FREETH CARTWRIGHT REAL ESTATE LAWYER NOMINATED FOR TOP PROPERTY AWARD
“Adam Watson goes beyond the call of duty” and is “exceptionally competent” - two reasons why the Freeth Cartwright senior solicitor has been nominated in the Best Newcomer category of The Midlands Property Awards.
FREETH CARTWRIGHT CORPORATE CHALLENGE BIKE RIDE - SUNDAY 22 JUNE 2008
The inaugural Freeth Cartwright Corporate Challenge took place on Sunday 22 June as part of the Great Notts Bike Ride. The business community came together to cycle in blustery conditions to raise money for five nominated charities: Marie Curie Cancer Care, Cerebral Palsy Sport, When You Wish Upon a Star, Rainbows Hospice and the Geoff Thomas Foundation.
In this edition of In Touch, we look at events which happened over the past 6 months, covering the move of our Leicester office to new, state-of-the-art premises and the opening of a new office in Birmingham; the internal appointment of 7 new partners; our work with the Midlands Aerospace Alliance; Chambers Leaders in the field rankings; keeping it healthy in Stockport and supporting a company’s expansion in the middle east.
In this Review, Vanessa DiCuffa (pictured above) looks at new rights which will be given to Agency Workers and also the draft code of practice published by ACAS on discipline and grievance which will form part of the proposed changes to employment law including the repeal of the statutory dismissal and grievance procedures. With ever increasing numbers of staff signed off work with depression, the Review looks at ACAS guidance on how to spot and deal with this issue in the workplace.
Cases concerning employment liability for suicide, sick pay during maternity leave and striking out defences to claims where employers intimidate claimants are also featured.
FREETH CARTWRIGHT’S DOUBLE SCOOP FOR SOCIAL HOUSING SPECIALISTS
PATIENT CONSIDERS LEGAL ACTION AFTER OPERATION AT GLENFIELD HOSPITAL
HOUSE OF LORDS JUDGEMENT IN FREETH CARTWRIGHT PRODUCT LIABILITY CASE
The House of lords today referred a case run by Freeth Cartwright back to the European Court asking it to decide whether the interpretation argued for by counsel instructed by Freeth Cartwright on behalf of the Claimant was correct as 4 of their Lordships thought or whether the European Court judgment had another meaning as held by one House of Lords judge. The case involves a young disabled child who claims that his disability results from a defective vaccine.
FREETH CARTWRIGHT LAWYER ON A MISSION TO AFRICA
A Leicester solicitor at the region’s premier law firm will soon be swapping his hectic working day for helping deprived communities in Cape Town, South Africa.