Legal Article
06 Aug 2020
Thousands of married women, widows and divorcees are being short-changed on their state pension. The basic pension pays £134.25 per week, anyone on less than £80.45 could be missing out. It is not always widely known that married women, widows and divorcees can receive a pension rate…
Family/Divorce
Legal Article
05 Aug 2020
The proposed Agriculture Bill is set to make substantial changes to British farming. The proposals which were originally introduced to the House of Commons back on 16 January 2020 are now being scrutinised in the House of Lords with the intention that they will receive Royal Assent and become law next…
Commercial Property
Legal Article
05 Aug 2020
Published in July and with actions required by the end of the year, new sanctions being imposed in "shadow" form now and in earnest from January, the Housing Ombudsman's Complaint Handling Code is a significant addition to the Housing Ombudsman Scheme. Membership of the Scheme includes an…
Governance, Procurement & Information
Legal Article
04 Aug 2020
As most public sector organisations will be aware, the Government has been considering a cap on public sector exit payments of £95,000 since 2015. In April 2019, the government launched a further consultation on draft Regulations to introduce the cap and the consultation closed on 3 July 2019. The…
Public Sector
Legal Article
31 Jul 2020
The unprecedented circumstances brought by the global Covid-19 pandemic has meant that processes and procedures across all sectors have had to change in some way, shape or form, to address the challenges presented. Inevitably, many businesses have embraced these changes quickly to ensure business…
Commercial Property
Legal Article
30 Jul 2020
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has announced this morning (Thursday 30 July 2020) that it is bringing in a new law to ensure that all furloughed employees will receive Statutory Redundancy Payments calculated based on 100% of their normal pay, rather than their furlough…
Employment & HR
Legal Article
30 Jul 2020
The government is introducing temporary legislation in September to allow the witnessing of Wills in England and Wales by video conferencing software such as Facetime, Zoom and Skype. Any Will witnessed by video technology will be valid, on the proviso that the quality of the sound and video was…
Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts
Legal Article
30 Jul 2020
On the 1st July 2020, the HSE released the annual figures for 2019/20 for workplace fatal injuries reportable under RIDDOR and falling within their jurisdiction as enforcement authority. The figures as yet are provisional and will be finalised in July 2021. What are the Key trends shown by the…
Insurance
Legal Article
30 Jul 2020
What duty is owed to a person voluntarily involved in a fun recreational activity, by the organisers of that activity? This was the main question in a case where Forbes recently successfully acted for the operators of a fun activity centre, where participants carried out activities on various large…
Insurance
Legal Article
30 Jul 2020
During the previous months of lockdown we have understandably noticed a delay in the progression of tree root related subsidence claims. However, as we come out of the lockdown and head towards the autumnal months we would expect to see an increase in claims activity. Historically, the dryer late Spring…
Insurance
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