Dear Sunday, Thanks for getting in touch, we can certainly help with your query. It sounds as though your query is more about health and safety issues at the new section you were transferred to at your new employer, though of course it may also be connected to last year’s TUPE transfer. We’ll need more information in order to answer [...]

Hi Martin We feel your pain – promise! The conveyancing system is not short of (substantial) flaws, and it can be frustrating for all concerned – buyer, seller, estate agent and solicitors! Yes, the professional rules of conduct mean that if solicitors up or down the chain were to talk (beyond the immediate buyer/seller) it would be a breach of [...]

Hi Jay and thank you for your enquiry. Firstly please accept our condolences following the passing of your mother. We can not advise you in the context of this online forum, but hopefully the following generic observations may help? You clearly have a good grasp on joint tenancy v tenancy in common, and the implications this has on the ability [...]

Thanks for getting in touch. We can absolutely help with your query, however, we aren’t allowed to give legal advice unless you’ve formally instructed us and agreed our terms. I’m sure you’ll understand – the value we add is in giving legal advice about your individual situation, that you can rely on. The general information given on our website isn’t [...]

Hi Liam and thanks so much for your comment – an interesting one! And it perhaps raises a general point around Lasting Power of Attorney in terms of who the donor should appoint? So, in practice, yes, the majority of people do not include preferences. That is how it is, rather than ‘advice’. I guess the whole spirit of an [...]

Hi, and thanks for your question. So as a general rule of thumb, you would expect the executors of an estate specific cash legacies to be paid first. Cash legacies tend to be ‘token amounts’ of the estate, and not form a large proportion of the over all value. Having paid those cash legacies (and all other liabilities eg inheritance [...]

Hi Keith. Thanks for your comment. We can’t give actual advice without taking you on formally as a client, but as a general rule, the right to reject a TUPE transfer should only be used in certain circumstances and when you’ve had advice on the options that may be available to you. When you reject a TUPE transfer, your employment [...]

Hi Daryl. Thanks for your comment. Under TUPE your employment transfers automatically to the new employer, with all your terms intact – including length of service. However, clearly it’s not possible for you to commute 140 miles to work. Such a huge distance probably amounts to an “economic, technical or organisational reason entailing a change in the workforce” for TUPE [...]

Hi Titus, and thanks for reaching out with your query about SDLT exemptions and reliefs. It sounds like you have already purchased the property, and so I assume the conveyancing process is finished? Have you submitted the SDLT return, and/or what did the conveyancer advise that you used to buy the property? There certainly are instances in which properties deemed [...]

On the assumption that you had booked your holiday and had permission to take holiday when you did, then you should usually be paid at your normal rate of pay for all holiday days. However, there are times when this doesn’t apply, including if you hadn’t got permission to take holiday at that time. Also, on the rate of holiday [...]