In the UK, if you are an ‘employee’, how much you are paid is governed by your contract of employment. The government sets minimum levels of pay which apply to most people – the National Living Wage, (or the National Minimum Wage if you are under the age of 25), [...]
As a Claimant in a claim, or a witness on behalf of the Claimant, the Court rules require various documents to be signed by a “Statement of Truth”. This applies to various court documents “Claim Form”, “Particulars of Claim”, “Schedule of Loss”, disclosure lists, Witness Statements and expert reports (although [...]
In this blog, Harrogate Solicitor and current President of Harrogate District Law Society, sets out his personal views on the Brexit deadlock. I confess: I'm a total political nerd, as nerdy as it gets. Politics is my favourite topic of conversation, hence why I never get invited to parties. Politics [...]
When a patient consults a doctor about proposed surgery, the doctor must not be overly optimistic on the success of the proposed surgery. A doctor's number one duty is to act in the best interest of the patient. Specific guidance contained within the Good Medical Practice 2013 expressly requires doctors to listen [...]
“Do you remember Julia Roberts’ character in the film Erin Brockovich?” asked founder of Truth Legal Solicitors in Harrogate. “She was a personal injury attorney, fighting the big corporations who had made all her clients really sick. She was fighting the good fight -and she won. That’s what we [...]
Q - With Truth Legal approaching its fifth anniversary, tell me how do you feel about the project? A - I'm immensely proud of what we have achieved in a short period of time, and yet I feel that we have only just begun. There is so much more that [...]
You might think that instructing a solicitor is almost a given when encountering a legal problem. In the same way that you go to your GP if you feel ill, if you run into legal difficulty, you go to see your solicitor. But does this traditional view reflect reality? Not [...]
Left: Andrew Gray, founder and director of Truth Legal, Middle: Damien Smith, Governor at Willow Tree Primary School, Right: Georgina Parkin, Director and Solicitor at Truth Legal. At Truth Legal, we pride ourselves on giving to charities and we try to do this at least once a year. This [...]
Termination agreements, compromise agreements, gagging clauses, mutually agreed resignation, ex gratia payments, golden goodbyes… these are just some of the terms that are used to describe these contracts which stop employees bringing claims against employers. The proper term is “settlement agreement”. The purpose of a settlement agreement is for an [...]
One of Harrogate’s fastest growing law firms, Truth Legal, has appointed trainee solicitor, Laura Morgan, to join its Harrogate office. Laura, who has had four years of paralegal experience, is commuting to Harrogate from Goole every day in order to complete her solicitor training. Andrew Gray, founder of Truth Legal, [...]
