Introducing Laurence Lucas, Commercial Property Partner here at Tayntons. Laurence is joining Tayntons with a wealth of experience and knowledge within Commercial Property, having specialised in this area of Law since 2000. He has lived in Gloucester for over 20 years and is a Governor at High School for Girls in Denmark Road. “Tayntons has…
April 2018 brings changes to the Tax on Termination Payments Following consultation by the Government from 6 April 2018 changes will come into force in the way termination payments are treated in regards to tax. Payments in lieu of notice (PILON) As it currently stands if you do not have a contractual PILON any payment…
It is hardly surprising that anyone suffering from cancer is deemed to be disabled under the Equality Act 2010 – but what exactly is cancer? The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered that issue in an important test case. The case concerned a catering worker who, after noticing a blemish on her cheek, was diagnosed with…
A massive thank you to everyone who came to our first Curry Club of 2018! It was great to see so many of you and welcome some new faces. There are lots of exciting developments and ventures taking place in Gloucester this year and Curry Club is a great opportunity to keep in touch with…
The wording of even widely used insurance policies is often not as neat and elegant as it should be and that is why judges are so frequently called upon to resolve issues of interpretation. One example concerned a medical company’s multi-million-pound claim on its insurers in respect of more than 700 unnecessary, inappropriate and negligent…
How well did we fair in Mark Cummings County Quiz? This week Tayntons appeared on Mark Cummings County Quiz on BBC Radio Gloucestershire. Our team consisted of James Melvin-Bath, Laurence Lucas, Lucy Watson, Melanie Hull, Ruth Pendell and an appearance from Janine Guthrie on Thursday. Tayntons have been in business for over 160 years and…
Dysfunctional relationships between adults cause emotional harm to children and family judges sadly often have to pick up the pieces. In one case, the relationship between a mother and a maternal grandmother was so toxic that the mother’s teenage daughter had to be placed in foster care against her own wishes. The girl had been…
The distinction between employment and self-employment is perennially difficult to draw but, as one case concerning a senior property professional showed, tribunals are used to looking beneath the surface in order to ascertain where control in a relationship really resides. A highly paid Project Manager of major land deals had given in his notice and…
Family judges deal on a daily basis with the consequences of social breakdown and, in every case in which children are involved, their welfare is the primary concern. That was certainly so in one case in which the High Court ruled on the future of a two-year-old boy whose father was aged just 14 when…
You may have seen in the news that if you registered a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) between 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2017, you can apply for a refund of part of your application fee. This is the amount that you would have paid to register your LPA. The refund scheme applies to…
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