Clarke Willmott ranks highly in 2024 Legal 500 guide
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National law firm Clarke Willmott LLP has been recognised as a Top Tier firm in the latest Legal 500 guide which ranks the UK’s top lawyers and organisations.
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Full schedule planned for Clarke Willmott’s housing week
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The full schedule for Clarke Willmott’s popular Housing Week has been announced with a series of webinars covering everything going on in the social housing sector now. The firm’s flagship event series, Housing Week, takes place across three days from 10-12 October
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Ruling on online Will that left children with nothing
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Clarke Willmott successfully represented the siblings – Henrietta Ingram and Tom Whitfield – in Ingram and Whitfield v Abraham 2023 in contesting a purported last will of their mother Joanna Abraham executed in 2019.
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Lee Hart, Partner in our Personal Injury team, details the common causes of occupational stress and considerations taken by the court when considering liability.
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202 employers named and shamed for failing to pay national minimum wage
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Following investigations by HMRC which concluded between 2017 and 2019, 202 employers have been named and shamed by the government for failing to pay their staff the legal minimum wage.
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Right to Work Check penalty increases for employers
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The Home Office have recently announced further changes in immigration policy in attempts to clamp down on unlawful migration; this time with the effect of targeting employers.
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Reducing unfair dismissal compensation due to the employee’s contributory fault
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There are a number of mechanisms an Employment Tribunal can apply to reduce unfair dismissal compensation (such as a Polkey deduction etc), and this time we will explore the principles of ‘contributory fault’.
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HR Consultancy Corner: Spotlight on sexual harassment in the workplace
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In this article, Juliette Staunton discusses a recent high-profile case of workplace sexual harassment and the proposed new legislation that seeks to amend the Equality Act 2010, which imposes a legal duty on employers to protect workers from harassment by other employees.
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