Author: Marta Grzelak, Partner at McHale & Co Solicitors* (see website). *McHale & Co Solicitors do not provide legal advice in Scotland In order to briefly illustrate an issue regarding deportation as well as the procedure of appealing deportation order I would like to share with our readers a very recent case our firm was successfully […]
Author: Nicholas Richardson, Partner at Richardson & Wspólnicy (see website) Continued from part 2 “Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.” The words of Friedrich Nietzsche which come to mind this week as Poland’s new anti-defamation law attracts international criticism, […]
Author: Barry Stewart, Personal and Corporate Recovery Specialist and Director at 180 Advisory Solutions Limited (see whole article). Continued from part 2 What about pre-pack sales? Unfortunately, it can get even more complicated with pre-package (pre-pack) sales. A pre-pack sale is where the sale of the business has been agreed before the insolvency and is completed immediately upon the […]
Author: Priya Cunningham at Thompsons Solicitors (see website) Continued from Part 1 The power imbalance in the producer/actor relationship means that a woman asserting her right not to be sexually harassed may find herself out of work with a severely damaged career. However, while the employee and employer relationship is unequal in terms of […]
Author: Andrew Brown, Partner at Anderson Strathern Solicitors (see website) The Advocate General for the European Court of Justice has given an opinion on whether time spent by workers on stand-by away from the workplace counts as “working time”. Ville de Nivelles v Matzak What was the background? The employee was a firefighter […]
Author: Priya Cunningham at Thompsons Solicitors (see website) Harvey Weinstien – a name little known in the mainstream, until recent weeks. The name is now synonymous with abuse, sexual harassment, assault, degradation and misuse of power. In the past weeks a growing number of women have come forward with accusations against the producer. […]
… and other less busy ones in Scotland. Author: Kuba Hiterski Photo: Jane McPhelim Continued from part 5 (You can also find the whole article on our blog here). 10) The future of interpreting in Scottish Courts. Scotland has the potential to lead the world. Given all of the above, what will be the […]
Author: Priya Cunningham at Thompsons Solicitors (see website) Continued from part 1 Harassment occurs where a person engages in unwanted conduct, related to the relevant protected characteristic (See Part 1), where the conduct has the purpose of violating the person’s dignity, or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for the employee. […]
Author: Nicholas Richardson, Partner at Richardson & Wspólnicy (see website) Continued from part 1 “Justice in the life of the state is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.” The words of Plato, and whatever feelings of justice may reside on the hearts and souls of Polish citizens, […]
… and other less busy ones in Scotland. Author: Kuba Hiterski Photo: Jane McPhelim Continued from part 4 (You can also find the whole article on our blog here). … 9) Immigration and the Scottish Government Policy. The real threat to the Scottish society in a form of unjust legal system lies in political […]
Author: Barry Stewart, Personal and Corporate Recovery Specialist and Director at 180 Advisory Solutions Limited (see whole article). Continued from part 1 Can the company or business recover? Sometimes (albeit quite rarely) businesses that may be healthy in the long-term and need the protection of administration to allow time for the rescue or restructuring process to be executed. Following the […]
Author: Nicholas Richardson, Partner at Richardson & Wspólnicy (see website) “All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous judiciary.” The words of United States president Andrew Jackson have (recently) assumed greater relevance in Poland as many thousands took […]
… and other less busy ones in Scotland. Author: Kuba Hiterski Photo: Jane McPhelim Continued from part 3 (You can also find the whole article on our blog here.) … 7) ‘Tell him that…’ OR we’re only here to help Occasionally I am asked ‘to interpret every single word’ or worse still ‘tell him […]
Author: Priya Cunningham at Thompsons Solicitors (see website) The concept of equality is straightforward; no one should be unfairly treated. The Equality Act 2010 protects people from being discriminated against, not only in their workplace, but also in the provision of services. This covers access to healthcare, access to education, access and service […]
… and other less busy ones in Scotland. Author: Kuba Hiterski Photo: Jane McPhelim Continued from part 2 (You can also find the whole article on our blog here.) … 4) Money makes the world go round So sang Liza Minelli and Joel Grey. Money is of course a very sensitive and dividing issue, so […]
Author: Barry Stewart, Personal and Corporate Recovery Specialist and Director at 180 Advisory Solutions Limited (see whole article). Earlier this year, Alfreton-based packaging company Charapak entered administration after key client losses and bad debt rendered them unable to pay their bills. Judging by previous newspaper reports about administration failures, you’d be excused for thinking Charapak was destined for the scrap heap […]
