The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 established a new statutory offence of corporate manslaughter (corporate culpable homicide in Scotland). An organisation is guilty of the offence if the way in which it manages or organises its activities causes…
A team from DFA took part in Kilby Fox's annual Games Night held at Barratts Snooker Club last week. It is always a great event and this year was no different with everyone playing Darts, Table Football, Pool, Table Tennis…
Workers are legally entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks' paid holiday per annum (28 days). However, what happens if an employee reduces the number of hours they work, part way through a holiday year? As an example, if an…
By Amy Cornelius Stamp Duty Land Tax: Important changes to timescales for filing returns From 1 March 2019 the period of time to file a Stamp Duty Land Tax (“SDLT”) return, and pay any SDLT due, will reduce from 30…
By Amy Cornelius RICS has recently published the latest edition of its service charge code for commercial properties. The Service Charges in commercial property (1st Edition) comes into force on 1 April 2019 and affects commercial property only. The new…
How should annual leave entitlement be calculated for a “casual” worker with irregular hours? The fact that the Working Time Regulations (WTR) 1998 entitles all workers to 5.6 weeks’ paid holiday complicates matters when dealing with workers who work irregular…
DFA Law was founded in October 1838 by a Northampton born man called William Dennis. Mr. Dennis was joined in partnership by Dr John Faulkner in 1876 and in turn they were joined by Charles Alsop in 1910 and the…
There are a number of ways in which the parties can attempt to resolve an employment dispute and reach a settlement, either before or after it becomes the subject of an Employment Tribunal claim: They may negotiate directly and enter…
As part of our firm's sponsorship of Northampton Town Football Club, we are invited to attend the Sponsor's evening, which was held at the PTS Academy stadium on Tuesday 16th October 2018. Property paralegal Jo Harrison and Receptionist Sharon Jones…
For the purposes of this article we are assuming that an employee has an entitlement to 5.6 weeks holiday and although they receive overtime payments (at a rate of pay higher than their basic pay) for any work done outside of normal working…