not least when it comes to their health and wellbeing.
The law places strict responsibilities on employers...
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"My feeling is that about 20% of the families who come to court to have a dispute about their children resolved, would be better served by at least, first of all trying to sort it out themselves in other ways."
The words of Sir Andrew McFarlane, head of family courts in England and Wales, as report...
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