An overview of the corporate H&S scenario, by Lesley White The cost of a health and safety breach can easily run to hundreds of thousands of pounds. With the excess on a company’s liability insurance being so prohibitive – typically in the millions for larger companies– many businesses are now effectively self-insured and will bear […]

Lesley White, head of ORJ Solicitors’ Health and Safety Department, assesses sentencing guidelines for those breaching H&S regulations As whole swathes of the UK economy emerge from lockdown and attempt to return to some sort of normality, thousands of employers are facing a fresh dilemma: they desperately need to get back to business post-Covid 19, […]

Patrick Tedstone of ORJ Law asks who gets paid when insolvency looms Global events since January 2020 have brought insolvency – or the threat of it – to thousands of companies and organisations throughout the UK. Many will have begun the year with significant cash on their balance sheets and may have been in the […]

If you don’t want your precious profits to go up in smoke, you need an energy broker who finds the right deal for you – not for themselves.  Mike Smyth of ORJ investigates mis-selling of energy deals When you hire a broker to secure an energy deal that’s right for your business, you can then […]

CAUSATION Employees seeking to bring a claim will have to prove it was their employer’s breach of duty (in failing to provide adequate PPE or carry out a proper risk assessment for example) which caused them to contract the virus. They have only to prove the virus was contracted at their place of work due […]

“Demand for wills surges following Covid-19 reality check” The Telegraph We at ORJ Law are actively monitoring and reacting to the on-going COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation and are following all guidance and advice issued by the UK Government, NHS, Public Health England and The Law Society. In these difficult times, the key to taking control is planning […]

In response to the uncertainties presented by Covid-19, all ORJ employees have been fully briefed, and we have taken the appropriate steps to mitigate any risks associated with Covid-19, following all Government guidance. The wellbeing of our clients and employees is our priority. At ORJ Law, we have various collaboration platforms to enable remote working […]

Law firm ORJ has been instructed to defend a commercial action, bought by insurers Axa, which is seeking an indemnity following their payment under an insurance policy.  ORJ’s Mike Smyth and Lesley White are to defend claim for £2 million brought against builder’s merchant, Jewson. Beyond the parties’ actions in connection to the relevant events, […]