Insights
- Employment Law
Employment Rates and Limits 2017-18
We are approaching the time of year when many employment law changes happen. In addition to the national minimum wage rates increasing on 1 April ...
- Commercial Conveyancing
Break Clauses – The Importance of Negotiation
A break clause is a provision in a lease which enables either the landlord or the tenant, or both, under specified circumstances, to terminate ...
- Commercial Conveyancing
The importance of having a Schedule of Condition in your commercial lease
Why is having a Schedule of Condition necessary? Without having a Schedule of Condition the tenant can find himself in financial difficulty at the ...
- Civil Litigation
A High Court decision granted Claimants only £2 in damages for stolen Company data
How much is too little in damages? In a recent and enlightening decision, Marathon Asset Management LLP & Others v Seddon & Others, ...
- Family Law
Filing for divorce
You don’t need to have a Solicitor acting for you to file for divorce. It of course helps to have a professional involved who will know the ...
- Commercial Conveyancing
Entering into a Commercial Lease – why expert legal advice is so important
Entering into a new commercial lease can be tricky business. Once you have signed the lease, following completion, it becomes a legally binding ...
- Residential Conveyancing
Cybercrime – “Friday afternoon fraud”– how to safeguard against property fraud by Pritpal Chahal
A new wave of cybercrime is targeting residential conveyancing transactions. Fraudsters are aggressively targeting law firms that handle ...
- Motoring offences
Tougher speeding laws are on the way in 2017
New sentencing guidelines for magistrates will mean higher penalties for drivers who commit the most serious speeding offences. Fines will start from ...
- Employment Law
2017 will see some changes in Employment Law. How will they affect you?
Mandatory gender pay gap reporting The most significant change will be the mandatory gender pay gap reporting. To address the pay gap between women ...
- Uncategorised
The 2021 Club – Coventry City of Culture Bid
Askews Legal LLP and Askews Accountants are proud to announce that they joined the 2021 Club. It is essential that businesses in Coventry support the ...