Replacing Incumbent Systems with Proclaim Practice Management Solution to enhance efficiencies firm-wide
May 24th 2019We are in the news this week! Eclipse Legal Systems have written an article about the new legal software we are installing. Cartmells’ Practice Manager, Scott Garson talks about why we chose Proclaim Practise Management to take our productivity to the next level. Eclipse Legal Systems, the Law Society Endorsed legal software provider, has announced it is implementing its Proclaim Practice Management solution at award winning law firm Cartmell Shepherd. Cartmell Shepherd…
Female administrator paid 15% less than her male replacement
May 23rd 2019By Joanne Stronach Head of Employment & HR The Employment Tribunal has ruled that a female finance administrator was discriminated against when her male replacement was paid £3,500 more than her. The case involved Mrs J Broom, who had been employed in various roles by Alternative Care Ltd for nearly two years. At the time she resigned from the company, she was a finance administrator with a salary of £18,000.…
Judge orders homeowner to pay builder in full for repair work
May 20th 2019By Laura Bright Solicitor The High Court has ordered a homeowner to pay the full cost of repair work carried out on his property by a building company. The court heard that the homeowner, Sylvein Pinto, had asked ICCT Ltd to stop leaks in his basement. The work was not paid for so ICCT took the matter to arbitration and Mr Pinto provided the adjudicator with pictures of the leaking…
Headmaster told disabled teaching assistant: ‘I can do what I like’
May 15th 2019By Joanne Stronach Head of Employment & HR A teaching assistant was discriminated against by her employer, who did not take the necessary steps to allow her to work in comfort with her disability. That was the decision of the Employment Tribunal in a case involving an assistant who worked at Aycliffe Village Primary School in County Durham from February 2006. Mrs S Clifford suffered with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue…
Director ordered to pay £20,000 after breaching his duties
May 13th 2019By Mark Aspin Director A director has been ordered to pay £20,000 for breaching his legal duties shortly before his company went into liquidation. The director had run a freight-forwarding company from 2011 until its voluntary liquidation in 2015. He had been the sole shareholder. His father had previously been a co-director of the company and continued to work for it. The company operated from the father’s home. The director…
Sub-contractor held liable for loss of rent due to faulty work
May 7th 2019A sub-contractor has been held liable for all the compensation a contractor had to pay for damage caused by faulty work, including loss of rent. The High Court was told that the contractor, Ground Construction Ltd, had been employed by a landlord to build a property next to Regent’s Canal in London. The main contract was a JCT standard form incorporating the terms and conditions of DOM2. Ground Construction sub-contracted…
Spring into Summer – a musical journey!
May 3rd 2019This week, we were proud to team up with the University of Cumbria for the second time to produce a spectacular evening of musical entertainment. The Spring into Summer concert returned to Tithe Barn in Carlisle for the second year running, after a widely successful debut in 2018. This year the event chose to support local Cumbrian charities Eden Valley Hospice & Jigsaw Children’s Hospice and the Cumbria Wheelchair Sports…
Government warns 10,000 businesses to pay SME invoices on time
May 3rd 2019By Carly Davies Credit Control & Debt Recovery The government has written to 10,000 businesses to warn them they must pay their suppliers on time or risk being barred from winning public contracts. Officials from the Cabinet Office have written to the businesses – which include all the government’s current strategic suppliers – to remind them of the new rules on prompt payment, which come into force this autumn. Under…
How the Hague Convention can help if your ex-partner abducts your child
April 29th 2019By Laura Ousby Solicitor Disputes between parents over who their children should live and spend time with are among the most common causes of ongoing tension between couples after they separate. Most families manage to work out reasonable compromises over such issues but unfortunately, amicable agreements are not always possible and in some extreme cases, can lead to one parent abducting their children and taking them to another country. This…
Husband and wife lose £40,000 deposit in failed company purchase
April 24th 2019By Mark Aspin Director & Head of Dispute Resolution A husband and wife who tried to buy a business have lost their £40,000 deposit after the High Court ruled they could not claim a refund when the deal fell through. The couple wanted to buy a waste collection company. They were introduced to the sole shareholder and a tentative agreement was made that they would buy the business for £210,000.…
