Author Archives: Davis Blank Furniss
Employment Law Newsletter – May 2012
Welcome to May’s edition of our employment law newsletter, keeping you up to date with changes in employment law, and informing you of recent case law developments. Sunday Trading The Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill received …
Davis Blank Furniss Welcomes Legal Services Board’s Will Writing & Estate Administration Recommendations
Davis Blank Furniss – the Manchester based law firm – welcomes the news that the proposals to regulate will-writing and estate administration providers are becoming a possible reality after the Legal Services Board (LSB) this week confirmed its plans to …
Davis Blank Furniss Completes Compensation Deal for Families Affected by Second Runway at Manchester Airport
Davis Blank Furniss – the Manchester based law firm – has completed a case for seven families whose properties were devalued after the opening of Manchester Airport’s second runway in 2001. The claims were brought under the Land Compensation Act …
Employment Law Newsletter – March 2012
Welcome to March’s edition of our employment law newsletter, keeping you up to date with changes in employment law, and informing you of recent case law developments. Unfair dismissal Qualifying Period A draft Order relating to the increase of the …
DeBrieF – March 2012
Welcome to DeBrieF … It’s been a few months since the last DeBrieF so a slightly belated Happy New Year! The start of 2012 has been good to us as a firm so far thanks to some new starters …
The DeBrieF Survey – March 2012
With the Budget being delivered on 21st March, we’re asking what businesses want to see from George Osbourne and what they think would stimulate the economy; maybe a cut in VAT, reductions in business rates or deregulation of employment law? …
Employment Law Newsletter – January 2012
Welcome to January’s edition of our employment law newsletter, keeping you up to date with changes in employment law, and informing you of recent case law developments. Consultation launched on Tribunal fee structures The Ministry of Justice launched a consultation …
New rates of statutory maternity pay and sick pay announced
The proposed rates for statutory sick pay and statutory maternity, paternity and adoption pay for 2012 have been announced. The rates expected to come into force on 9 April 2012 are: •Statutory Maternity, Paternity, Additional Paternity, Adoption Pay and Maternity …
Government employment law proposals formally announced
Following recent rumours, and leaked reports, Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced the government’s proposals for what is claimed to be the most significant reform of employment law for decades. The main proposals are:- unfair dismissal qualifying period to increase …
Is it time to say goodbye to the “fit note”?
An independent Government-backed review into sickness absence was presented yesterday which recommends that staff should be signed off for long-term sickness absence by an independent assessment service rather than by their GP. The report has revealed that each year, 11 …
