What is a settlement agreement? A settlement agreement (formerly known as a compromise agreement) is commonly used by an employer to seek an employee’s waiver of claim, normally in exchange for financial compensation. They are often used to terminate a contract of...
Disputes can occur between businesses for a number of reasons, but they often arise as the result of a breach of contract or the failure to pay for goods or services received. There are different ways to deal with a commercial dispute, including informal negotiation,...
6 weeks into the Covid-19 lockdown, and this is my first blog. I have started several others, but one of the features of this strange time is that as soon as you have found a subject that might be interesting to write about, we are into another phase. My...
Problem one: Delays to dispute resolution The civil justice system in the UK will inevitably slow as a result of the government measures. In one of my cases, despite ACAS Early Conciliation seemingly operating as well as could be expected, it was in fact the parties...
As we find ourselves in these very different times, it is causing many families with working parents to try and juggle conflicting areas of their family homes. I’ve been a litigation and dispute resolution lawyer for over 10 years and have been involved in some...
A breach of contract is the failure by one party to perform their part of the contract. In order claim for a breach of contract, the first stage is to establish whether a contract has indeed been formed. A contract is made up of four elements: Offer (what are the...