NEW REGULATIONS REGARDING PARENTAL BEREAVEMENT TO COME INTO FORCE THIS YEAR On 23 January 2020 the Government announced that from 06 April 2020 the rights under the Parental Bereavement Leave Regulations 2020 and the Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay...

If you die without making a valid Will your estate will be administered under the intestacy rules. Under the intestacy rules, if you die leaving a surviving spouse or civil partner and children (or other descendants), the surviving spouse or civil partner is...

Like many others, I very much welcomed the news that the first heterosexual couple; Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, had entered into a civil partnership following last year's ruling by the Supreme Court. After a five year struggle, the ruling led...

In the employment blog on 30 October , we reported on the Equal Pay claim being pursued by Samira Ahmed against the BBC. As reported in the press, the Employment Tribunal has now released its Judgment and has found in favour of Ms Ahmed. Firstly, the...

Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance is the Chattertons 2020 Charity of the Year We are pleased to announce that Chattertons Charity of the Year 2020 is the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance, one of the UK's leading Helicopter...

The government announced the National Living Wage and National Minimum wage increases due to come into effect on 1 April 2020. The increases are as follows: Age of employee Old/Current  rate (per hour) New rate from April 2020 (per hour) ...