A recent court case where a building firm, Kent Blaxill, was prosecuted over an accident in their car park where a customer suffered a ‘serious head injury’ has brought into focus the importance of companies paying the utmost attention to ensuring that proper health and safety measures are in place to protect their staff, customers…
Separation and subsequent divorces are always especially challenging where children are involved. Sorting out child maintenance issues on the parties’ initial separation is not always as straight forward as simply applying to the Child Maintenance Service. Danielle Messenger, a Family Law Specialist at award winning leading law firm Pictons says “At Pictons we give consideration…
Pictons has renewed its sponsorship of Luton’s amateur boxing sensation Jordan Reynolds for the fifth year running, as the talented young sportsman continues to develop his championship career. Jordan, who is on the England team, is only 20 years old but his boxing career is going from strength to strength. Two weeks ago he won…
It’s that time of year when hoards of skiers are flying off to the mountains in Europe and beyond to enjoy their annual thrilling adventure on the snowy slopes. It’s a great way to get rid of some Christmas excess pounds, breathe lots of fresh air, exercise your body to its maximum and then relax…
Yes says the European Court of Human Rights (“ECHR”) In a dramatic ruling by the European Court of Human Rights, employers are allowed to read the private messages of their employees on email and other forms of internet communication on a work computer. The ruling is in relation to a recent case where a firm…
While it’s well known that divorce enquiries rise dramatically after the Christmas and summer holidays, some interesting research has revealed that the reason is not, as expected, that it’s because families have been in such close proximity over the holiday period. Instead, it was likely that the relationships were already in trouble and one or…
Anyone can buy a property at an auction, whether you are a private buyer making a buy-to-let investment, newcomers to the property market who are purchasing their first home or if you are a professional investor. An auction not only gives you the opportunity to buy property at a competitive price that is below the…
The emotional fallout from getting divorced is bad enough – but having to sort out financial matters can make a terrible situation even worse. There is some comfort in knowing that it doesn’t have to result in months of arguing, litigation and high legal costs. Amy Chesterfield, a Family Law specialist at Pictons says ”The…
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) is to hear the case of Lock v British Gas on 8 and 9 December. The case will be heard after British Gas appealed an employment tribunal (ET) ruling in March found that commission must be included when employers calculate holiday pay. The Employment Tribunal (ET) ruled that the Working Time…
Pictons, an award-winning leading regional law firm – which has been recognised for its work in supporting the community – has signed up as Headline Sponsor of the MK Digital Awards 2015. Pictons Solicitors, which operates from three offices including one at Silbury Boulevard, Milton Keynes, has joined Milton Keynes Council, Invest MK and Heart…