The Building Safety Fund has been topped up by an additional £3.5bn with the Government making clear its view that no leaseholder in a building above 6 storeys or 18m (which is consistent with the current definition of Higher Risk Building in the Building Safety Bill) should have to pay for remedial work undertaken to unsafe cladding.
We are delighted to have been awarded with the Banking & Finance Law award at the Yorkshire Legal Awards, whose virtual ceremony took place on 15th December.
2020 has been different for us all; but one thing has remained unchanged at Devonshires – our commitment to our partner charities.
We are delighted to have secured a ranking in ‘The Times Best Law Firms 2021’ list!
Our outstanding Clinical Negligence team has been named a finalist at the Personal Injury Awards 2020 in the ‘Clinical Negligence Team of the Year’ category.
On Saturday 17th of October, we kicked-off a two-week ‘Devonshires’ 500 miles Challenge’ to raise vital funds for our four partner charities.
Last month an Employment Tribunal held that the philosophical beliefs of an employee that gender cannot be fluid and that an individual cannot change their biological sex or gender were protected beliefs under the Equality Act 2010.
On the 25th March we published an article outlining the restrictions on a landlord exercising forfeiture. Today we revisit this, and outline what landlords can do if a tenant is in default.
Last month we reported on the Minutes from the 41st Employment Tribunals National User Group meeting, where the backlog of cases in the Employment Tribunals, caused by the abolishment of Tribunal fees in 2017 and Covid-19, was discussed.
Devonshires maintains 100% newly-qualified retention rate for two years running.
