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Breaching a settlement agreement
April 1st, 2014 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Breach of Confidential Information, Choosing an Independent Legal Advisor to provide Advice on the Terms of your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreement Collectively Agreed, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Enhanced Redundancy Pay, Keeping the Terms of your Compromise Agreement Confidential, Legal Fees, Necessity for Legal Advice on the Terms of Your Compromise Agreement, Negotiating a Settlement, Payment in Lieu of Notice, Reason for Leaving, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Repayment of Redundancy Pay, Restrictive Covenants, Settlement Agreement, Settlement Agreement Lawyer, Settlement Agreement Solicitor, Settlement Payment, Signing Compromise Agreements, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
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Breaching the terms of your settlement agreement
February 24th, 2014 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Enhanced Redundancy Pay, Legal Fees, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Repayment of Redundancy Pay, Settlement Agreement, Settlement Agreement Lawyer, Settlement Agreement Solicitor, Settlement Payment, Termination of Employment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
If you breach the terms of your settlement agreement after having been made redundant, you would have to repay the enhanced amount of redundancy payment that was paid to you. Employees are usually alarmed about this. We have seen cases where employers go further and ask for a full indemnity in the event of a breach […]
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Redundancy – Returning the Signed Settlement Agreement – Legal Adviser’s Certificate – Seeking Extension
December 10th, 2013 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Adviser's Certificate in Your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Legal Fees, Offer from your employer, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Signing Compromise Agreements, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
If you have been given a deadline by which to return the signed settlement agreement and legal adviser’s certificate and it is unlikely that you would be able to meet this deadline, you should seek an immediate extension from your employer. Otherwise, there is a risk that you could lose the redundancy offer that has […]
Tags: Legal Adviser's Certificate·Redundancy·Returning the Signed Settlement Agreement·Seeking Extension
Employment Lawyers London
April 15th, 2013 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Enhanced Redundancy Pay, Independent Legal Advice, Legal Fees, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Settlement Payment, Signing Compromise Agreements, Voluntary Redundancy
If you are an employee and you are offered a compromise agreement you must seek independent legal advice in order to get an appreciation of the legal implications of what you have been asked to sign by your employer. Typically, there will be standard provisions and other provision that are specific to your circumstances. Our […]
Advice on terms of Compromise Agreement, Costs for Legal Advice, Redundancy
November 13th, 2012 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Legal Fees, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
If RT Coopers Solicitors advise you on the terms of your compromise agreement, then unless there are substantial negotiations to be carried out, we would usually accept the amount that your employer is offering as cover for your legal expenses. There is minimum amount which we would accept and we would indicate to you what […]
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Employment Law, Redundancy, Compromise Agreements, Legal Advice, Legal Fees
March 5th, 2012 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Independent Legal Advice, Legal Fees, Payment of Legal Advisers, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Severance Pay
When it comes to paying for legal advice taken in relation to redundancies and compromise agreements, the usual position is for the employment lawyers to invoice the employer in the name of the employee, with this being payable by the employer. From our experience we have only seen a handful of situations where an employee […]
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Employment Law, Compromise Agreement, Disciplinary, Negotiation, Dismissal
October 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Choosing an Independent Legal Advisor to provide Advice on the Terms of your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Grievance, Independent Legal Advice, Legal Fees, Necessity for Legal Advice on the Terms of Your Compromise Agreement, Negotiating a Settlement, Offer from your employer, Payment Terms, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment
Where an employee has accepted a compromise agreement instead of going through a disciplinary procedure, we have found that employers are less accommodating on certain points of the offer. It is down to hard negotiations and whether the employee really wants to incur such costs for negotiations. In saying that, however, there are key points […]
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Compromise Agreement, Equality Act, Employment law
November 12th, 2010 · 4 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Equality Act, Legal Fees, Necessity for Legal Advice on the Terms of Your Compromise Agreement, Payment of Legal Advisers, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment
Section 147 of the Equality Act 2010 http://www.equalities.gov.uk/equality_act_2010.aspx (“the Act”) has already become the subject of legal discussion, due to apparent ambiguities. This section of the Act sets out the requirements for an enforceable ‘compromise contract’ which purports to settle claims arising under the Act. The ambiguity is in relation to the definition of an ‘independent […]
Compromise agreement, employment lawyers, compromise agreements
August 20th, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Legal Fees
We are constantly asked about legal costs. Here is our position:- We accept your employer’s contribution and there is nothing else to pay to us to cover your legal costs of providing you with independent legal advice on the terms of your compromise agreement. It is only in the following circumstances that you may be charged above your employer’s […]
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Compromise Agreement – Independent legal advice
August 3rd, 2010 · 6 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Legal Fees, Payment of Legal Advisers, Unfair Dismissal, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
In the compromise agreement, it would state that the Employer would pay the solicitor a contribution of up to £[ ] plus Value Added Tax towards the employee’s legal costs if the compromise agreement is executed by the employee, subject to receipt of an invoice addressed to the employee but marked payable by the Employer, and subject to confirmation from the […]