… and other less busy ones in Scotland. Author: Kuba Hiterski Photo: Jane McPhelim Continued from part 1 (You can also find the whole article on our blog here.) … 2) Interpreting between two languages is heard enough. Working with three and more languages makes you a superhuman. Do you speak Russian? I wish I […]
Author: Marta Grzelak, Partner at McHale & Co Solicitors* (see website). *McHale & Co Solicitors do not provide legal advice in Scotland Losing a loved one can be very painful and traumatic. Dealing with their financial affairs may also prove to be a challenging process as it is necessary to begin a formal process of […]
… and other less busy ones in Scotland. Author: Kuba Hiterski Photo: Jane McPhelim Your face is your badge – I heard from a security guard one day clearly showing I am no stranger to the courts… – don’t worry, I am not one of those ‘pesky’ foreign criminals you can read about […]
Author: Priya Cunningham at Thompsons Solicitors (see website) March 8th celebrates International Women’s Day. It is a celebration of women’s achievements throughout history. So, in 2017, what are women celebrating and what have they achieved? Cressida Dick has recently been appointed to the post of Police Chief of the Metropolitan Police. She is […]
Author: Priya Cunningham at Thompsons Solicitors (see website) In a very recent case in the Employment Tribunal in Aberdeen, a Polish woman who was banned from speaking Polish to anyone, including other Polish workers, has been awarded more than £5,000 in compensation. In that case the employer had insisted that the employee speak English […]
Zakon training were very pleased to present a seminar on “The Art of Police Interviewing for Interpreters” at Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln on 6 October 2016. We in Zakon Training are only too well aware that there is a general lack of training and awareness amongst interpreters about what techniques police interviewers […]
Author: Marta Grzelak, Partner at McHale & Co Solicitors* (see website). *McHale & Co Solicitors do not provide legal advice in Scotland In March last year I had the pleasure to be invited to a seminar on bankruptcy organised by ASBiRO University. I listened to a number of very interesting, although sad stories […]
Author: Priya Cunningham at Thompsons Solicitors (see website) Generally speaking, the answer is no as this can be classed as discrimination. However, this does depend on the type of workplace you are in, the type of job that you do and the reason why you might be required to speak a certain language. […]
Author: Marta Grzelak, Partner at McHale & Co Solicitors* (see website). *McHale & Co Solicitors do not provide legal advice in regards to properties in Scotland There are two types of property-share ownership in England: a) Beneficial joint tenants (the whole property belongs to both owners as one) b) Tenants in common (joint ownership as […]
Author: Priya Cunningham at Thompsons Solicitors (see website) The answer is NO! To do so would be unlawful. An employer cannot sack you, or treat you badly because you have raised a complaint at work, or brought a claim against them, regardless of what the complaint is about. Your complaint might be that […]
English law has developed over many centuries and has amassed various forms of property ownership which are incredibly complex and, as such, hard to compare with those in Poland. From full ownership of land and anything permanently affixed to the land such as buildings (collectively referred to as real estate or immovable property) through the […]
On October 6th we are hosting a day-long seminar at Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln. The day will give interpreters an insight into the kind of training that police interviewers receive, with additional inputs on the law and practice advice around interviews involving interpreters to help them to improve their own knowledge and performance. As […]
Within the next few months a timetable will be placed on Payment Protection Insurance claims. This product, which was clearly a good product when correctly if correctly and properly sold to people that needed it, was abused significantly by sales persons. It is believed that the compensation period door will close within the next […]
Employees in the UK benefit from employment rights from two sources. Domestic law which is UK based law in the form of Acts of Parliament and case law, the second source of law is EU law. Under the terms of the European Communities Act 1972, EU law has supremacy over domestic law, effectively meaning that domestic law […]
Trade Union membership is more important now than it has ever been. The recent downturn in work in the Oil & Gas and Manufacturing Sectors have seen mass redundancies on a scale that was only seen during the last recession. Employees finding themselves in such a situation are better protected than non union members. […]
Permanent residence card gives us several advantages, e.g. significantly simplifies the process of applying for British citizenship as well as it can improve our credit history which is critical for mortgage applications (see below). From 12 November 2015 EU applicants seeking to reply on a right of permanent residence in an application for British citizenship must provide […]
Residents in Scotland who have come from Central Europe a number of years ago should be wary of schemes to have them transfer any UK Pension entitlements from Employers particularly Union organised Companies, National Health Service, DSS and any large Organisations into Pension Schemes suggesting that significant additional income will be made above the traditional Pension fund. […]