Business Law Updates

Aug

2019

Sydney Mitchell shortlisted in Law Society Excellence Awards 2019

Written by Karen Moores

West Midlands law firm, Sydney Mitchell has been short-listed in the medium size law firm of the year category at the Law Society Excellence Awards for the second year running. The medium law firm of the year category, which is open to all law firms...

Feb

2019

Sydney Mitchell's 'Peaky Climbers' Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge - Imminent

Written by Sydney Mitchell

On the 6 July a team of four intrepid climbers from Sydney Mitchell Solicitors will take on the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge. 12 hours, 3 Peaks, 64 pairs of socks and an abundance of plasters, is in between them and victory. They are taking on this...

Oct

2018

Top Tier 2018 in the Legal 500 for Sydney Mitchell

Written by Sydney Mitchell

Sydney Mitchell is recognised in the Top Tier of the Legal 500 and is ‘very strong’ and ‘probably the best in central Birmingham outside the large National and International Firms’ for dispute resolution and commercial litigation matters.Sydney...

Jun

2020

'Pay now, argue later' – High Court enforces contract adjudicator's award

Written by Katie Maxwell-S...

Contract adjudicators' awards, even if disputed, must generally be satisfied straight away. That principle – often referred to as 'pay now, argue later' – was applied by the High Court in ordering an immediate six-figure payment to a small building...

Jun

2020

Part-time football referees are self-employed, Tax Tribunal rules

Written by Andrew Ward

Part-time referees who officiate at professional football matches on a game-by-game basis are not employees. Confirming their self-employed status in a guideline case, the Upper Tribunal (UT) noted that they are so motivated to work that there is no...

May

2020

Education provider left high and dry in 'No Oral Variation' contract row

Written by Emma Birch

Many commercial contracts contain clauses which state that they can only be varied in writing. Such provisions offer the advantage of certainty and, as a company that provided educational services to a government agency discovered to its cost, they...

May

2020

Providing services without a formal contract can be a hiding to nothing

Written by Andrew Ward

Those who provide their services in the hope of some future benefit, but without a formal contract to secure their position, do so on a wing and a prayer. That was certainly so in the case of a company which provided design advice and other...

May

2020

COVID-19: new measures to protect commercial tenants from winding-up proceedings and enforcement action

Written by Leanne Schneide...

On 23 April 2020, the government announced that it will introduce further emergency measures to protect commercial tenants from winding-up proceedings and other enforcement action by landlords in addition to those already introduced by the...

Apr

2020

Pregnancy discrimination – woman awarded over £70,000 compensation

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Ploughing on with workplace disciplinary proceedings regardless of an employee's pregnancy or other personal circumstances is likely to lead to severe financial and reputational consequences. In one case (Grant v Price Hunter International Ltd and...

Apr

2020

Can an employee’s formal resignation be Impliedly withdrawn?

Written by Emma-Louise Hewitt

Can an employee’s formal resignation be impliedly withdrawn by conduct, or can that only be achieved by explicit agreement? The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) tackled that thorny issue in a case concerning a local authority manager who had second...

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Business Law Updates

Sydney Mitchell shortlisted in Law Society Excellence Awards 2019

Sydney Mitchell's 'Peaky Climbers' Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge - Imminent

Top Tier 2018 in the Legal 500 for Sydney Mitchell

'Pay now, argue later' – High Court enforces contract adjudicator's award

Part-time football referees are self-employed, Tax Tribunal rules

Education provider left high and dry in 'No Oral Variation' contract row

Providing services without a formal contract can be a hiding to nothing

COVID-19: new measures to protect commercial tenants from winding-up proceedings and enforcement action

Pregnancy discrimination – woman awarded over £70,000 compensation

Can an employee’s formal resignation be Impliedly withdrawn?

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