The regular annual increase in Employment Tribunal limits has now been released. To keep you updated, the key increases are as follows: Compensatory Award – £105,707 (previously £93,878) A ‘week’s pay’ (for basic award and redundancy payments) – £643 (previously £571) The changes take effect from 6 April 2023, generally,...

In this article, Paula Squire looks at the topical data protection issue of allowing TikTok on your work email devices. Cybersecurity is as much a HR issue as it is for your IT departments. Whilst you may be pleased that you finally updated your Employee and Candidate Privacy Notices to...

The recent case of Meaker v Cyxtera Technology UK Ltd, has shown how a dismissal can be effective, even if it is communicated via a “without prejudice” letter. Whilst the case did not go in the employee’s favour, employers should heed the warning given and apply caution about the content...

With a continued turbulent economic climate it’s not surprising that many organisations are looking at re-structuring and/or redundancies as a way to help secure the future of the business and off-set rising costs. Regardless of the size of your business, it’s vital that you have the expertise to handle the...

Clarke Willmott’s specialist Debt Recovery team discusses overpaid wages to employees. Overpaid wages to employees can happen for a variety of reasons, from a simple accounting error to failing to ‘click’ a button at the end of a temporary promotion. It is important for an employer to recover the overpaid...

Clarke Willmott has advised Gloucester City Homes (GCH) on the purchase of a property that offers accommodation to homeless people and their dogs. The transaction to buy Citadel House in Stroud, Gloucestershire, financed by a grant from Stroud District Council, will provide homes for up to eight individuals. The scheme...

The current economic climate driven by rising inflation and the war in Ukraine means that 2023 is likely to be a busy time for financial services litigators. In the article we take a high level look at some of the possible types of financial services claims which might start to...

Members of our Corporate team have advised on the sale of Capital Cash Limited to the UK’s largest second-hand retailer, Cash Converters UK. Our team acted for the management team and sellers of Capital Cash, in a transaction with an estimated deal value of £13.9 million. Capital Cash is the...

The Cardiff office of  Clarke Willmott has further strengthened its commercial property, corporate and construction line-up with the appointment of five new joiners. Julia Morris, formerly of Le Gros Solicitors Limited, joins the commercial property team as partner, together with senior associate Scott Keddle, formerly in-house lawyer at Shaw Healthcare,...

In this article we look at how to carry out inheritance tax (IHT) planning in a way that is timely and does not lead to an unwelcome amount of immediate financial detriment. “May you live in interesting times” reads the Chinese curse; the last several years in the UK have...