2016 | Adams Harrison

Emma Laidlaw Organises Support For Haverhill Food Bank

December 19, 2016/in News/by Emma Laidlaw

Each year Emma Laidlaw delivers large boxes to each office and asks that we fill them with donations for the Haverhill Food Bank.

Emma then goes round and collects them up a couple of weeks later, and as you will see then delivers all the food we have collected to the Food Bank.

This year a total of 77kgs was donated by the three offices and delivered to the Food Bank by Emma.

Well done to Emma for organizing it all, and well done to the partners and staff of Adams Harrison for collecting such a large amount.

Emma Laidlaw of Adams Harrison At Haverhill Food Bank

Save The Children Christmas Jumper Day 2016

December 16, 2016/in News/by Sue Lawton

The team at Adams Harrison have risen to the challenge of Save The Children’s Christmas Jumper Day, donning their finest jumpers to raise £32 for this excellent charity.

Wishing all our staff and clients a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Saffron Walden Office

Sawston Office

Haverhill Office

What Should Be Included In Holiday Pay?

November 25, 2016/in News/by Jenny Carpenter

There has been a significant amount of cases addressing the question of what it is appropriate for an employer to pay for periods of statutory annual leave. The position is clear and straightforward where the employee receives a regular wage, or even if the hours or wage are irregular it is clear from the Working Time Regulations 1998 that average remuneration should be calculated over the previous 12 weeks prior to leave being taken. The position is more complex though when the employee/worker receives additional contractual payments as part of their remuneration to include bonuses, overtime and commission.

The Court of Appeal decision in the British Gas Trading Ltd –v- Lock and another case has now been reported. The Court of Appeal has upheld the Employment Appeal Tribunal decision that where an employee receives an element of results-based commission as part of their pay this should be included when they are on statutory annual leave. However, the case does not specify how this should be calculated.
We can advise on holiday pay cases both for employees and employers.

Jennifer Carpenter
Employment Law Specialist
Partner

Guess The Number of Smarties for Children In Need

November 24, 2016/in News/by Jenny Carpenter

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How Many Smarties?

Adams Harrison staff across their 3 offices took place in various activities in support of Children in Need 2016.

The main event was guessing how many Smarties were in a jar, plus there was a raffle and general collections.

The Smarties game was won by Partner Melanie Pratlett’s son.

The total raised was £115.00.

Adams Harrison Great Office Bake Off 2016

November 9, 2016/in News/by Jack Stewart

Adams Harrison staff took part in the Great Office Bake Off, not sure how much weight they have all put on!

One of the local Estate Agents acted as the Judge.

All cakes were wonderful.

The winner was….

Teresa for her Lemon Cupcakes with Homemade Lemon Curd.

Thank you to everyone that got involved and donated. We have so far raised £153.77 for Macmillan.

Becky

Adams Harrison Bake Off Winner 2016 Teresa

Adams Harrison 2016 Bake Off winning lemon cupcakes

Adams Harrison 2016 Bake Off Prize

Wear It Pink Day

October 24, 2016/in News/by Sue Lawton

Adams Harrsion staff supported “Wear It Pink Day” and after the event Teresa Pitts wrote;

Thank you for supporting the Breast Cancer Appeal. Across the three offices we have raised a total of £86.23 .

Becky won the scratch card and very kindly donated the money she had won to this worthwhile charity.

Adams Harrison Support Wear It Pink Day 2016

Uttlesford Schools’ Careers Fair 2016

October 22, 2016/in News/by Sue Lawton

Five representatives of Adams Harrison attended the Uttlesford Schools’ Careers Fair, Lisa Thornhill, Hayley Ford, Emma Laidlaw, Jack Stewart and Sue Lawton.

They were able to discuss the career path into law with a lot of students, and Sue Lawton reported “I had one young lady ask me a question I have never been asked before, How do I become a Crown Court Judge?”.

These events are hugely important for Adams Harrison as, this is our future….

Lisa Thornhill, Emma Laidlaw and Hayley Ford at Uttesford Schools Careers Fair

Jack Stewart at Uttesford Schools Careers Fair

Certificate Of Appreciation Uttesford Schools Fair 2016

Adams Harrison Triathlon Results

October 3, 2016/in News/by Rebecca Dedman

Well done everyone who took part in the Triathlon yesterday, we were really lucky weather wise and you were all brilliant! The final times were:-

Team 1:-
Lois – (swim) 12 minutes 27 seconds
Andy – (cycle) 1 hour 34 minutes 39 seconds
Rebecca (run) 1 hour 31 seconds
Total time including transition time: 2 hours 49 minutes 27 seconds.

Team 2:-
Hayley (swim) 12 minutes 16 seconds
Mr Harrison (cycle) 1 hour 57 minutes 48 seconds
Simon (run) 54 minutes 10 seconds
Total time including transition time: 3 hours 6 minutes 27 seconds.

HOW CLOSE WAS THE SWIM!!

We came 2^nd and 3^rd in the team relay and we have two trophies which are now in the library at Haverhill. The Adams Harrison Triathlon trophy has gone to Sawston with Rebecca for the victorious team!

Adams Harrison sponsor this event so we were very pleased to have achieved such a good result with our teams.

Thank You From The Organisers

We were delighted to receive the following letter from the organisers.

Jeans for Genes 2016

September 26, 2016/in News/by Sue Lawton

We were pleased to support the Jeans for Genes day on Friday 23rd September.

The money raised on Jeans for Genes Day funds a range of initiatives that improve the quality of life of children affected by genetic disorders. You can read more at the Jeans For Genes website.

Thank you to all those that donated to this charity by wearing your denim in the office we are pleased to be able to report that across all three offices we raised £56.00.