For many, the festive season is a time for celebration and indulgence. Throughout December, bars and restaurants are bustling with work Christmas parties. Very often, people have “one too many” and for the most part go home without incident. But what happens if an employee gets into a confrontation at the office party? Can the…
Bracher Rawlins employment partner Lee Gabbie recently took part in a two-part webinar on Social Media in the Workplace hosted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAEW). Lee was joined by Yvonne Foster, managing director of Lotus HR. In the first session, the discussion centred on the extent to which employers are able to monitor…
Bracher Rawlins acts for the Newmarket Horsemen’s Group as they successfully secure the rejection of planning permission to build 400 houses in Newmarket In 2014, Lord Derby was granted outline planning permission to build 400 homes at Hatchfield Farm in Newmarket. This followed five years of local opposition to the scheme, much of it led…
Pokémon Go has caused headlines around the world since the augmented reality game was launched in the summer. Most have not been positive. A woman in the US is reported to have found a dead body while playing the game. Players have been lured to remote places and robbed of their phones, in one case…
Cinema chain Everyman is the latest of several companies to announce that it is moving staff off zero-hours contracts. It has promised to offer guaranteed monthly hours to hundreds of staff by the end of next year. Everyman’s chief executive Crispin Lilly said after the announcement: “Our staff have never had problems with zero hours…
In May we held our annual charity quiz and were delighted to raise more than £5,000 for Rays of Sunshine Children’s Charity. The charity grants wishes to children aged from three to 18 who are living with serious or life-threatening illnesses. The charity recently wrote to us to let us know that the money we…
With more and more women on maternity leave complaining about the treatment they receive from their employers, it is important that employers know what legal rights employees have before, during and after maternity leave. In this article, we summarise the law on maternity. A recent report by Citizens Advice says that the number of women…
Ed Slaiding and Matthew Cowan from our corporate team recently acted for Dragons’ Den star Sarah Willingham in connection with her investment into the Craft Gin Club.
You can read about Craft Gin Club’s appearance on Dragon’s Den here.
How does a landlord evict a tenant from a residential property if the tenant refuses to move out after being served with the required notice? In a nutshell, the landlord needs to apply to court. But courts tend to be tenant friendly and this can be a frustrating experience for landlords. Most residential properties are…
The decision of the UK to leave the EU raises a host of questions about employment law. At the moment it is impossible to say what form the UK’s relationship with the EU will take post-Brexit and, as a result, how UK employment law will change. What is clear is that despite the referendum result,…