The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Autumn statement included a number of important employer tax announcements which are set out below: National Living Wage This applies to all employees 25 or older and raises to £7.

This week Philip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivered his first big Parliamentary speech, the Autumn Statement.

Welcome to the latest edition of #RamsdensCommercialLaw newsletter. In this edition we look at the HMRC's warning over minimum wage, we launch our family late night legal clinic and also share some great news about the Yorkshire Lawyer Awards.

The long awaited decision in Horton –v- Henry has been handed down by the Court of Appeal. It has long been the case that pension payments already being received by a bankrupt could be the subject of an income payments order (IPO).

Ramsdens has achieved wide coverage in seven key practice areas in the recently published Legal 500. The Legal 500 not only assess firms on size and resources, but also on client recommendations.

The Business, Innovation, and Skills (BIS) Committee has today launched an inquiry on corporate governance, focusing on executive pay, directors duties, and the composition of boardrooms, including worker representation and gender balance in executive positions.

Businesses will welcome updated guidance from the Government to help them comply with disability law when recruiting and employing disabled workers.

Employers will welcome a ruling that the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures, which allows a Tribunal to add an 'uplift' to compensation payable to unfairly dismissed employees, does not apply to dismissals for ill-health - unless there has been 'culpable' conduct or performance by the employee.