Racial discrimination claim brought against Virgin Atlantic is dismissed
A man has had his claim for racial discrimination against airline Virgin Atlantic dismissed by the Employment Tribunal, after arguing that he was rejected for a job interview for a call centre role until he applied using a fake “Welsh” … Continue reading
Pay me more – or inspire me
Tom from Hiring Hub was at a presentation I gave to the young professionals at the JCI Manchester last week. He liked some of my thoughts on pay and motivation and asked me to share them with you. First of … Continue reading
Chester Civic Trust Launches “Preservation & Progress: A History of Chester since 1960”
The Chester Civic Trust, the Chester based charity concerned with the preservation of Chester’s unique architectural heritage is launching a new book entitled “Preservation & Progress: A History of Chester since 1960”. The book looks at whether Chester is an … Continue reading
Environment Agency taskforce “making good progress”
Back in January 2012, Aaron and Partners reported that the Environment Agency had unveiled a new specialist environmental crime taskforce. The aim of this taskforce is to identify and eradicate illegal waste sites across England & Wales. Waste crime is … Continue reading
Christians take religious discrimination claims to European Court of Human Rights
Discrimination law exists in order to protect employees from being subject to unlawful discrimination in the workplace. Under the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 an employer will be held to have indirectly discriminated against an employee where they apply … Continue reading
5 Things to Consider About Contracts
1. The best drafted terms of sale or purchase will only assist you if a dispute arises if they are incorporated into the contract. Make sure you tell the customer/supplier BEFORE the goods are delivered that these are the terms … Continue reading
Conveyancing: 5 things people never think about
1. Very rarely is a transaction as straight forward as you think it should be For most people, once they have had an offer accepted on the property of their dreams the next thing they want to do is to … Continue reading
Going into Partnership–Our 5 Top Tips
We decided to put together 5 top tips on partnership to be tweeted one a day last week. Whilst it was fun trying to condense that vast body of law that is partnership into 5 snippets of 140 characters each, … Continue reading
Non Executive Directors
We are often asked about non-executive directors for companies and we thought it might be worth while pointing out some of the issues that surround appointing them. Benefits The benefit of a non executive director (or a NED as they’re … Continue reading
Streamlining Heritage Planning…but only in England
The draft Enterprise and Regulatory Bill was presented to Parliament on the 23rd May 2012. One of its key aims is the “reduction of legislative burdens”. To that end it proposes, amongst other things, to streamline some aspects of heritage … Continue reading
I’m a Partner – Get me Out of Here! (Exit Plans for Professionals)
Partnership is a good model for many businesses and no more so than for professional practices. Historically accountants, solicitors, surveyors, architects, doctors, dentists and consultants of all sorts have been in partnership. Many have now converted to Limited Liability Partnerships. … Continue reading
How the Cookie Crumbles
Since my last blog, things have got more complicated. I know that’s not what you want to hear. Sadly, the old 10 O’Clock News before Match of the Day mantra of “If you don’t want to know the results look … Continue reading