Insights.

Fletcher Day’s employment team and Outer Temple Chambers were pleased to hold their first employment law seminar at Fletcher Day’s Mayfair offices.

Until yesterday, there were only a handful of “worker” cases. As an eminent employment QC has just stated about the case of King –v- Sash Windows in the press, this may be the decision to turn that trickle of cases into a flood.

Fletcher Day are pleased to announce that Jovita Vassallo and Luiz Costa will be attending the XXIII Conferencia Nacional da Advocacia Brasileira, to be held in São Paulo from 27 to 30 November 2017.

The Fletcher Day Private Client team are delighted to announce their participation in the charity Will writing initiative Will Aid, for the month of November 2017.

Fletcher Day and Outer Temple Chambers are delighted to be holding their first joint Employment Law Seminar followed by drinks and canapes

The 2017 edition of Legal 500 has recognised the outstanding work of several of the Fletcher Day teams.

If a key or senior employee of your company jumps ship and wants to joins a competitor; that non-compete restrictive covenant in their Service Agreement or Employment Contract will prevent them from doing so, and protect your business, won’t it?
Hmmmmm.  Well, maybe not.

Imagine this scenario. You, as a tenant, enter into an agreement with a landlord and you think that you have gained all the rights and privileges that are afforded to tenants under the law. The problem is that when you try and enforce those rights, you discover that you are not, in fact, a tenant at all and the “lease” is actually not a lease!!

Staying at the heart of international dispute resolution 
Background
As the United Kingdom prepares to exit the European Union, steps are being taken to ensure that England and Wales retains its reputation as the ‘go to’ jurisdiction for international dispute resolution.
There are many advantages to conducting litigation in England and Wales. Indeed, the Lord Chief Justice has recently commented that the overall cost of UK dispute resolution ‘compares favourably’ to alternative jurisdictions. In its present state, England and Wales is recognised as one of the fairest and most adaptable systems in the world – particularly in respect of its ability to adapt court procedures to meet the requirements of a particular case.
Irrespective of this position, the ‘business’ Courts of England and Wales previously consisted of the Commercial Court (including the Mercantile Court), the Technology and Construction Court and the courts of the Chancery Division. Whilst these courts all have different names, they all fundamentally deal with matters concerning business and property.

The government’s new Apprenticeship Levy came into effect this year; on 6 April 2017 and applies to employers operating in the UK who have a salary bill of more than £3 Million.  A levy-paying employer must pay a 0.5% levy on their salary bill each month and as a result is given an Apprenticeship Levy allowance of £15,000 per annum to use on “applicable training”.