Blog Archives - Page 20 of 52 - Lyons Davidson Solicitors

March 13, 2019
by Lyons Davidson

Lyons Davidson at the Leeds Apprenticeship Recruitment Fair 2019

On Monday, 4 March, members of Lyons Davidson attended the Leeds Apprenticeship Recruitment Fair at the First Direct Arena.

Blog Motor Offences News

March 7, 2019
by Lyons Davidson

Careless driving: does the punishment fit the crime?

Carol Boardman, mother of Chris Boardman, was tragically killed by a pick-up truck after falling from her bicycle in July 2016. The driver was prosecuted for the offence of causing death by careless driving, evidence having shown that he had been distracted by a phone call. He was sentenced to 30 weeks imprisonment and was … Continued

Blog Careers News

March 6, 2019
by Lyons Davidson

National Apprenticeship Week 2019: Lyons Davidson and apprenticeships

For National Apprenticeship Week 2019, which runs from 4-8 March, Katherine Howells-Price, Scotland and Specialist Litigation Divisional Manager, looks at the instrumental role Lyons Davidson has played in developing legal apprenticeships.

Blog Employment News

February 27, 2019
by Lyons Davidson

Law thoughts: Statutory Adoption Leave is 52 Weeks

Stats from Coram BAAF, the membership organisation for professionals, foster carers and adopters, say that 3,820 children were adopted from care in England in the year ending 31 March 2018, with 4,020 children having an adoption decision but not placed up to the same date and a further 2,630 children with a placement order who … Continued

Blog Charity News

February 18, 2019
by Lyons Davidson

Dementia Friends training

In the final two weeks of January, we invited our partner charity the Alzheimer’s Society into our offices to deliver Dementia Friends Awareness training to staff who had volunteered to participate. The 45-minute sessions were held in our Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds and Solihull offices, with all sessions well attended. The purpose of the training … Continued

Blog News Private Client

February 6, 2019
by Lyons Davidson

Probate fees restructure: who will benefit?

The government has put forward draft proposals to change the current probate fees structure – but who will benefit from these changes? The public purse? Beneficiaries of an estate? The straightforward answer is that in some circumstances, both will. Current probate fees The people who deal with an estate after someone has died are known … Continued

Blog Landlord & Tenant News

February 4, 2019
by Lyons Davidson

Attention landlords: Deregulation Act 2015 now applies to all assured shorthold tenancies

The Deregulation Act 2015 introduced important changes to when landlords of property let on assured shorthold tenancies (ASTs) can serve Section 21 notices in order to gain possession of their property. The Deregulation Act 2015 came into force on 27 March 2015 and did not previously apply to pre-October 2015 ASTs of dwelling houses in … Continued

Blog Family Law News

January 28, 2019
by Lyons Davidson

Divorce rate peaks in January

With online divorces now possible, this means an application can be lodged at court at any time and, according to official figures, the divorce rate peaked with 455 people applying for a divorce over the Christmas and New Year period, including 13 filed on Christmas Day itself.

Blog News Private Client

January 24, 2019
by Lyons Davidson

Bad moos for cow haters: if you hope to inherit a farm, it won’t help your case if you don’t like cows

If you’re hoping to inherit a farm, it won’t help your case if you hate cows. Clive Shaw sued his parents in order to force them to let him inherit their farm but the judge found that Mr Shaw’s (reported) opinion that cows are “stinking, horrible, rotten creatures” made it unlikely that his future would … Continued

Blog Employment

January 8, 2019
by Lyons Davidson

Cumulative breach of contract and unfair dismissal

In Kaur v Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust [2018], the Court of Appeal clarified the law relating to affirmation in relation to constructive dismissals where a claimant relies on a number of incidents to argue there was a cumulative breach of contract.

Blog Civil Litigation Commercial Litigation

December 31, 2018
by Lyons Davidson

Hitting the headlines in 2018: was this the year of the CVA?

House of Fraser, Carpetright, New Look, Jamie’s Italian, Mothercare and Homebase all hit the headlines this year for entering into Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVA). What is a CVA and why have they been so popular in 2018?

Blog Employment

December 18, 2018
by Lyons Davidson

Can legal privilege be claimed for conversations overheard in public?

This was one of two questions explored in the Employment Appeal Tribunal decision of X v Y Limited [2018]. In addition to the matter of legal privilege, the other question posed to the EAT was whether emails, which advised that potentially endorsing unlawful reasons for dismissing an employee could be considered to be “facilitating an … Continued

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