End Workplace Bullying Day is a time when we encourage HR teams and employers to look closely at their workplaces and how they can protect and support employees.

The government has this month extended the deadline for registering an intention to settle from 31 May 2018 to 30 September 2018. For those affected, the Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 contains some of the most significant changes to tax legislation in recent memory (the 2019 Loan Charge).

The importance of a fair investigation was highlighted in the recent case of Carmelli Bakeries Ltd v Benali [2013]. Here, the EAT upheld the employment tribunal’s decision that an employee, who admitted an act of gross misconduct, was unfairly dismissed and victimised by his employer.

Just over 441k people are living in care homes in the UK and while that represents only around 3.7% of the over-65 population, for those residents, the terms of their contract with their care home are of paramount importance.

Generally a high standard of competence is expected of a solicitor but judges acknowledge that they must be cautious not to impose duties that go beyond the scope of what the solicitor has been requested and undertaken to do.

When a property is purchased in joint names, regardless of the relationship between the purchasers, the property can either be held as joint tenants or tenants in common.

The Need to Sell Scheme (NTS) is a discretionary scheme available to any property owner-occupier who has a compelling reason to sell their property but has been unable to do so (other than at a substantially reduced rate) because of the proximity of the HS2 route.

In the absence of a written shareholders’ agreement, the relationship between the shareholders of a company is governed by the company’s articles of association, the Companies Act 2006, case law and certain other relevant pieces of legislation.

Many contested wills feature valuable Estates, which include farms and / or land, and the combination of a high value Estate, and grounds to contest a will, is often sufficient to launch a claim. Add to the mix a will containing different terms to those anticipated and a proprietary estoppel claim from a disappointed beneficiary may well result.

Testicular cancer is the most common type of cancer for men under the age of 40. Just five years ago, there were 2,418 diagnosed cases of testicular cancer in the UK, and around one death recorded each week. These figures are on the rise.