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Amanda Glover, Finalist for Visionary Leadership Award 2018

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We are delighted to announce that our Managing Partner, Amanda Glover is one of two finalists for the Visionary Leadership Award at the CILEx National Awards 2018 .  The CILEx National Awards showcase and celebrate the excellent work, and...

Financial settlements on divorce: Can you protect yourself?

Wendy Armstrong
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On the 18 th August 2018 more couples got married in the UK than any other day this year. Some of these couples will have implemented a pre-nuptial agreement before they tied the knot to protect themselves financially in the event the marriage comes to a...

The effects of Owens v Owens: Watch this space

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Following our article, ‘ Will Mrs Owens be forced to remain in an unhappy marriage? ’, the Supreme Court handed down its highly anticipated judgment in Owens v Owens  where the judiciary reluctantly found that Mrs Owen’s petition...

What are you trading as? (3/3): Unincorporated Associations and Community Interest Companies

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Simply ‘setting up a business’ is not as straightforward as it might sound. There are a multitude of ways in which a business can go about its operations and a variety of factors which should be considered in weighing up this decision. The...

What happens if an employer doesn't respond to an employment tribunal claim?

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There are various claims an employee can bring against their employer at an Employment Tribunal . Once a claim has been issued, the Employment Tribunal will send a copy to the employer to give them an opportunity to defend or respond to the claim. Following...

What are you trading as? (2/3): Companies

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Simply ‘setting up a business’ is not as straightforward as it might sound. There are a multitude of ways in which a business can go about its operations and a variety of factors which should be considered in weighing up this decision. The...

Make a Will Fortnight

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BakerLaw LLP are again delighted to be participating in Phyllis Tuckwell’s ‘Make a Will Fortnight’  from 10 th to 22 nd September 2018.   The  Private Client Team  will write a basic  Will or update an...

What are you trading as? (1/3): Sole Traders and Partnerships

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Simply ‘setting up a business’ is not as straightforward as it might sound. There are a multitude of ways in which a business can go about its operations and a variety of factors which should be considered in weighing up this decision. The...

Should you be getting paid to sleep?

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The Court of Appeal has handed down a landmark judgment in Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake where a carer challenged her employer’s policy to pay her a fixed sum, significantly lower than the National Minimum Wage (NMW), for time spent sleeping...

Parent Companies: responsible for the activities of their subsidiaries?

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A key characteristic of limited companies is their distinct legal identity. An important result of this is that any liability incurred by a particular company is against that company alone – not against its members or of a company within the same...

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