Insights

2nd February 2016

The National Living Wage (NLW), which introduces a new tier of payment for employees and workers aged 25 years of age and over, is set to be introduced in April this year.

2nd February 2016

The recent Upper Tax Tribunal decision of Moorthy v HMRC reinforces the need for employers to give careful consideration to the issue of whether payments under a settlement agreement are taxable or not. This particular case confirms that an injury to feelings payment for discriminatory acts connected with an employee’s dismissal should be taxed.

26th January 2016

More than 40 attendees from the RePLY networking group enjoyed a talk and a tour at Renishaw’s assembly facility in Woodchester, Stroud.

19th January 2016

A round up of last month and what the Construction & Engineering team have been up to recently.

19th January 2016

Last year saw two judgments which were highly critical of contractors’ claims based on allegedly unforeseen ground conditions. Both cases illustrated the need for contractors to act on contractual terms which require them to satisfy themselves of the site conditions in which they will operate, and demonstrate that a failure to do so will preclude successful claims for variations based on unforeseen ground conditions.

19th January 2016

Parties in dispute sometimes chose to resolve matters by arbitration rather than court action. Arbitration has many advantages over litigation and is always worth considering when drafting a contract or dealing with a dispute. However, it is not always the most suitable forum for dispute resolution and so the decision to have an arbitration clause in your contract should not be taken lightly.