Business
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The Department for Transport (DfT) has been relaxing the rules due to the current exceptional circumstances stemming from the COVID-19 situation. There are a number of temporary relaxations are now...
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As a result of the current health crisis, a number of necessary steps and new approaches have been taken to assist operators in goods and passenger operations to keep fleets...
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As our farming clients continue to battle with circumstances well beyond their control (coronavirus, extreme weather conditions, flooding, reduced environmental payments as well as increased price uncertainty post Brexit), we...
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These are not normal times and may remain so for some time. If not already abundantly clear the critical role of the goods and passenger transport sectors for the UK...
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With the Covid-19 situation evolving each day, and cases in the UK increasing rapidly, we are already regularly speaking to businesses about how their supply chains are being affected. A...
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8 March 2020 is International Women’s Day. Later in this piece, we cast a spotlight on our Head of Group for Personal Injury. But first some background…. 2019 has been...
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The case of Chief Constable of Leicestershire v Hextall was heard by the Court of Appeal last year, in the conjoined appeal with Ali v Capita. The question before the...
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It is important to remember that as a general rule under English law, and subject to a number of exceptions, a contract does not need to be signed or even...
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The Court of Justice of the European Union has considered the question of whether annual leave must be carried over from one leave year to another if the employee was...
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Ashtons has recently advised the owners of The Payroll Service Company Ltd (PSC) on the sale of their business to Access UK Ltd (Access). PSC was founded by Jan and...
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Some of the world’s most successful companies have started at home or in a garage, but at some point, it makes sense to move to business premises. Committing to your...
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All employees that have been employed for 26 weeks or more have the right to request flexible working patterns, without having to give any reason. However, research released today by...
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