Rob Illidge (Marketing Execuitve)
It’s that time again, whether England are looking to host the world up or ‘bring it home’, there is always something in the media to scupper even the most optimistic England fan’s hopes and dreams.
I am talking of course about the recent news that FA Chairman Lord Triesman, has resigned from his position after being secretly recorded making bribery allegations about Russia and Spain’s attempts to secure the 2010 tournament.
It has since been alleged that The Mail on Sunday paid Melissa Jacobs, a ‘friend’ of Lord Treisman’s, to set up the meeting and recording. Cue a national scandal, the bid is ruined e.t.c…e.t.c
However, Steve Curry of The Daily Mail went one further yesterday morning whilst being interviewed by Sky Sports News, describing Mr Triesman as a “vain FA chief” who “wasn’t right for the bid anyway”. Surely he would not have made these comments had the recording not been published, it certainly is one way of kicking someone whilst they are down. Read more »
Tags: david potts, FA, gary lineker, lord triesman, melissa jacobs, privacy law, privacy solicitor, rob illidge, solicitor manchester, steve curry, steve curry daily mail
Business Law, Employment, Intellectual Property | Ralli | 
May 19, 2010 11:40 am | 
Comments (0)
Jennifer Smith (Employment Solicitor)
Not necessarily, so act with caution! If you think you have an issue with a personality clash between employees, you should take a very careful and well thought out approach to avoid an employment law claim.
Firstly, let’s go back to basics – where an employee is eligible to claim unfair dismissal, they must have 12 months service, and you must have a ‘potentially’ fair reason for dismissal and also act reasonably, in all the circumstances, in dismissing for that reason. So what are the six potentially fair reasons to dismiss? Read more »
Ralli continued a successful start to 2010 with Marketing Executive, Robert Illidge, awarded a Commendation in the Emerging Marketer of the Year category.
Robert was awarded for embracing web 2.0 strategies allowing Ralli to share our expertise using digital outlets and establishing an excellent social media presence, including the use of Twitter and LinkedIn.
The results of the 2010 Drum Marketing Awards were revealed at the gala black tie awards ceremony held at the Ramada Manchester, rewarding those who had shown marketing excellence. Read more »
(L-R) Adrian Anderson, Deborah Rainford, Stephen Fox
Solicitor Deborah Rainford has been appointed as president of the Manchester Junior Chamber of Commerce to lead the organisation’s ambitious growth plans.
Deborah, a specialist in business law at Manchester law firm Ralli, was officially appointed as President at the Chamber’s Annual General Meeting on 22nd April 2010.
Her plans include to increase individual and corporate membership, raise the profile of the organisation and position the Chamber as an essential resource for the business community in Manchester. Read more »
Tags: business law solicitor, manchester junior chamber of commerce, manchester solicitors, mjcc, mjcc agm, paul nielsen
Business Law, Crime & Fraud, Employment, Intellectual Property, Partnership Law, Personal Injury, Property | Ralli | April 23, 2010 3:07 pm | Comments (0)
Gillian Nuttall (PR & Marketing Manager)
Ralli’s resident Auntie Gill comments:-
Gordon Brown has today announced that firms that snub women will be named and shamed. What is that all about? Do such places really exist? The PM says it is “completely unacceptable” that many top firms still don’t have women in senior positions. Absolutely right Gordon! You’re spot on there! He obviously has never been to our offices – here at Ralli I think it is safe to say that the women far outnumber the men!
Read more »
I recently read from two news sources that Twitter are closer to introducing advertising on their site, whether this is search or tweet-based.
Rob Illidge (Marketing Executive)
Search-based ads will use DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) technology to scan a users tweets and relay ‘relevant’ and targeted ads back.
I suppose you could argue what is the problem with that? If I was desperately seeking an Employment Solicitor, not that I would 
, and vented my frustrations via Twitter, I would be more than happy to have a targeted ad from a Manchester based Solicitor delivered.
After all I’m using their platform so they are entitled to pursue revenue in this way.
Then there is the privacy issue. There’s always a privacy issue.
Why should Twitter ‘bombard’ users with ads that may not be relevant? And what if these ads take me to somewhere I thought I was buying ‘genuine UGG boots’ from, and ultimately ruin my online experience as a result. Read more »
Tags: employment solicitor, facebook, privacy, robert illidge, solicitors manchester, twitter, ugg boots
Business Law, Crime & Fraud, Employment, Intellectual Property, Partnership Law, Personal Injury, Property | Ralli | March 3, 2010 3:44 pm | Comments (0)
Jennifer Smith (Employment Solicitor)
Some excellent news to cheer everyone up today.
The Government has announced that, as part of the celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, an extra bank holiday is to be created on 5 June 2012. The late May bank holiday is going to be moved to 4 June 2012, so as to create a Diamond Jubilee long weekend.
Jennifer Smith (Employment Solicitor)
For the first time ever the annual review of compensation limits has resulted in a reduction to the maximum compensatory award limit, in line with the decrease in the retail prices index.
Read more »
You must have been asleep for the whole of 2009, if you escaped hearing about the Heyday case! Employers across Britain breathed a temporary sigh of relief when the High Court ruled that employees have no automatic right to work beyond the age of 65. Read more »
Jennifer Smith (Employment Solicitor)
Jennifer Smith, Employment Solicitor at Ralli, looks at some of the highlights (or possibly lowlights!) of 2009.
1. So long, farewell… to the statutory DDPs and GPs. The 6 April 2009 saw the repeal of the statutory dispute resolution procedures to deal with discipline and grievance. Read more »
Subscribe