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4 weeks ago | 
luptonfawcett.com | Harry Carr |Harry Carr
For the first time, the government asked the LPC to take into account cost of living, including expected trends in inflation up to March 2026, when recommending the NLW. April will also see the introduction of the changes to employer National Insurance contributions, announced in the autumn budget.
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2 months ago | 
luptonfawcett.com | Harry Carr
Rebecca is a newly qualified solicitor who recently joined Lupton Fawcett from an in-house trainee solicitor role at a multinational health insurance company. Rebecca’s experience extends across a broad range of contentious and non-contentious IP issues including advising clients on protection, maintenance, exploitation and enforcement matters as well as on commercial agreements relating to IP.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
luptonfawcett.com | Harry Carr
A Private Member’s Bill called the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Amendment) Bill has been introduced to Parliament. It proposes to expand the current health and safety duties upon employers which are under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 to also include prevention of workplace harassment.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
luptonfawcett.com | Harry Carr
Jonathan is a commercial litigation solicitor with extensive experience in handling high-value and complex disputes. His specialisms include shareholder and director disputes, breach of commercial contracts, and regulatory matters relating to export controls, trade, and logistics. He has a proven track record in resolving intricate legal issues for clients in industries ranging from technology to renewable energy.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
luptonfawcett.com | Harry Carr
Harjit Singh joined the firm as a Senior Associate in the Commercial Property Department, bringing extensive experience and a proven track record of delivering outstanding results. Having started his legal career in 2011 at a prominent Legal 500 firm, he qualified as a solicitor in 2016 and has since developed significant expertise in Commercial Property.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
luptonfawcett.com | Harry Carr
Other highlights, at least in my house, were the start of the much anticipated new series of The Traitors, the celebrity special of Gladiators and the 2-part special of The Split: Barcelona. My parents are from a medical background and I remember growing up watching Casualty on Saturday evenings and being equally impressed and annoyed at the ability of my parents to diagnose the illness before the on screen doctors, not to mention highlighting the flaws in the plot.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
luptonfawcett.com | Harry Carr
Julian Rowden has been appointed head of commercial property at the firm, while Angela Gorton has taken on the role of head of employment. Julian joined Lupton Fawcett in 2013 and has over 30 years’ legal experience. He acts for buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants of commercial and agricultural property, with a particular specialism in the acquisition and disposal of rural land holdings.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
luptonfawcett.com | Harry Carr
The different countries that have adopted this right have applied it in different ways. Australia, for example, has made it so that outside their working hours, employees can refuse to monitor, read or respond to contact or attempted contact from their employer, or another person if the contact is work-related (for example, work-related contact from clients or members of the public) unless the employee’s refusal is unreasonable.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
luptonfawcett.com | Harry Carr
Employers will be required to pass all tips, service charges and gratuity paid on or after 1 October 2024 to employees without making any deductions (save for deductions required by law such as tax and National Insurance Contributions).
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
luptonfawcett.com | Harry Carr
The Chambers UK Legal Guide 2025 ranks law firms and solicitors based on thorough, independent research, including tens of thousands interviews with lawyers and clients. It recognises Lupton Fawcett among the top firms in Yorkshire in the areas of employment, real estate, corporate, family and intellectual property law. Managing partner James Richardson said: “Our inclusion in the Chambers 2025 guide is further evidence of our expertise across a wide range of fields.
