Backhouse Solicitors News
What a fantastic event! Thank you very much to everyone who attended the Friends of City Business Expo in April - we had over 200 people attend, making it the busiest meeting yet. The feedback from the guests has been overwhelmingly positive - thank you all [...]
Are you looking for a new role with a modern, forward thinking law firm? Backhouse Solicitors are a leading specialist employment law and debt recovery firm, based in Chelmsford with clients across Essex, London and the South East ranging from private individuals up to £200m+ corporates. [...]
In a vote on 16 April 2013, the European Parliament voted to cap bankers’ bonuses in order to "curb speculative risk-taking". Under the plans, bonuses will be capped at the same amount as basic salary. However, this could be raised to a maximum of twice annual salary if approved [...]
What a great event - thank you very much to everyone who attended Friends of City on 26 March. 100 people joined us to network and meet new business contacts over a hot bacon roll and the feedback from the attendees has been extremely positive. We are [...]
What a great event! Thank you very much to everyone who attended Friends of City on 21 February. Just over 200 people booked in and over 150 joined us for lunch and some excellent networking with old friends and new contacts. While other events come and go, [...]
Legal Aid is a government funded scheme providing access to justice for those who can’t afford to pay legal fees. However, the Legal Aid scheme is being drastically cut back from 1 April 2013 and employment law cases will no longer be covered. Here at Backhouse [...]
When you come to us with an employment law enquiry it may often seem that we are obsessed with dates and seem particularly interested in exactly what was said and done on each day. There is a very important reason for this, as found out by [...]
What a great event! Thank you very much to everyone who attended Friends of City on 16 January. Well over 100 people braved the freezing conditions and threat of snow to join us for a bacon roll and some excellent networking. Word is spreading far and [...]
Misconduct investigations are one of the least pleasant aspects of being an employer and one we hope we will never have to go through. Unfortunately, most employers will face the challenge at some point, so it’s very important that they understand what is expected of them. [...]
Every year the maximum limits on Employment Tribunal awards claims are updated to allow for inflation and any changes to Government policy. Details of the annual increases for 2013 have just been announced. The main updates are as follows: The maximum compensation for a week’s pay used to [...]