We were approached by an employer of a small Company to review their Contracts of Employment and Employee Handbook. Over the years, different Managers had issued contracts to employees which were each slightly different to one another, they therefore needed a full review of their contracts and to harmonise the Contracts of Employment. On reviewing…
The employment team at Tayntons helped a client who had been offered a Settlement Agreement by his employer to leave the business. Our client was a senior executive of the company. The Company were looking to make personnel changes at the top of the Company and were seeking to make our client redundant. Our team…
Michael (aged 20) has down syndrome with additional speech and motor difficulties. At the point where we were instructed to act for Michael, he had been out of education for two years. He desperately wanted to go to a specialist college in order to obtain skills in the hospitality sector, but his Local Authority (LA)…
Our client sustained a personal injury at work and received £120,000 in compensation. He was 60 years of age and working as a park warden. He was asked to go into the loft of the office. Our client then fell through the ceiling suffering personal injury at work including fractured vertebrae, fractured ribs and psychological distress. The…
Our Wills, Trusts & Probate team recently dealt with an Enduring Powers of Attorney case where an elderly client had been befriended by a man half her age. He had claimed to be homeless and our client had taken pity on him and allowed him into her life. She ended up making him her attorney…
Our Wills, Trusts & Probate lawyers recently helped an elderly client who, following a stroke, had lost their mental capacity. With no Power of Attorney in place and in the absence of any relatives wishing to deal with his affairs, our client’s finances needed looking after to deal with his investments and payment of outstanding…
The Wills, Trusts & Probate team helped an existing client that had been diagnosed with a tumour. The client, a successful business owner had two feuding adult children who were unable to provide the impartial support that would be required of them. As the client’s death was sadly imminent, the team drafted an emergency Will…
Our Wills, Trusts & Probate team recently dealt with a case involving an elderly client and issues over capacity. The client’s daughter came in to see us over a dispute she was having with her estranged brother as he was contesting the Powers of Attorney in place. Because of the LPA, our client’s bank had…
Tayntons Wills, Trusts & Probate team are currently dealing with a high value estate and the previous misdemeanors of a Will writing company. Subjected to a ‘hard sell’, our client and her husband committed to products that they were not entirely happy with. They decided to have new Wills drawn up but unfortunately the husband…
Our personal injury solicitors achieved a compensation award in excess of £1million for a young man, seriously injured in a road accident in 2003 when his bicycle was hit by a car. Without any witnesses, the Defendants argued that the cyclist had put himself in a dangerous situation. The team were able to evidence the…
Tayntons personal injury team recently won a £70,000 compensation award for a client whose personal injury claim started in 2004. The client’s elbow had been damaged due to a machine tool accident at work and despite corrective surgery, he had suffered with ongoing problems relative to the injury. Interestingly, the original offer from the Defendants…
The personal injury team at Tayntons has recently settled a case worth over £25,000 for a local client who had an accident on his first day as an agency worker. Our client was operating a forklift truck and within a few hours of working alone had injured himself. A large metal pole had fallen on…
Our personal injury team recently settled a case for a client who was at a roundabout when a lorry hit her car and drove away. Despite witness records, the lorry company denied any involvement, as did the insurers. After intense research, the PI team managed to prove that they were the insurers but the lorry…
The employment team at Tayntons advised a senior level client on a potential claim for Disability Discrimination. The client, who worked for a developer had suffered ongoing medical problems with severe bouts of depression. This led to subsequent performance issues however the employer failed to obtain medical evidence and did not follow procedures in managing…
Our employment solicitors have helped to significantly improve a client’s severance package following a standard independent consultation over a compromise agreement. The employer’s decision to terminate employment coincided with him raising concerns about company practices and our solicitors built a case against the employer, resulting in an additional £17,000 to an already substantial package.
The employment team at Tayntons recently helped a client who faced dismissal for a serious allegation against her. What did we do? Our solicitors commenced detailed investigations, revealing that colleagues were fabricating their evidence in an attempt to force her to leave. We managed to reduce the outcome to a verbal warning which helped to…
The employment team recently achieved several thousand pounds compensation for a client that had been dismissed from his post after assaulting one of his colleagues. It transpired that the incident was the result of continued racist comments and jokes that had been directed towards him. Although he had won an appeal and was invited back…
The employment team at Tayntons helped a client who sadly had suffered a cardiac arrest. He had previously been employed as an engineer and whilst recovered, his medical condition meant that he suffered short term memory loss and slower movement. On his return to work, the employer did little to accommodate his disability which made…
Our dispute resolution solicitors recently won a professional negligence case against a firm of solicitors that had failed to notice an entry on the deeds of a residential property. The client, who bought the property in 2006, lost two buyers as a result of the oversight. By the time he was able to sell the…
Our dispute resolution solicitors recently helped an elderly lady whose son had fraudulently (and without her knowledge) sold their home, in which she was living. Our client had bought the former council property with her son in 2002 under the ‘right to buy’ scheme. Two years later her son forged her signature to transfer the…
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