Posted on 15/04/10, filed under employment | No Comments
Fit notes will replace sick notes when individuals are ill.
A new right for employees to request time off to study or undertake training is introduced in organisations with more than 250 employees. All organisations will be covered from April 2011.
Statutory maternity pay, paternity pay, adoption pay and maternity allowance rise to £124.88 per week from £123.06
Statutory sick pay remains at £79.15 per week.
The legislation to introduce additional paternity leave and pay is introduced but is effective only for children born after 3 April 2011. This gives additional leave and pay where the mother or adopted mother of the child has returned to work. This will be covered in more detail soon - watch this space and forthcoming editions of the Advocate .
If you wish to join our Employment Club or discuss any aspect of the changes in more detail contact one of our specialist employment team.
Posted on 15/04/10, filed under family law | No Comments
In a case heard in April 2010, the Court of Appeal has ruled that it is wrong to give priority to the financial claims of a second wife (husband), when the claims of the first wife (husband) have yet to be met fully.
The facts of the case were that the husband was a wealthy barrister who had been paying his wife maintenance for years, in accordance with a Court Order. The husband had remarried and he and his second wife had two children at University. The first wife had not remarried. She and the husband had not had any children and were married 14 years and separated 4 years before they divorced and achieved a final financial order.
The husband stopped the maintenance payments without the agreement of his first wife and without the consent of the Court. The first wife took the matter back to Court for enforcement.
The High Court ruled in the husband’s favour, but on Appeal, the first wife was awarded a lump sum of capital in satisfaction of her claim.
As one can imagine, the figures involved were astronomical, and completely off the scale compared to the sums which most of us can relate to!
However, the significant factor was that the husband and first wife had been separated 29 years when he stopped the maintenance payments. The wife’s claim remained as strong as ever despite respective competing needs having changed in the meantime.
Posted on 15/03/10, filed under Bennett Griffin Events | No Comments
Bennett Griffin LLP were very pleased to attend the networking event hosted by Worthing FC on Tuesday 23rd February.
The evening was intended to be a two hour networking event for local businesses followed by the mouth watering derby match against Horsham YMCA.
However, with the weather putting paid to the football it was left to Bennett Griffin LLP to be the team that everyone was talking about on the night. Four members of the firm Steve Hollamby, Toby Barrett, Ian Macara and Greg Woods were in attendance to ensure that the local business community were left in no doubt as to the firm’s commitment and dedication to the town.
A superb evening was laid on by Richard Amey and the staff of Worthing FC with a strong contingent of around 60 local business people in attendance to enjoy the great food that had been laid on, network and generally enjoy themselves.
Although the match was off, the evening was definitely a ‘win’ for the businesses in attendance.
