Taylor Emmet has announced a new Head of Personal Injury in a series of 24 promotions across their offices in Sheffield, Rotherham and Derbyshire, acknowledging their achievements in the last 12 months. John Green has been promoted to Head of Personal Injury in recognition of his hard work and commitment to Read more…
We are welcoming back a former employee to the Banner Cross office after a 10-month absence. Partner, Lisa Molinari, has re-joined our residential conveyancing team and will specialise in high value property transactions. Lisa worked at Taylor&Emmet for four years, up to June 2020 and decided to return following developments Read more…
We are shaking up our employment law offering to ensure businesses of all sizes can protect against the risks of constantly changing legislation. The team is relaunching its longstanding HR subscription service, T&E Complete, splitting it into three packages to cater for the needs of different types of employers. Businesses, Read more…
We are welcoming four budding legal eagles who are embarking on their journey to become fully fledged solicitors. Despite the challenges of providing mentoring under coronavirus restrictions, we have committed to supporting the quartet, along with our three existing trainees. Amy Parsons, Natalie Savva, Lucy Carrick and Millie Clamp have Read more…
We are welcoming three new senior members of staff who have all taken up their positions during lockdown, proving home working is no barrier to progress. The trio has been appointed to strengthen our personal legal services and support teams, enhancing the childcare, clinical negligence and accounts departments respectively. New Read more…
The Black Lives Matter movement has shone light on the racism that occurs in our society. Whilst many are aware that discrimination can occur in the workplace, directly and indirectly, many are unaware that discrimination can also occur by association. This blog will set out the test that is applied Read more…
In a momentous ruling the Supreme Court have ruled that the Government’s policy of requiring Claimants to pay fees to bring a claim in the Employment Tribunal is unlawful. Tribunal fees were deemed unlawful because they prevent access to justice and because they are indirectly discriminatory, particularly against women who are more likely to work part time and are therefore Read more…
This is the latest in a series of blogs about the so-called “gig economy” and the rise in flexible jobs which do not neatly fall into any of the existing definition of employment status. In a move to address this issue the Government commissioned the Taylor report which has recently been published. Read more…
In recent years there have been many employment law cases both in the UK and across Europe about what is “appropriate work attire”. The most high profile of these have been to do with an employee’s desire to express their religious beliefs through the wearing of headscarves or crucifixes at work. In Read more…
“Does the employment contract contain a PILON clause?” The question often asked by employment lawyers of their clients when drafting Settlement Agreements to be issued to a departing employee. The PILON in question is of course a payment in lieu of notice clause. If a contract of employment contains a Read more…