Latest blog from our Employment department. The Government has announced further consultations regarding further proposed changes to employment law. The consultations concern: The power of employment Tribunals to make recommendations; The questionnaire procedure for obtaining information in relation to discrimination claims; and An employer’s liability for harassment of their employees by third parties under the [...]
Neil Myerson LLP is very pleased to announce four new appointments. Andrew Brown (until recently a Partner at Linder Myers LLP) has joined the Company/Commercial Department of Neil Myerson LLP. Andrew is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer specialising in mergers and acquisitions (including cross border transactions), equity investment, corporate recovery/insolvency and commercial and franchising [...]
Latest blog from our Employment department. Following on from national apprenticeship week in February, new regulations came into force on 1 May confirming an alternative route for apprentices. The Apprentices, Skills, children and Learning Act 2009 sets out a standard and alternative route for apprentices. Standard Route The standard route is where the apprentice works under an apprenticeship [...]
Latest blog from our Private Client department. Readers may remember the case of Ilott v Mitson (2011 EWCA Civ 346). The deceased mother (Mrs Jackson) specifically excluded her daughter from benefiting under her will. They had not spoken for over 24 years. She left her entire £500,000 estate to charity. The daughter had five children [...]
Latest newsletter from our Commercial Litigation department. Welcome to the Spring 2012 edition of Commercial Litigation Write. Our litigation newsletter explores the key issues of the day affecting commercial litigation and dispute resolution. In this, our inaugural edition, we consider the changing face of litigation in light of advances in technology and communication. In our [...]
Latest blog from our Corporate Commercial department. In our Summer 2011 Commercial Write, we commented on how the High Court’s decision in Jet2.com Ltd v Blackpool Airport Ltd added confusion to the issue of whether a party can have regard to its own commercial interests when complying with their contractual obligations to use either “best”, “all reasonable” or [...]
Latest blog from our Corporate Commercial department. The High Court’s recent decision in the case of Spencer v Secretary of State for Defence (2012) [may have] an implication on interpreting commercial contracts. Although the case related to the surrender and re-grant of a tenancy for agricultural property, the clear legal reasoning of the judge in this matter and [...]
Latest blog from our Private Client department. The Mental Capacity Act 2005 gives the courts wide jurisdiction to make orders to protect adults who lack capacity. This is defined as meaning someone who is incapable, by reason of any impairment of or disturbance in the functioning of the mind or brain, of managing their own [...]
Latest blog from our IT, E-Commerce & Telecoms team. The EU Commission has launched its public consultation on rules for wirelessly connected devices – the “Internet of Things” (IoT). The perception is that the future will be one in which everyday items such as phones, cars, appliances, even clothes and food will connect wirelessly to the internet [...]
Latest blog from our Employment department. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (the EAT) has provided helpful guidance, in Horwood v Lincolnshire County Council UKEAT/0462/11, as to when written notice of termination of employment takes effect. This is a very important issue for Claimants as, generally speaking, they have three months from the “effective date of termination” (EDT) to [...]
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