This week marks almost three months since the abolition of employment tribunal fees. For those who missed it, the ruling followed Unison’s arduous and multi-year appeal against the government’s decision to impose tribunal fees on employees issuing tribunal proceedings. Unison, having had their case rejected at every level, finally succeeded in the Supreme Court. The…
A pilot scheme encouraging mediation as a less costly way of resolving civil disputes will launch in Manchester on 1 September. Mediation sessions will be held at Manchester Civil Justice Centre and the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. It will be available to parties involved in disputes where the value of a claim is more…
We’re proud to support Remember A Charity in you Will Week. The annual campaign from Remember A Charity works to raise the profile of charitable giving in Wills. ‘The world you would like to pass on’ This year’s campaign, which from 11th to 17th September 2017, focused on ‘the world you would like to pass on’.…
The owner of Carphone Warehouse and Dixons has warned that more expensive mobile phone handsets and lower EU roaming charges will hurt its profits. In an unscheduled statement, the company stated that the scrapping of EU roaming charges for people using mobile phones abroad and customers not upgrading their phones as frequently because handsets have…
Boxer Amir Khan could lose half of his £25m fortune in divorce from pregnant ex Faryal Makhdoom as the starting point in divorce proceedings is a 50:50 division of all assets. The boxer confirmed his split from wife of four years Faryal Makhdoom earlier this month – just days before she revealed she is expecting…
New Balance has won a record payout in a Chinese trademark case after three local shoemakers were found to have infringed the brand’s “N” logo. A Chinese court awarded the US sportswear firm more than 10 million yuan (£1.2m). It is believed to be the highest award to a foreign company in a trademark dispute…
We were sad to learn of the immediate closure of the Oldham Chronicle. The publication has been part of the town for more than a century and a half and was one of the North West’s oldest newspapers which had faithfully reported local news since it was established in 1854. The final edition was printed…
Airbnb have revealed plans to crack the Asian market. Nathan Blecharczyk, a co-founder and the firm’s chief strategy officer, says it’s firmly focused on expanding in Asia-Pacific. The region has roughly 60% of the world’s millennials i.e. young adults between the ages of 19 and 35 who are the fastest growing generation of consumers. However,…
Peter Smythe, a 74 year old pensioner, appeared in court accused of leaving his neighbour Nigel Clark with a fractured nose and eye socket after hitting him with a leaf blower outside their homes during a dispute over a boundary ditch. Clark told the court he and his wife, Hervor, were hoping to buy Peter…
Online retail giant Amazon is to open a new warehouse near Bristol in 2018 which it says will create 1,000 jobs adding to its 13 sites in the UK. Other new warehouses are set to open in Doncaster, Warrington and Tilbury this autumn. The firm’s UK workforce will total 24,000 by the end of 2017.…