Joan Pettingill, director and head of employment law and HR services at Wake Smith Solicitors, looks at two landmark cases and decisions ahead of the annual holiday.

Spring is seen as the season of new beginnings, and is a great time to ensure your affairs are in order, including making a new Will and/or Lasting Power of Attorney, or reviewing an existing one that you may have made some time ago.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that a worker is not allowed carry-over a right to payment where unpaid holiday has been taken by the worker but was not paid.

Wake Smith Solicitors have made sure exciting plans to preserve a North Yorkshire heritage railway for future generations remain on track.

HM Land Registry has unveiled its latest standard for enabling reliable identity checks to be made digitally for the purposes of property transactions and the land registration process.

We are all being told to be kind to others and ourselves. This can be particularly difficult if, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, you have found your relationship, marriage or civil partnership has come to an end.

Once a financial order has been made by the court, whether by consent or following a contested final hearing, the court expects the parties to abide by the terms of the order.

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been extended until the end of September 2021. The move means millions of workers will have 80 per cent of their wages paid for another six months.