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Category Archives: Legal Articles

Friday, Mar-29, 2024

Workplace Mediation – Blessed Are the Peacemakers!

Making peace in the workplace can prevent issues from escalating. McCormicks Solicitors’ Head of Employment Law Iain Jenkins takes a look at the process. Workplace Mediation – Blessed Are the Peacemakers! “What about the cheesemakers?” or at least that was the bounce back which still makes me laugh in the film The Life of Brian!…
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Settlement Agreements – An Overused Cop out or a Common Sense Clean Break?

Are settlement agreements a common sense arrangement when employers and employees need to part company or are they overused? McCormicks Solicitors’ Head of Employment Iain Jenkins sets out the arguments. Settlement Agreements – An Overused Cop out or a Common Sense Clean Break? Where would employment lawyers be without the common-or-garden settlement agreement? It would…
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Gay Head Teacher Awarded £700,000 Following Finding of Discrimination

There are no limits to compensation on claims for equality discrimination. Head of Employment Law at McCormicks, Iain Jenkins, looks at the implications. Gay Head Teacher Awarded £700,000 Following Finding of Discrimination A number of employment claims are subject to a cap on compensation but this is not the case with claims for discrimination under…
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Knotty Problem

Knotty Problem McCormicks’ Property team is practiced in dealing with all kinds of issues but one, in particular, has proved a challenge for both residential and commercial property owners and buyers. Japanese knotweed is notorious for its fast growth, through its underground roots or rhizomes. It is also notorious for the lengths and expense required…
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