Moorcrofts advises Casual Films on restructuring and new investment
Moorcrofts has advised Casual Films, the global corporate and brand video production business, on a group restructure involving a shareholder exit and new investment from selected individuals to build on the group’s success and bring the group under their Ariel Media...
Moorcrofts retain position as a ‘Tier 1’ firm by Legal 500 2022
Corporate Law firm, Moorcrofts, has retained its top ‘Tier 1 ranking’ among all corporate and commercial law firms in the South East: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx region by leading industry directory, The Legal 500 UK 2022 edition for the second...
The Furlough Scheme – what have we learnt?
With the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, or as it is better known the Furlough Scheme, coming to an end on 30 September 2021, what have we learnt from the Furlough Scheme apart from introducing an entirely new concept into the…
Consultation Launched on Changes to Flexible Working
The Government has launched its consultation on the proposed changes to flexible working: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/making-flexible-working-the-default. Changes to flexible working had been included in the Conservative Party’s 2019 election manifesto and the Government had confirmed its intention back in June 2021…
Permanent Health Insurance Benefits – Why the Employment Contract is key!
A recent employment appeal tribunal case has highlighted what can go wrong when an employer’s insurance policy for healthcare differs in what it provides financially, from what the employee is contractually entitled to. In the case of Amdocs Systems Group…
Employment Law Update Webinar
With many employers adjusting to return to work as lockdown measures are eased and with employment tribunal decisions on various aspects of COVID now coming through on a regular basis, the Employment Team at Moorcrofts are hosting a free employment...
A guide to exercising break rights and the benefits of these in the Covid-19...
The current pandemic has highlighted the binding nature of commercial leasehold obligations, irrespective of whether the tenant can derive any benefit from the premises. Many tenants, particularly in the retail sector, have found themselves with little or no income, unable…
The beginning of the end for non-compete clauses?
The Government has launched a consultation on measures to reform post-termination non-compete clauses in contracts of employment: measures to reform post-termination non-compete clauses in contracts of employment These are clauses which typically prevent an employee from working for a competitor for…
Costs in the employment tribunal
It is extremely unusual for an employment tribunal judge to award costs against either party in a tribunal claim. Both ex-employees (Claimants) and employers (Respondents) will always ask their solicitors at the start of any claim “will I/we be able…
Moorcrofts Solicitor lifts the weight of Boeing 757 in aid of SpecialEffect
On Saturday 22 August, Adam Forder from Moorcrofts Corporate team completed the monumental challenge of lifting 100 tonnes (the weight of a Boeing 757 or blue whale) in an astounding 4 hours and 55 minutes! His fantastic achievements raised a…
Proposed Changes to Employment Tribunals
In the midst of employers having to deal with furlough leave and the impact of the Coronavirus, it is easy to overlook other employment law matters. One of those is the recently published report from the Law Commission on “Employment…