Britain’s hot strike summer heats up as legal sector industrial action gathers steam
The British summer of 2022 may well go down as the summer of strikes. Workers across a wide range of sectors, including railway workers, bus workers, post office workers, airport workers, and barristers have all been on strike so far this summer, largely over disputes involving pay and conditions as inflation continues to increase and […]
Police registration enters the history books for foreign nationals
For those of you are foreign nationals, when you first arrive in the UK you will probably be familiar with the need to “register with the police station” after obtaining a new visa. Even if a foreign national’s personal circumstances change, they have also previously needed to report to the registered police station. However, […]
Is Covid a viable defence by commercial tenants for rent arrears? No, says the Court of Appeal!
The Court of Appeal has recently found that a tenant cannot use Covid as a defence for rent arrears. The case acts as an important case study for rent arrears accrued during the pandemic as well as dispute resolution between commercial landlords and tenants. The cases in question were as follows, Bank of New […]
Successful appeal on behalf of elderly Chinese national after Home Office’s unsympathetic refusal of leave to remain
We have recently been successful in an appeal which has led to our client, aged 84, obtaining leave to remain on the basis of her family and private life. This follows an initial leave to remain refusal by the Home Office. Our client made an application based on exceptional circumstances outside of the […]
What does it mean for a payment to be ‘subject to completion’? Judge rules in favour of law firm after client refused to pay legal fees!
Written by Paul Cheuk The High Court of Justice has recently handed down an instructional judgment (Blacklion Law LLP v Amira Nature Foods Ltd [2022] EWHC 1500 (Ch)) in a lawsuit between a law firm and its client. The case involved a small London-based law firm suing a multinational rice distributor and its owner-director […]
Investigation launched into ASOS, Boohoo and Asda over ‘greenwashing’ claims
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into three fashion brands over their ‘green’ claims. The three fashion brands being investigated by the CMA for greenwashing include the supermarket Asda, as well as the online fashion brands, ASOS and Boohoo. The CMA will look at the extent to which green claims […]
Court rules that social worker’s assessment that teenage asylum seeker is an adult was false
A person who has entered the United Kingdom to claim asylum is treated differently depending on whether they are an adult or a minor. A minor’s claim is treated more delicately by the Home Office with respect to the asylum process, decision making, and support provided by a Local Authority. Below, we look […]
Supreme Court says part-year workers entitled to proportionally same holiday pay as full-time workers
A new ruling (Harpur Trust v Brazel) by the Supreme Court has favoured part-year workers and casual workers, opening the door to thousands of claims for compensation. The ruling says that these workers are entitled proportionally to the same holiday pay as full-time workers. It also found that the methods of calculating pro-rated annual leave […]
Company administrators cleared of breach of duty despite deficiency during sale of properties
By Yitong Guo Today’s article comes from one of our solicitors, Yitong Guo, who specialises in property law. The article is about a dismissal application in the Chancery Division of the High Court concerning allegations of breach of duty by company administrators in relation to two companies (“the Companies”) whose business involved the […]
Welcome Wilson
We are delighted to welcome our newest colleague, Wilson Chan. Wilson joins us as a paralegal and has already shown a great level of knowledge and enthusiasm since joining. Wilson achieved his master’s degree in financial economics from University of Warwick in 2012 (passing with Merit) and achieved an Advanced Diploma in Legal Studies […]