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MenuStories of rapacious family members milking the assets of those who entrust them with managing their affairs are regrettably very common and a recent case illustrates the risk of placing one’s financial wellbeing in the hands of someone who proves to be untrustworthy. Continue reading →
Consumers have a right to expect that the goods they purchase are of satisfactory quality and do not expose them to risk of injury, as was illustrated by a case in which a homeowner won the right to compensation after a furniture unit came apart and fell on his foot. Continue reading →
The Starr Trust, one of Brighton’s leading children’s charities recently appointed Partner and Head of Media at Healys, Nicholas Taylor, as Ambassador. Continue reading →
Opticians don’t just sell glasses, they perform an important role in spotting potential problems that need to be referred to a doctor. In a case on point, a schoolboy who was left almost blind after an optician failed to detect a benign brain tumour won almost £500,000 in compensation. Continue reading →
Healys are delighted to announce that they have been shortlisted for the second time in two years to win “Mortgage Conveyancer of the Year” at The Mortgage Awards. Continue reading →
The Supreme Court has ruled that the way in which a university employee’s ill-health early retirement pension was calculated, based on the part-time salary he earned in the last three years before he took early retirement, did not constitute ‘unfavourable treatment’ for the purposes of Section 15(1) of the Equality Act 2010 (Williams v The Trustees of Swansea University Pension and Assurance Scheme and Another). Continue reading →
The 30th anniversary of MIPIM is just around the corner, and once again Healys will be attending. This year our team will be joining the Egypt Delegation, and will be based in The Palais Des Festivals. Held between the 12th and the 15th of March in Cannes, MIPIM is the largest real estate networking event in the property calendar. This year there are expected to be 24,000 delegates from over 100 countries, and three distinct teams from Healys will be attending the 4 day event. Continue reading →
The Companies (Miscellaneous Reporting) Regulations 2018, made under the Companies Act 2006, came into force on 1 January 2019. They introduce new corporate governance reporting requirements for UK-listed companies with an average of more than 250 employees in the relevant financial year to publish the pay gap between their Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and their average UK worker. Continue reading →
The law regulating what information a person must reveal concerning his or her criminal record when seeking employment attempts to strike a balance between guarding against the risk of harm caused if someone were to reoffend and allowing someone to get their life back on track by giving them an opportunity for rehabilitation. Continue reading →
For the third successive year, personal insolvencies are up. In 2018, the number of people entering into insolvency in the UK rose to 155,229, an increase of 16%, and the highest since 2011. Continue reading →
