Entries by Jenny Carpenter

National Minimum Wage – Enforcement

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The Government has just announced the new rates of pay for National Minimum Wage (NMW) that will take effect on 1st April 2023. The new rates of pay compared to those currently in place are:- Age 23 or over (NLW rate): £10.42 (up 9.7% from £9.50). Age 21 to 22: £10.18 (up 10.9% from £9.18). […]

Cakes For Macmillan October 2022

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All of last week lots of staff across all three offices were busy baking lovely home made delights that were brought to the office. Donations flooded in to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. £148 was raised. Debra Tofts, receptionist at Sawston wrote this poem about the week:- A cup of tea A slice of […]

Changes to the justice system following the death of our Queen Elizabeth II on 8th September 2022.

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Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II our managing partner, Jennifer Carpenter reflects on the monarch’s role in the justice system: Historically the monarch was a key figure for the enforcement of law and establishing a justice system. However, in modern times the monarch as Sovereign has a symbolic role only. The monarch is the […]

Long Covid May Amount To A “Disability”

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There are certain conditions that automatically qualify as a disability as set out in the Equality Act 2010. The Equality and Human Rights Commission has stated that Long Covid should not be a condition that automatically constitutes a disability. However, if a person’s symptoms have a substantial and long term adverse effect on their ability […]

Huge payment of compensation ordered in case brought against a London bank

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A huge payment of compensation ordered in sex discrimination, equal pay and victimisation case brought by Ms Macken against a London bank, BNP Paribas. An Employment Tribunal previously concluded that the bank has spitefully and vindictively discriminated against Ms Macken and caused her psychiatric harm. The bank has been ordered to pay £2,081,449.70 in compensation. […]

An Increase In The Value Of A Gift In A Will Did Not Make The Will Invalid

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The case of Skillett v Skillett in the High Court this year has held that a change in the value of a gift in a Will did not mean the person making the will had lacked the necessary capacity to understand nor approve of the Will. The Will left everything to Mr Skillett senior’s wife […]

Mock Interview Day, Castle Manor Academy Haverhill

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We were delighted to be invited to be involved in supporting Castle Manor Academy’s “Mock Interview Day” with year 11 pupils on Thursday 27th January 2022. Jennifer Carpenter, Managing Partner had the task of evaluating CVs and personal statements, then interviewing four students. A feedback session was then given to the student and then a […]

Cuts to sick pay for unvaccinated employees

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You may have seen in the media that some large organisations, like Ikea, Next and some Water authorities have amended their sickness absence policies to state that those employees that have to self-isolate as a result of being unvaccinated and a close contact of a positive Covid-19 case will not receive pay. Self-isolation is only […]

Mock Trial In Haverhill

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Jennifer Carpenter from Adams Harrison attended Samuel Ward Academy secondary school in Haverhill yesterday and conducted a Magistrates’ court mock trial with students interested in a career in law. Kerrie Cavilla Perkins the assistant headteacher said; Thank you so much for yesterday and all of the time it took to prepare. It was so professional […]

The End Of Furlough

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Sitting at my laptop at midnight on Monday 22nd March 2020 learning about “furlough” provisions for the first time felt so surreal as an employment lawyer. The idea that you could ask your employees to go home and they would get paid (albeit reduced pay) was so novel. It was unclear when the Government would […]