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Changes from 1 February 2012

There are increases in the amounts of various statutory payments and compensatory awards taking effect from 1 February 2012, as a result of the Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2011.

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Published: 1 February 2012

Employment Law Breakfast Briefing: 6 March 2012

Join the Steeles Law employment team for the next of our popular updates, covering key recent and forthcoming employment law developments:

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Published: 1 February 2012

Employer’s liability for employee’s violence

The Court of Appeal has recently considered two conjoined cases to determine the circumstances when an employer is liable for an act of violence committed by one employee towards another.  Employment Principal Lorna Townsend reports. more...

Published: 1 February 2012

City Bonuses – Anyone for Doughnuts?

More as a result of a reduction in profits for 2011 than public displeasure and political pressure (however successfully this has been applied to the directors of RBS) it is undoubtedly the case that there is an overall reduction in bonus payments for City workers this year, with some will receiving “doughnut bonuses” (nothing at all.)

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Published: 1 February 2012

Break Clauses – Beware Interest(ing) Skeletons in the Closet!

The recent case of Avocet Industrial Estates LLP v Merol Ltd [2011] EWHC 3422 (Ch) serves as a salutary reminder to tenants and landlords alike of the importance of checking that each and every condition of a break clause has been complied with when it is being invoked.

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Published: 31 January 2012

Reason for Dismissal

Employment solicitor Sam Greenhalgh reports on a recent case before the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) demonstrating that if an employer uses a pretext to dismiss an employee whom they have already decided to dismiss for other reasons, that dismissal will be unfair. more...

Published: 31 January 2012

Head of Real Estate Features in Solicitors Journal

Michael Fahy, Head of Real Estate together with trainee solicitor Laura Tanguay were featured in the Solicitors Journal Magazine discussing repeat guarantees, break notices, enforceability of guarantees and undue influence, and legislation relating to asbestos

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Published: 31 January 2012
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