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A pub manager has won a sexual harassment claim after a senior co-worker engaged in ‘poor taste humour’. The Employment Tribunal judge said the case showed that a person’s dignity can be violated even when there is no ‘malicious intent’ on the part of the perpetrator. Ms J Prewett had worked for Greene King for
Where commercial tenants have stopped paying rent, landlords may be able to forfeit the lease which has the effect of bringing the lease to an end. The first stage for any commercial landlord considering forfeiture for non-payment of rent is to check that there is a right to forfeit in the lease. Any well drafted
The hot summer months lead to a large rise in neighbour disputes compared to other parts of the year. Most of the disputes are over such things as noise, bad parking and overhanging trees or hedges. These issues can simmer throughout the year but tend to come to a head during the summer when the
It is now widely accepted across the legal profession that businesses could save thousands of pounds if they used mediation as a way of settling disputes with employees and other companies. Mediation allows disputing parties to settle their disagreements with the help of a trained mediator at a fraction of the cost of going to
The Tenant Fees Act 2019 came into force on 1st June 2019 and provided more rules regulating tenancy deposits. The new rules undoubtedly provide a new hurdle for landlords, but it’s important that landlords continue to work to get the basics right. We have found that despite it being many years since the law changed
A recruitment company has successfully appealed against a decision to allow one of its former employees to join a competitor as a shareholder. Egon Zehnder moved to prevent its former employee Ms Tillman from joining a rival firm. In her contract there had been a post-termination non-competition covenant. It stated that the employee should not
An insurance company has been granted a disclosure order allowing it to access recordings of phone calls made to two other firms in an alleged customer poaching case. The case involved D&G, which provides protection for customers after a product manufacturer’s warranty has expired. It became aware that two firms had been cold calling its
A woman has been committed to prison following a dispute with her brother over their late father’s estate. The court heard that neither of the siblings had been named as executor of their father’s will but the sister had taken the role without authority to do so. The brother applied to have the sister removed
A wife has failed in her attempt to force the immediate sale of her former husband’s company shares as the High Court ruled it was “was not a propitious time to sell”. The wife had applied for financial remedy orders after the seven-year marriage broke down. She was from a wealthy family and the couple
The government has launched a consultation on how to ensure greater equality in parental leave entitlements. The consultation will ask whether statutory paternity leave for fathers and same sex partners should be changed, and for suggestions on ways in which the shared parental leave policy introduced in 2015 could be improved. The government is looking