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- Employment Law
Self-Employed, Worker or Employee? – Solicitors in Coventry
The Supreme Court, the UK’s highest court, has unanimously ruled that a plumber classed as self-employed was in fact a worker and should therefore ...
- Uncategorised
Employment Response
Employment Response is a monthly subscription service for the small business owner Do you find it hard to run your business and deal with all of the ...
- Uncategorised
Coventry Telegraph Business Awards
As you all know Askews are sponsoring this year’s Coventry Business Awards, you can find a link to this week’s article below: ...
- 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 ...
- Employment Law
Practical tips on providing a reference
There is no legal obligation to give a former employee a reference, albeit, the vast majority of organisations will do so in some shape or form. Many ...
- Civil Litigation
- Commercial Law
- Criminal Law
- Regulatory
£260 Million of Fraud Unreported by SMEs
In a recent survey of 500 SMEs conducted by Slater and Gordon, the results showed nearly one in five (18 per cent) of business owners and managers ...
- Landlord and Tenant
The cost of bad eviction advice
The average cost to a landlord of their tenant being advised to ignore an eviction notice stands at nearly £7,000, according to a recent survey of ...
- Family Law
- Wills, Estates and Trusts
Home-Made Wills Save Money – Oh No They Don’t!
Home-made wills, executed without legal advice, are an exceedingly bad idea and if there was ever a case which proved the point it must be that of a ...
- Criminal Law
IT Boss Resorted to £300,000 Tax Fraud to Save Her Business
Small businesses are often like families and directors feel a very personal obligation towards their employees. However, in one striking case, a ...
- Employment Law
Employees Beware! Facebook Abuse Can Cost You Your Job!
Anyone tempted to vent their feelings against their employer on the Internet should take careful note of a recent case in which a canal worker was ...