As we reported back in September 2016, according to government statistics 77% of mothers have had a negative or possibility discriminatory experience during pregnancy. Many of these women do not speak out. Over the past twelve months, our employment team…
As is common for the time of year (as businesses look to work to new budgets for a New Year), our employment team had a busy December advising employees in relation to the termination of their employment under a Settlement Agreement.…
Our employment team were recently successful in defending our client against a High Court injunction obtained against him by his former employer for alleged breaches of restrictive covenants in his employment contract. We were able to persuade the Court that…
We recently obtained an injunction in the High Court to prevent building works taking place which had the potential to damage our clients’ adjacent property. The case continues.
In a very sensitive case, our litigation team spared their client the stress of court proceedings by securing a favourable settlement. The case concerned the fatality of a 79 year old man resulting from clinical negligence. The client is set…
One of our Family Solicitors has successfully represented a wife in a complex financial case where her husband was only offering her 16% of the net capital assets. She accepted our advice to reject the offer and to go to…
The Court recently granted an application that a 14-year-old girl could be cryonically preserved upon her death. The girl, known as ‘JS’, had a rare form of terminal cancer and wanted the “chance to be cured and woken up, even…
The Central Family Court has launched a Pilot Scheme for the electronic filing of financial remedy and financial order applications. The scheme’s progress will be reviewed in April 2017. It will be interesting to see whether there is a gradual…
Our City lawyers have this month successfully brought a claim for statutory review in respect of a planning decision of a Buckinghamshire Council. The claim was compromised by consent after proceedings had been issued in the High Court, with the…
The commercial property team have recently completed on the lease of a local gym. Our client stated that he felt he was in “very capable and professional hands” and commented on the excellent and proactive service he received throughout the…