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- Employment Law
Dress code and appearance in the workplace – Solicitors in Coventry
Dress codes are often used in the workplace for a variety of reasons, for example, to portray a corporate image or for health and safety reasons. In ...
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PILON Changes by Lianne Payne
Changes to payments in lieu of notice and the effect on settlement agreements With effect from the 6th April 2018, all payments in lieu of notice ...
- Commercial Conveyancing
Your Commercial Property and Squatters Rights by Pritpal Chahal
Squatting is when someone deliberately and knowingly enters property without permission and lives there, or intends to live there. This is ...
- 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 ...
- 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, ...
- 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 ...
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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 ...
- Employment Law
Works Christmas Party: Punch Ups and overly friendly colleagues. Can conduct outside of work warrant a fair dismissal?
With the much anticipated works Christmas party just around the corner, it is important that employers consider what constitutes inappropriate ...
- 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 ...