Hull Is This spoke to three Trainee Solicitors about the law firm’s work experience scheme. The work experience scheme at Rollits is for those who have completed either the second...
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The Carers Leave Bill will amend the Employment Rights Act 1996 and introduce an annual entitlement to one week’s unpaid leave to care for a dependent with a long term...
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A practical workshop which provides rationale and insight into highly successful line management and positive engagement. Fostering a culture of high performance is a direct consequence of skilled leadership with...
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A practical workshop which provides rationale and insight into highly successful line management and positive engagement. Fostering a culture of high performance is a direct consequence of skilled leadership with...
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A ‘perfect storm’ of factors have come together to mobilise unions and staff to participate in industrial action. The General Secretary of the Trade Union Congress, Paul Nowak is reported...
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Inevitably, there are peaks and troughs in the world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), depending on many factors, including the prevailing economic climate and the availability of funding. For those...
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Hull Is This had a chat with Sarah Adams and Emma Fawke about why everyone should have a Will in place and the importance of Lasting Powers of Attorney. Having...
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Stress, anxiety and depression is the biggest cause of work-related illness in Great Britain and numbers continue to rise. The Statistics According to the latest statistics from the Health and...
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Essential updates and practical guidance for employers Join us for an overview of recent changes in employment legislation and developments in case law. Following a unique period of fast paced...
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In this article we look at the issuing of legal proceedings and service of those proceedings on the defendant. If you have complied with the relevant Pre Action Protocol, and...
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A lawyer with more than 20 years of dispute resolution experience has joined Rollits as an associate based in the York office. Emma Farrell, who lives in York, draws on...
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BBC Radio 4’s excellent fact-checking programme ‘More or Less’ this week answered a listener’s question about pensioners’ wealth. On ‘Politics Live’ on BBC2 last year, in a debate on the...
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Charities are operating in an increasingly challenging environment and face many external commercial and regulatory pressures. This seminar will highlight the issues faced by charities in the current economic environment...
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I have previously avoided producing an article on food price inflation for a number of reasons. Firstly, it is quite depressing as the country battles through a cold winter amidst...
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With digital security being more important than ever, Hull Is This had a chat with James Peel about all things data protection. James Peel is a Partner at Rollits in...
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Before Christmas we published an article regarding a recent menopause event hosted by Rollits and the guidance published by the NHS regarding menopause in the workplace. Today the Government has...
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Over the next few months we will be producing a series of 16 articles as a step by step guide through the claims process, providing insight into each stage of...
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Earlier this month BBC Radio 4’s excellent ‘The Life Scientific’ featured Professor Chris Elliott. He is Professor of Food Safety and Microbiology at Queen’s University Belfast and is a founding...
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I am generally of the view that human beings are somewhat self-centred and perhaps more so in today’s society of immediate gratification. This being the case, the prospect of giving...
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We seem to live in a world where things are allowed to go from bad to worse, and then even worse, until we get to the point of near total...
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Exclusivity terms that seek to prevent individuals from doing work for other people (or doing so without their employer’s consent) have been unenforceable when included in zero-hours contracts since 2015....
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An Employment Tribunal recently considered this query and determined that yes, settlement agreements could waive unknown future claims. However this decision was later overturned by the Employment Appeals Tribunal. The...
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A lunchtime presentation from Alex Codd, Assistant Director Economic Development & Regeneration at Hull City Council Please join our Planning and Development Team at lunchtime on Thursday 26th January when...
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It is quite hard to know where to start when considering the UK government’s response, or lack of it, to the current crisis in the National Health Service; not that...
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On 5 October 2022 the Supreme Court handed down a ‘momentous decision for company law’ (in the words of Lady Arden) in the landmark case of BTI 2014 LLC v...
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With great power comes great responsibility. For company directors, these responsibilities can present serious personal liabilities when things go wrong. Section 37 of the Health and Safety at Work Act...
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A planning application for development must include a red-line plan identifying all land to which the application relates and this should encompass direct access to a public road. When a...
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It is quite hard to believe that the vote on the UK’s continued membership of the European Union took place on 23 June 2016, six and a half years ago....
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On 5 December 2022 the government published its response to last year’s “Consultation on Making Flexible Working the Default”. The document is lengthy but set out below are the key...
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Fraudulent Calumny in the limelight – Sharpe v Dyson and Anor [2022] EWHC 2462 (Ch) As our loved ones approach old age, most people seek to spend more time with...
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