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The bigger picture: dismissals via Zoom

The bigger picture: dismissals via Zoom

Brief facts There has been some criticism around a boss of a US firm who fired around 900 of his staff on a single zoom call. Vishal Garg delivered the news to his colleagues that the firm were making redundancies due to the market, efficiency and performances and...
Good Divorce Week: What you need to know

Good Divorce Week: What you need to know

Good Divorce Week takes place annually on the last week in November, this year being 29 Nov – 3rd Dec. It is organised by Resolution (first for family law), a membership organisation of family lawyers committed to a constructive and non-confrontational approach to...
Kids and Christmas: A Guide for Separated Parents

Kids and Christmas: A Guide for Separated Parents

Christmas is often described as the ‘best time of the year’, a ‘joyous occasion’. But for many separated parents it is a time of anxiety and worry when it comes to sorting out the child arrangements. For those parents it can be a period of dread having to argue over...
Raab: Mediate or Pay the Costs

Raab: Mediate or Pay the Costs

Documents produced by the Judiciary have shown that private family law cases may not return to pre-Covid levels until 2023. Backlogs in private law cases have increased 18% during the course of the pandemic. This has led to interim measures including conducting more...
Furlough scheme comes to a close: 30 September 2021

Furlough scheme comes to a close: 30 September 2021

Current Furlough position As has been planned for some time, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is due to end on 30 September 2021. Whilst the CJRS was due to come to a close originally back in April 2021, this was further extended to deal with the...