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Press Releases
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19th September 2008
What will happen to Howard?
Alan Jones, partner at employment law firm Averta comments on the takeover of HBOS by Lloyds TSB and the implications for employees.
Turmoil in the financial markets has resulted in Lloyds TSB taking over HBOS, with some reports predicting up to 40,000 people will lose their jobs, although this figure has been dismissed.
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19th July 2008
Averta Employment Lawyers Expands
Midlands based Averta Employment Lawyers has made Rachel Broughton up to partner and appointed Kate Cauldwell-Hunt as assistant solicitor.
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1st July 2008
Protect yourself with expert legal advice - Alan Jones, partner Averta Employment Lawyers
Very few of us enjoy secure employment today in the climate of mergers, redundancy and management change.
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23rd April 2008
British Airways Executives Check-in Reputations at Terminal 5 Comments Averta Employment Lawyers
The senior British Airways executives leaving the company following the Terminal 5 fiasco would have benefited from better legal advice according to Alan Jones, partner at Averta Employment Lawyers. According to Jones, the departures emphasise the need for executives to manage the external message, if possible, when they leave their employment.
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12th October 2007
Trust Could Be Forced to Pay Redundancy Payment to Departing ‘Bug Death’ Chief Executive
It has been reported widely that Alan Johnson, the Health Secretary, has instructed the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust to withhold a redundancy payment, believed to be in the region of £500,000, to its departing chief executive, Rose Gibb following the outbreak of Clostridium Difficile (C diff) which contributed to the deaths of more than 90 patients.
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2nd October 2007
New Director’s Duties could expose directors to further liabilities claims Averta partner
The part of the Companies Act 2006 dealing with director’s duties came into effect on Monday 1st October 2007. This means that for the first time, directors duties have been listed and codified. And according to Averta Employment Lawyers’ Alan Jones, there are concerns that the law will expose directors to greater potential liability and create additional bureaucracy at board level.
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14th March 2007
Averta Employment Lawyers Take on Rachel Broughton as Senior Associate
Rachel Broughton has joined Midlands based Averta Employment Lawyers as a senior associate solicitor. Formerly at DLA Piper in Birmingham, Rachel will be working alongside Averta’s partners David Sykes and Alan Jones, focusing on the needs of directors, senior executives and professional staff.
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6th February 2007
Get Your Own Exit Strategy and Don’t Let a Buy Out Leave You Exposed
Alan Jones, partner at Averta Employment Lawyers, who offer dedicated employment law advice to directors and senior executives in areas such as severance terms, boardroom disputes, compromise agreements or contractual problems, highlights the personal risks to directors involved in management buy outs.
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29th March 2006
Averta Expands and Takes on New Employment Lawyer
Averta Employment Lawyers, the Midland’s leading employment law firm for senior executives and professionals, is expanding and has appointed Alison Close.
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9th September 2005
‘The Chairman Would Like a Quiet word with you…..’
Alan Jones, partner at Averta Employment Lawyers, a specialist practice focusing on senior executives and professionals, gives ‘fat cats’ some advice on what they can expect if they are dismissed.
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10th May 2005
Fat Cats and Football Managers Facing the Boot
Sir Alex Ferguson’s recent experience of having to move from the security of a two year contract to a twelve month deal shows yet again that there are few certainties for even the most high profile football manager. But football managers have always lived with the pressure of only being a good as their last game, so it is no surprise that even a manager as successful as Alex Ferguson needs to be dispensed with quickly if things are not going well.
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18th January 2005
Leading Midlands Employment Lawyer Joins Specialist Employment Practice
Alan Jones joins employment lawyer David Sykes in Averta Employment Lawyers, a specialist practice focusing on senior executives and professionals.
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