Sleep-in care workers ‘not entitled to minimum wage’
August 24th 2018Joanne Stronach, Head of Employment & HR, considers the recent Court of Appeal cases regarding sleep in workers. The decision by the Court of Appeal in two recent cases – Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson Blake and Shannon v Jaikishan and Rampersad (trading as Clifton House Residential Home) 2018 EWCA Civ 1641 – will have major implications for residential care homes. The Court of Appeal decided that care workers sleeping…
Brothers in dispute over house left in their mother’s Will
August 15th 2018The High Court has settled a property dispute between two brothers after one accused the other of using undue influence to persuade their mother to leave him her house in her will. The case involved an elderly woman who moved in with her son after her husband died. However, she later wanted to move back to her own home in Cornwall. The house needed significant repairs, so she decided to…
Getting the right person for the right job – how to attract talent!
August 9th 2018Recent surveys indicate that recruiting and attracting talented staff is one of the biggest concerns facing SMEs in Cumbria and further afield. Together working with the Family Business Network we are delighted to announce that we have brought together a number of exciting speakers to give their views and share their experiences on how to get the right person for the right job. We are pleased to confirm that the following speakers will…
Can a landlord get a rate cut if property is not fit to rent out?
August 6th 2018If a landlord doesn’t want to carry out repairs on a commercial property unless he has a tenant waiting to move in, is he entitled to have the rateable value reduced? A recent case saw landlord Christopher Shaw appeal after a valuation tribunal refused to reduce the rateable value of one of his business units. Mr Shaw had managed a business park since purchasing it in 1986. A large building…
Family businesses shine at Summer Social
August 3rd 2018An event held to give an insight into family businesses had guests transfixed as speakers from three companies gave searingly honest accounts of the challenges they have faced. More than 100 people gathered for the Summer Social, an event held at Warwick Hall in association with the Family Business Network. From near bankruptcy to the value of staff and building a business on ice cream, speakers from More Handles, Stalkers…
Oral agreement ineffective in dispute over serviced offices
July 17th 2018The Supreme Court has ruled that an oral agreement to vary the terms of a licence for serviced offices was ineffective because the contract specified that all changes had to be in writing to be valid. The long running dispute involved Rock Advertising Ltd, who rented premises from MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd. The contract between them contained a No Oral Modification (NOM) clause saying: “All variations to this Licence…
Cartmell Shepherd – Taking care of our Clients
July 6th 2018At Cartmell Shepherd we value and encourage client feedback and we regularly review the feedback we receive. As part of our commitment to improving the services we provide we send our clients a feedback questionnaire at the end of every matter or case. Why choose us? The feedback we have received from April to June 2018 has been extremely positive and highlights how we pride ourselves on taking care of our clients and providing…
