by | Sep 15, 2013 | All Articles, Commercial Property, Karen Holden
Challenging rent terms in your lease: Canonical UK Ltd. v TST Millbank LLC In this case a tenant sought to break a lease, which clearly specified (as is normal practice) that for a break notice to be valid, all the rents payable under the lease had be paid up to...
by | Sep 10, 2013 | All Articles, Dispute articles, Karen Holden
So…You find yourself on the wrong side of an unfortunate business agreement. Money is owed to you. You try to negotiate, but the other side is either unwilling to be reasonable or even to negotiate at all. As with all legal disputes, prevention is cheaper...
by | Jul 22, 2013 | All Articles, Employees, Karen Holden
New legislation has come into effect which will allow employees to become shareholders in a company in exchange for surrendering key employment rights. Significant tax reliefs are available for employees who enter into one of these schemes. The provisions are expected...
by | Apr 11, 2013 | All Articles, Karen Holden, Working Mum's Zone
Family Care asks: With National Careers Week and International Women’s Day falling in the same month, what better time than to discuss where equality in the workplace is for women. From your viewpoint, has the equality gap begun to close? And what needs to be...
by | Jan 16, 2013 | All Articles, Employees, Karen Holden
An employer’s duty, to make reasonable adjustments for a disabled employee, does NOT extend to an employee who is “associated” with a disabled person. What does associated mean? The Court of Appeal in Hainsworth v Ministry of Defence [2014] EWCA Civ...
by | Dec 13, 2012 | All Articles, Karen Holden, Working Mum's Zone
As parents we have a number of important decisions to make. One is who will look after and care for our children , where we cannot do so, due to returning to work for example. This article focuses on Nurseries, but please see our other articles on nannies and child...
