Sydney Mitchell has helped save 120 jobs by finalising the acquisition of two casinos in the region.
The Castle casino in Wolverhampton and the Rubicon in Dudley both went into administration in March of this year. With the assistance of Sydney Mitchell both have now been acquired by...
The Court of Appeal's decision in Oakland v Wellswood (Yorkshire) Ltd has finally been released after much anticipation from insolvency practitioners and businesses alike. The Court has held that Mr Oakland's continuity of employment is preserved by virtue of Section 218 of the Employment Rights...
A recent, bitterly contested ‘big money’ divorce case shows how reluctant the courts are to upset financial settlements on the basis of contingencies and reinforces the point that bad behaviour is not a basis for changing the division of the assets.
In a recent case a company director, Paul Edward Raine, was prosecuted for committing what the courts deemed a serious and deliberate breach of section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986. This states that it is an offence for someone to become a director of another company under or known by a...
Despite talk of 'green shoots' of economic recovery and an improving market, the Insolvency team at Sydney Mitchell are expecting a rise in Insolvency cases heading their way.
Already insolvency statistics show that there is a 39.1% increase from last year in company insolvency's. This...
The recent case in which the Court of Appeal ruled that a German heiress was able to rely on a pre-nuptial agreement made with her husband was widely reported as meaning that the traditional view of the courts, that ‘pre-nups’ are little more than persuasive, was shattered.
A Court of Appeal decision over a divorced couple's pre-nuptial agreement could pave the way for such agreements to become legally binding in England and Wales.
In a case heard before the Court of Appeal in April 2009 involving Katrin Radmacher, a German heiress, the Court of Appeal...
Reviewing your core business documents is one of those tasks that is so easy to put off. It is never the right time, and there is always something more urgent to deal with.
But ignore it at your peril and you are only storing...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has clarified that there are only limited circumstances in which an employee's unambiguous words of resignation should not be relied upon because they can be regarded as being given in the heat of the moment (Ali v Birmingham City Council).
More and more workers are spending a large part of their day looking at a computer screen. The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 specifically deal with the health and safety issues associated with working with VDUs.
The Government's Equality Bill will include measures aimed at eradicating the pay gap that still exists in many workplaces between men and women. Incremental pay scales based on length of service can disadvantage women, who are more likely to have fewer years' service either because of career...
Whether or not a worker is an employee (working under a contract of service) or is self-employed (working under a contract for services) is an important distinction for tax as well as employment law purposes and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will challenge the employment status of workers if they...
Section 4A(3) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) states that an employer is exempt from the duty to make reasonable adjustments for a disabled person if the employer does not know, and could not reasonably be expected to know, that the person has a disability and is likely to be put at...
From 6 April 2009, the statutory right to request flexible working arrangements is extended to parents of children aged 16 and under. Employees with caring responsibilities for children aged up to 6 (18 and under where the child is disabled) and carers of adults already have this right. An...
Dismissal by reason of redundancy may be fair or unfair. In particular, it will be unfair dismissal if the selection of a particular individual for redundancy was unfair or if there was a total failure to consider suitable alternative employment. Prior to the repeal of the statutory dispute...
Employers are reminded that the Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008, which made changes to the penalty framework set out in Section 33 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, came into force on 16 January 2009. The Act introduced harsher penalties for businesses that commit certain...
A cyclist who had chosen not to wear a safety helmet and who was injured in a collision with a motorcycle has been awarded the full amount of personal injury compensation in the High Court. However, the judge warned other cyclists that compensation may be reduced if not wearing a helmet is...
A recent report by commercial property agents King Sturge (KS) may concentrate the minds of commercial landlords, who may be faced with a substantial reduction in income if they have to find new tenants in the event that existing ones terminate their leases.
The Government has announced new National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates that will apply from 1 October 2009.
For workers aged 22 and over, the rate will increase from £5.73 to £5.80 an hour. The rate for 18- to 21-year-olds will rise from £4.77 to £4.83 and for 16- and...
In order to establish what it is hoped will be a more flexible system for dealing with workplace disputes, as of 6 April 2009 the Employment Act 2008 repeals the Statutory Dispute Resolution Procedures in their entirety. In their place will be a revised voluntary Advisory Conciliation and...
Changes to employment law and practice led by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform are normally implemented in either April of October. The reason for this is to make life easier for employers, who must ensure that their policies and procedures comply by the implementation...
In Rolls Royce plc v Unite the Union, Rolls Royce contended that the length of service criterion in collective agreements relating to redundancy, entered into with the trade union, amounted to unlawful indirect age discrimination against younger employees under the Employment Equality (Age)...
Financial settlements on divorce normally involve making financial provision for any children but, in a recent case, the ex-wife of a wealthy man successfully argued that her love of horses was sufficiently important to her that substantial maintenance should be payable for their upkeep.
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