The serious illness or death of a shareholder, who is also key to the business, is bound to create problems at best and could lead to the downfall of the company at worst. Having a considered catastrophe plan in place sounds common sense but how many family companies truly have an emergency strategy? In our experience very few!
Continue reading →Employees unable to take some or all of their annual leave because of sickness can carry over the entitlement to a later date, confirmed the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
Continue reading →A court has ordered that a nine-year-old girl who was abducted by her father should be returned to her mother.
Continue reading →A judge has outlined why it would nearly always be wrong to secretly record children’s conversations as a way of gathering evidence in family proceedings.
Continue reading →A recent case before the High Court highlights the perils of investing large sums of money in a business venture without a written agreement.
Continue reading →A director of a used car business has been disqualified for seven years for breaching consumer protection laws.
Continue reading →The European Union’s top legal adviser says employers can have a ban on wearing religious symbols and clothing in the workplace as long as it applies to all faiths and views equally.
Continue reading →A divorced husband has been given permission by the Court of Appeal to challenge the will of his former mother-in-law.
Continue reading →A wife has been told to accept a divorce settlement that provided her with £2m in cash plus the exclusive right to live in a valuable London flat for the rest of her life.
Continue reading →A woman who devoted her life to her family while her husband concentrated on developing his business has been awarded £69m in a divorce settlement.
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