Spring 2024 employment law round up
‘This year is a busy one for employment legislation, after a few quiet years,’ Alana Penkethman, employment expert at Laceys Solicitors. ‘The Government has backed a number of private members’…
‘This year is a busy one for employment legislation, after a few quiet years,’ Alana Penkethman, employment expert at Laceys Solicitors. ‘The Government has backed a number of private members’…
Due to changes in ways of working since the pandemic, or in response to the economic slowdown, some employers are downsizing their premises and asking employees to relocate to new…
In 2017, the Aryana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena was struck by a horrific terrorist attack that killed 22 people and injured many others. In response to this attack,…
April is usually the month when the Government introduces new employment legislation, and in recent years, it has announced its commitment to introducing significant new rights, such as neo-natal leave…
Now is a time of transition as employees return to the workplace either on a hybrid basis or for all their working time. ‘Employers need to keep in mind the…
Laceys’ Head of Employment & HR, Robin Watson spoke to the Wessex Branch of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) on Thursday 11 March. CIPD is the professional…
Leading Dorset solicitors, Laceys, have once again acquired recognition across many of the firms specialist areas, in the 2021 edition of the Legal 500, an independent guide to leading law…
New regulations are to be introduced this year entitling parents to two weeks’ leave should they suffer the loss of a child, providing real time to grieve. Why Jack’s Law?…
Laceys Solicitors are the only Dorset firm to have been recognised within the field of Media and Entertainment law within the 2020 Legal 500 Guide, an independent endorsement for the…
It is the most significant overhaul of divorce law in the last fifty years. Divorcing couples will no longer have to allege adultery or dredge up allegations of unreasonable behaviour…
There are two key changes which employers need to be aware of that will be in force from April 2019. The first is that the annual rise to statutory employment…
For those who have been living under a rock (or a mountain of paperwork) the biggest change to data protection law for decades, the General Data Protection Regulation, comes into…
Watch Luke English discussing the legal aspects within music and entertainment.
According to various consumer reports, the UK is fraught with underhand tradesmen, with the majority of the population having been the target of an “unfair commercial practice”. Research further suggests…
What you need to know about the latest changes to European trade mark law. EU legislators have certainly been keeping us lawyers busy of late. Consumer law has been dramatically…