Backhouse Solicitors’ blog
In this article our Head of Residential Property Liz Searl explains the difference between freehold and leasehold ownership of your property. Whether you own the freehold or the leasehold affects your rights over it and will have ongoing cost implications which can add up to substantial [...]
In October 2016 the Employment Tribunal decided that Uber drivers were “workers” for the purposes of employment law, not self-employed as Uber had claimed. Uber appealed to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) who have now dismissed the appeal, agreeing with the original decision that the drivers [...]
The first Autumn Budget, due to be delivered on Wednesday 22nd November, could see Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond deliver some promising news to the property market. It has been rumoured that the Chancellor is considering slashing Stamp Duty for first-time buyers in a move [...]
Companies like Uber, Citysprint, and Deliveroo have hit the headlines in recent months as their workers challenge their worker status in order to secure better employment conditions. Many people suggested at the time that the landmark ruling from these cases would open the floodgates to similar [...]
Ryanair has recently hit the headlines after a disastrous mismanagement of pilots’ annual leave led to the company cancelling tens of thousands of scheduled flights. The aftershock of this error will undoubtedly have a massive financial impact on the company as well as serious reputational damage. Managing [...]
The long awaited Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices better known as the Taylor Review was published on 11th July 2017. Matthew Taylor was asked by the Government to investigate whether current employment practices are still viable in today’s society, particularly given the [...]
A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal found that a night care worker required to sleep in at a service user’s home was entitled to be paid the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for all hours worked, including time spent asleep. In the case of Focus Care Agency v [...]
What is changing? October 2017 will bring a new pre-action protocol for debt recovery claims which will significantly change the way businesses (including sole traders) can recover debts from individuals. The protocol does not apply to businesses contracting with other businesses. The aim of the protocol [...]
Every now and again, an employer may sometimes face the situation where an employee goes off sick for a long period of time and shows little or no prospect to their employer of ever returning because of their prognosis. The normal route in such circumstances is [...]
In a grand finale to the long running legal battle between Unison and the UK Government, the Supreme Court has today found in favour of Unison and ruled that Employment Tribunal fees are unlawful. Background Employment Tribunal fees were introduced on 29 July 2013 by the [...]
