Square One Law is delighted by the news that Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has today approved plans to create a world-class centre for the renewable energy industries on the south bank of the Humber has been described as "massive...
The EAT’s judgment in Moran v Ideal Cleaning Services Ltd and Celanese Acetate Ltd has received a lot of attention despite being handed down a mere 4 days ago. Reports may already have reached you but if not, read on. Judge Singh’s ju...
Square One Law talks to Brian Palmer about the challenges of growing Tharsus. The Blyth-based Tharsus Group has certainly come a long way in the last 16 years with Brian Palmer at the helm. It started life as a conventional “metal bashi...
The property team at Square One Law were delighted to see their client David Clayton awarded the title of “Young Business Person of the Year” at The Journal’s annual North East Business Executive of the Year celebrations earlier this...
Square One Law interviews their client, Bill McGawley, chairman of the TDR Group as the company moves into its new, totally-bespoke training headquarters at Quorum Business Park. It is well publicised that there is a skills shortage in th...
Square One Law congratulates its client Utilitywise plc whose CEO Geoff Thompson won the “Best Use of AIM Award” at the 18th Annual AIM awards dinner held on 10th October in London. The prestigious dinner was attended by over 1,300 bu...
The recent decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Croft Vets & Others v Butcher confirms that an employer can be required to fund private medical treatment of an employee as part of a reasonable adjustment to assist them to retu...
By Jean-Pierre van Zyl, Partner and Head of the Employment at Square One Law The upsurge in zero-hours contracts has been the focus of intense political debate and has prompted extensive media coverage over recent weeks. The Government ...
By Jean- Pierre Van Zyl, partner and head of the employment group at Square One Law Jimi Hendrix is reported as having once said “if it was up to me there would be no such thing as the establishment”. Perhaps this is what the Employm...
Starting from the front room of their house in 1980, Tony and Veronica Cleary have seen their family owned business grow from a start up to the current £32million turnover, Lanchester Group. It has become a significant North East business...