At yesterday’s Partners’ Meeting we celebrated three partners’ birthdays, Rhodri Rees, our Senior Partner, had a special birthday being 60 years old. Then Melanie Pratlett and Frances Walker also have birthdays this week, so we enjoyed a very nice birthday cake to celebrate.
Adams Harrison received this thank you from EACH for a recent bag collection that they carried out. Whilst it refers to the Sawston office but that is purely because they were the collection point for all the bags from all three offices that contributed to the amount collected.
The partners are very pleased to announce that Matt Darmon has done exceedingly well on the Legal Practice Course by achieving a distinction in his Advanced Commercial Litigation module and a high merit pass in Advanced Commercial Property. His final exam is in Employment Law in June for which we wish him luck.
All staff had been given the opportunity to bake and we would then all purchase items and all proceeds to go to Red Nose Day collection.
Please check back next week when we will let you know the grand total of the baking fundraising and also in house raffle takings.
Executors are the people you appoint in your Will to carry out the administration of your estate when you pass away. Although many people choose to appoint family members or friends, it is also possible to appoint professional executors such as Solicitors.
Here are some reasons why you may wish to appoint professional executors:-
Although professional executors will make a charge for their services, their appointment can be invaluable.
For more information, please contact a member of our Wills and Probate department for expert and professional advice.
Hayley Ford
Adams Harrison choose to donate to local charities rather than sending cards out to clients and business associates at Christmas.
The amount of £350.00 was donated to Homestart Royston and South Cambridgeshire.
To see more about the work of Homestart please visit www.hsrsc.org.uk
Homestart Saffron Walden was also presented with a cheque for £350
L to R Jennifer Carpenter Managing Partner Adams Harrison Presents cheque to Maureen Brierley and Sarah Mascall of Home Start.
Jenny Carpenter presenting the cheque to Debbie Flicos and Camilla Lethbridge of Home Start Saffron Walden
The amount of £350 was presented to the Befriending Scheme in Haverhill by Jenny Carpenter.
The Befriending Scheme in Haverhill thebefriendingscheme.org.uk/about-us/gallery/haverhill-hub/ meet every Friday 10 til 3 and fortnightly on Tues evenings and are looking for volunteers. They were all very pleased and cheered when I spoke to them all!
Jenny Carpenter presents the cheque to the Befriending Scheme
Thank you letter from Homestart Royston
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
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
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
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.
