Commerical Services

Dispute Resolution week takes place 25th – 29th November 2013.  The aim is to promote the benefits of alternatives to court for separating and divorcing couples.  It is organised by Resolution – the national organisation of family lawyers, committed to...

A recent decision of the High Court is a salutary reminder to parties involved in any form of settlement negotiation  that failure to make a settlement offer expressly ‘subject to contract’ may produce unintended consequences. In Newbury v Sun Microsystems...

A firm of solicitors is warning that people who have a grievance against an employer may be denied justice because of new fees to take cases to an employment tribunal. Ellis-Fermor & Negus, which has offices in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire,...

On 29 July 2013 the Government introduce Employment Tribunal fees – £1180 for an unfair dismissal case. Good news or bad? Bad news for employees with this financial obstacle to justice. Good news for employers as employees are deterred from...

Nottingham couple David and Catherine Pinkett have fulfilled a life-time ambition and opened their own fine art gallery in Scarborough.

Your employees may not have written contracts but they do have contracts of employment, and these oral contracts are fully enforceable by them.  This is a problem, as without written contracts you are vulnerable in any dispute with employees and...

Welch the Florist, a family run business, which has been operating in Long Eaton for 89 years, is to open a new shop right on the edge of Nottingham City Centre, on Derby Road opposite St Barnabas Cathedral. Gareth Shaw, the...