A young lawyer’s cupboard clear-out has kickstarted a campaign to encourage colleagues and clients to support food banks in the run-up to the festive season. Emma Horscraft, a trainee solicitor...
A team of local business professionals are pressing on with their part in a million pound plus nationwide charity push-ups campaign after each hitting their target by the deadline of...
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With the festive season fast approaching your Christmas shopping is likely well underway, but what happens if a gift you have purchased is broken or faulty? Whether you purchased the...
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Recently Rollits invited a Menopause Specialist to speak to employees about the effects of menopause both in a personal and work context. This was a well-attended event by both male...
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Half a dozen eggs are a bit like a pint (or now a litre) of milk. Not many people up to now have known precisely what they cost. They are...
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We often find it hard to discuss what might happen if a marriage does not work out and therefore don’t consider the plans we can put in place at the...
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In the recent case of Ian Paul McLean and Ors v Brett McLean H10CL283 (unreported) (“McLean”), the Court has shed light on the binding nature of mutual wills, and, the...
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In the autumn statement on 17 November 2022, the Government announced an increase to the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW), from 1 April 2023. The rates...
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Oscar Wilde said “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness”. True words indeed, but it is a fine line between using someone or something...
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Rollits has reinforced its strong credentials across its practice areas with a series of recommendations in the latest Chambers and Partners UK legal directory. The 2023 volume is acknowledged as...
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The 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar on Sunday 20th November and many employers may be anticipating a drop in employee productivity as a result, particularly if the...
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Mae West, whose career spanned over seven decades in the golden days of Hollywood once famously said ‘every man I meet wants to protect me. I can’t figure out from...
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Modern communication has evolved so that email has become one of, if not, the leading method of business communication. Such evolution has resulted in email becoming increasingly formal as well...
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My first Rollits Food Blog was on corporate insolvencies and the need for tight credit control. My second blog was on Avian Flu and the devastating culling of flocks. I...
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Earlier this year we produced a newsletter (which can be read here) which provided an overview of The Charities Act 2022, which received Royal Assent on 24 February 2022. On...
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The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 outbreak started on 27 October 2021. At the beginning of November there were 230 cases in England, of which 96 instances have been...
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Over the last few years we have seen an increase in issues arising for development sites where the access to the site is over a private access and not an...
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Assets of Community Value, or ACVs, are not a new concept. They were introduced by the Localism Act 2011, but we are seeing increasing use of them, particularly to protect...
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This is the first of what will be regular Rollits blogs on what is happening in the food sector. The intention is to highlight issues of relevance to anyone in...
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Rollits has announced the appointment of two new trainee solicitors who were both attracted to apply by their experience of work placements with the firm. Building on the success of...
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Harpur Trust v Brazel enabled the Supreme Court to decide, for the first time, how holiday pay should be calculated for an employee or worker who works variable hours for...
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Earlier this year, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) published new standard documents to allow for transfers of personal data to destinations outside the UK and the European Economic Area...
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Rollits has underlined the value and versatility of its work for clients across the Yorkshire and Humber region with recognition for the excellence of its people and services in the...
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In R (on the application of Spitalfields Historic Building Trust) v Tower Hamlets LBC [2022] the High Court dismissed a claim for judicial review against Tower Hamlets LBC’s decision to...
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As the Conservative Party Conference has ended and Liz Truss fights on to live another day after a turbulent week, we review below what was perhaps the biggest announcement of...
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A Company Share Option Plan (CSOP) is a tax-advantaged share option arrangement for incentivising employees of eligible companies. These have become less popular recently, due to the introduction of Enterprise...
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Following on from our earlier article on the proposed introduction of Director Verification measures under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (“Bill”), which seeks to tackle economic crime and...
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In September the Government published the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill. The purpose of the Bill is to introduce reforms to tackle economic crime and improve transparency over corporate...
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Totton & Anor v Totton, 2022 EWHC 2345 Ch Most people will be asked by a family member or a friend to act as an Executor in their estate and...
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Rollits and Young Plus Ltd would like to invite you to a FREE workshop to support leaders within the Education sector. For years all sectors have been investing professional time...
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