Kent’s small and medium-sized businesses would rather not employ workers on zero-hours contracts, are confident about their prospects but worry about post-election uncertainty, research by Warners Solicitors has...
Employers need to be alive to a new system of statutory parental rights. This will effectively allow parents to share the statutory maternity leave and pay that is currently available only to mothers (and adoptive parents to...
Following recent legislative case studies featured in property news, landlords need to be clear on what they can charge tenants through a service charge and what is classified as an improvement and means they have to pay the...
We are delighted to announce that Russell Brinkhurst has returned to Warners as an Associate solicitor. Russell started his career at Warners in 2005 and has decided to re-join after a short spell working for a firm in...
If you run an equestrian facility, the chances are that you have a number of members of staff. Even if you only have your own stables at home, you may well have one or more people in on a regular basis to help you out....
Owners of existing UK and Community designs, and creators of new designs, should note changes to the laws governing UK registered and unregistered designs that came into force on 1 October 2014. The changes include a new...
When a publisher and the firm managing its subscription database fell out over the database manager's quality of service, the publisher gave the database manager a month's notice to terminate the contract. In response, the...
The Court of Appeal has handed down a judgment which should warn those engaged in legal disputes that the 'loser pays costs' rule in litigation is not a hard and fast one and that if the winner unreasonably refuses to...
In a case which underlined that the state of an employer's knowledge is often the decisive factor in cases brought under the Equality Act 2010, a worker who was left suffering from depression and double vision following a...
Suppliers of goods to the public should be aware that the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 apply to contracts concluded on or after 13 June 2014. The Regulations...