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Courts make mistakes!!! Yes, seriously.  They fail to answer their phones, they make errors in their typing and they send things to the wrong parties. If you are or have ever been involved in any kind of court proceedings then you’ll know that I’m not telling you anything new.  Most people that I deal with […]

…don’t try to fix it!!! I don’t mind change but I hate change for the sake of it.  I regularly proclaim my love of online shopping and how I may never set foot inside a supermarket again.  One of the things I hate about food stores is how the stores love to move things around.  […]

I love people watching. The guy behind the counter who drops the cake on the floor and hopes no one will notice. The girl chatting to her dad desperately trying to hide her tattoo and him trying desperately to pretend he hasn’t seen it. The toddler trying to escape his mother’s hawkish attention and me […]

You might think from the title that this is a blog about family law.  Certainly this is true in some divorce proceedings, but it can apply just as much in company law. Running your own business can very similar to being married.  You might see your staff in the same way as you see members […]

It is always an interesting task in divorce and separation cases when you ask your client to predict their future living expenses, not to mention considering the same from the other side. Some massively underestimate how much they spend and you have to convince them why it’s unlikely they will spend £20 a month on […]

Paid annual leave is a topic that will likely be close to your employee’s hearts because who doesn’t love to go on holiday!  So you need to make sure that you have your holiday pay calculations right, and make sure you have a clear process so that everyone can enjoy some fun in the sun. […]

Of course it is – and you have the right to run your business any way you like, so long as it’s within the law. So that may make you think you can make anyone redundant under any circumstances, particularly at the moment. Well yes, but that’s only half true.  The Courts cannot interfere in […]

I spend a lot of my time arguing. I argue with my kids (bed time, noise, screen time etc). I argue with my hairdresser (you are not cutting my hair – I’ve had it cut once this year already). I argue with the court (what do you mean you’ve lost the file AGAIN). I argue […]

When it comes to criminal records, there are things you need to know about their relevance in employment law. If someone has convictions, they can be either spent (i.e. expired) or unspent. An employer cannot refuse to employ someone on the grounds of spent convictions, subject to a few exceptions. Unspent convictions might be relevant, […]

You wouldn’t think of lawyers as having a sense of humour. What other profession could dress up in wigs and gowns, talk in an ancient funny sounding language and expect people to take their advice seriously! And yet, over the years I have seen, heard and witnessed things that are way funnier than anything I’ve […]