Month: December 2018

House of Fraser, Carpetright, New Look, Jamie’s Italian, Mothercare and Homebase all hit the headlines this year for entering into Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVA). What is a CVA and why have they been so popular in 2018?

If it looks too good to be true – there may be a reason for that! The public’s attention was drawn to the heir hunter a few years ago when the BBC aired its television programme Heir Hunters. The company in this was involved in identifying estates where someone had died with no apparent beneficiaries. It … Continued

What? An apprenticeships open evening for everyone who is looking to kickstart 2019 with a career at a leading national law firm or an innovative business company. Lyons Davidson and File Dynamics are looking for apprentices who would like to start successful careers. We offer the following apprenticeships: Level 3 Paralegal  Level 6 Chartered Legal … Continued

This was one of two questions explored in the Employment Appeal Tribunal decision of X v Y Limited [2018]. In addition to the matter of legal privilege, the other question posed to the EAT was whether emails, which advised that potentially endorsing unlawful reasons for dismissing an employee could be considered to be “facilitating an … Continued

In the case of Ramesh Patel v Folkestone Nursing Home Ltd [2018], EWCA Civ 1689, Mr Patel, the claimant, was in March 2014 with two disciplinary offences during his employment as a care assistant at a Folkestone nursing home (the respondent). He was found to be asleep on duty and to have falsified records of certain residents.