An estimated 3,633 companies entered insolvency in the third quarter of this year. That was increase of 2.2% on the previous quarter and a 1.1% increase on the third quarter of 2015. The figures were released by the Insolvency Service, which says the trend in case numbers has been fairly flat over the last year,
More than 100,000 people of working age (18-64) are diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK. Encouragingly, however more people are living with and working through cancer. The headlines and statistics about returning to work are not so encouraging. Last month the case of Terry Foster, a refrigeration engineer with Lymphoma, received widespread news
A businessman has been disqualified from being a director for six years after it was discovered that he transferred a property belonging to his insolvent company into his own name. Mohammed Liton ran the restaurant Penicuik Clippers Ltd for seven years until it went into voluntary liquidation in 2015. It owed creditors £58,800 at the
A father has been awarded £28,000 because he received a lower rate of pay than his wife during their shared parental leave (SPL). David Snell and his wife were both employed by Network Rail. The company’s family friendly policy provided an enhanced level of pay for mothers during maternity leave but fathers were limited to
The government is introducing new rules on minimum room sizes in homes in multiple occupation (HMO) as part of a crackdown on rogue landlords. Ministers want to strengthen the ability of councils to tackle ruthless landlords who exploit tenants and charge them extortionate rents to live in poor conditions. Other proposed measures to help councils
The High Court has ruled that a company acted unfairly when it removed a director without offering to buy his shares. The case involved a director who entered into a partnership agreement with other shareholders in 2000 to acquire and run care homes. The business was incorporated in 2004. In 2012, the shareholders removed him
A landlord was entitled to require bank references and to impose other conditions before allowing a tenant to assign three underleases on residential apartments. That was the decision of the High Court in a case involving two commercial property companies. At the first hearing, the tenant had sought a declaration that the landlord had acted
Hiring employees on repeated fixed-term contracts to carry work of a permanent nature contravenes EU law. That was the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the case of Spanish nurse Maria Elena Pérez López, who was employed by the University Hospital of Madrid. She began working for the hospital
A firm has been ordered to compensate a potential employee after withdrawing a verbal job offer made over the phone. The Employment Tribunal said the withdrawal amounted to breach of contract even though there was no written agreement. The case involved a company that appointed an agency to find suitable candidates for a vacancy. One
A woman has won her claim of sex discrimination against an airline that refused her request for flexible working after she returned from maternity leave. Emma Seville worked full time for Flybe as a cabin crew member for 13 years. Her rota was flexible, which meant she could work any 22 days of each month.