The directors of a property management company ran into a brick wall when they tried to boost their benefits package before transferring to a new employer under the TUPE employment protection regulations. TUPE – which stands for the Transfer of Undertakings...
Many businesses carry insurance which covers them for losses which arise when they cannot carry out business as usual due to an event such as a natural disaster or disease outbreak. However, the response of insurers in many cases has been to decline insurance claims...
Everybody in the country is feeling uncertain during these unprecedented times, who would have thought that we would have to go into total lockdown during our lifetime. There has been concern that the property market will suffer the most, but at Wollens we have not...
Deborah Baker, Family law partner with Wollens Solicitors prepares a few short articles to look at how we deal with family issues during lockdown. In part 3 Deborah looks at children matters during lockdown. Where parents are living in different households, the...
Trusts are a vehicle for protecting money and assets for a prolonged period of time and in some cases can afford flexibility as to how assets are used to benefit the intended recipient; known as the Beneficiary. Myth buster – Trusts are not the preserve of the...
For companies bringing employees back to work during the Covid-19 pandemic careful consideration is required to ensure that guidelines are met. Under the Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974 (HSWA), employers have the duty to safeguard, so far as is reasonably...
