Entries by Jenny Carpenter

Covid -19 Policy

Adams Harrison Covid-19 Policy 29th Sept 2020 Keeping you safe, keeping us safe: Please only attend at our offices by prior arrangement. Our offices remain closed to the public except by prior appointment. We continue to provide telephone or video conferencing appointments. Please come to your appointment alone unless you are instructing Adams Harrison with others. […]

What Happens When The Furlough Scheme Ends?

The Five Rs The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was introduced in March by the Government to enable organisations to keep staff on payroll and not make them redundant but send them home. It served two purposes – ensuring people stayed at home at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, whilst enabling people to keep […]

Residential Property Boundary Disputes

Does the Title Plan for a property determine the boundary for that property? One of the most common misconceptions that we come across in our property dispute resolution department is that the H M Land Registry title plan denotes unquestionably the precise boundary for a property. If only matters were this simple. The title plan […]

Adams Harrison Outside Meeting Area

We welcome you to enjoy the pleasant surroundings of our secluded, private gardens in Saffron Walden to make a will or for other solicitor consultations by prior appointment. As a business we are committed to adhering to Government guidance, therefore we are only permitting visitors to our offices by prior appointment. Our gazebo provides an […]

Adams Harrison Excellent Lexcel Audit Result July 2020

Adams Harrison is excellent – it is official. Adams Harrison has held the Lexcel accreditation since 1999 and over the last four days has undergone a rigorous full reassessment. The result being that the firm has passed with flying colours. What is Lexcel? It stands for Legal Excellence and is a Law Society accreditation in […]

Further Government Announcement On Furlough Scheme

Yesterday the Government announced that in relation to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) that whilst it will close to new entrants at the end of June this will not be applicable to parents on statutory maternity and paternity leave who return to work in the coming months even after 10th June cut-off date. However, […]

Furlough Leave Update

10th June 2020 – this is the last date for workers/employees not previously furloughed to be placed on furlough leave and for the employer to benefit from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). The scheme will close to new entrants on 30th June, meaning that from 1st July employers will only claim under the CJRS […]

Furlough Leave Update Information

All employers and organisations please be aware that in order to qualify for the subsidy from the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme all employees/workers furloughed must have been given written instruction that they cannot do any work for the organisation that has placed them on furlough, and have consented to this in writing. This is […]

Some FAQs About Furlough Answered

Some FAQs about furlough, answered by employment law specialist, Jenny Carpenter, Solicitor. Do you have to be employed to be placed on furlough leave? No, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme applies to the self employed, contractors and zero hour workers. Can furlough leave be used for those shielding at home from Covid-19 as they are […]

Employment Law Terms Explained

As a result of the Coronavirus pandemic we are experiencing unprecedented employment circumstances and lots of different terms are being used to describe a worker/employee’s situation:- Laying off The employer provides the employee with no work, nor pay for a undefined period, but retains them as an employee. Short time working The employer provides less […]