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Katie Gledhill

Discrimination: increases to injury to feelings awards 2025

Individuals who bring successful discrimination claims are entitled to be compensated for the upset and hurt they have suffered by way of...

28/03/25
Katie Gledhill

More disabled people will be looking for work under the government's plans to transform its welfare budget

The UK government has published the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper. It says it is...

28/03/25
Alexandra Addington

Get ready: race and disability pay gap reporting is coming

The government has launched a consultation seeking views on how to introduce mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting for...

28/03/25
Nicola Gooch

Spring Forecast 2025: Labour plans to build its way to economic growth

Earlier today, the Chancellor delivered her Spring Statement and… well… let's just say that it caught me a little by surprise.  It is now...

26/03/25
Richard Baigent

UK retention of top three position for ‘Soft Power’ is good news for FDI

I have for a long time been interested in the concept of soft power and its significant role in foreign direct investment (FDI).  Coined...

26/03/25
Nicola Gooch

The Treasury vs the Regulators: Natural England and the Environment Agency in the spotlight

I meant to write this blog earlier in the week, but got distracted by a family construction project that almost certainly would not get...

23/03/25
Joanne Moseley

Managing opposing beliefs: what employers can learn from two recent cases

Most employers would consider themselves very unlucky to become embroiled in a tribunal claim arising from a staff meeting chaired by a...

20/03/25
Timothy Willis

The art of interpretation in dispute resolution: Lessons from BDW Trading v Ardmore Construction

As a construction professional, I am certain that you have by now come across the judgment in BDW Trading Limited v Ardmore Construction...

20/03/25
Joanna Onisiforou

Driving Licence Revocation? Driving Licence refused? Read on…

Police can report drivers to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (“DVLA”) where there is evidence the driver in question may pose a...

19/03/25
Alexandra Addington

Medical reports and disability: don't rely on the report that says what you want to hear and ignore those that don't

Employers have to follow a fair procedure before dismissing an employee who has taken too many days off due to illness to avoid being...

19/03/25
Katie Gledhill

Age discrimination: new report urges government to strengthen protection for older workers

The Women and Equalities Committee has published a new report which shines a light on the prevalence of ageism and digital exclusion...

18/03/25
Nicola Downie

Ainsworth revisted

The approach taken to the preparation of Points of Dispute once again examined by the Court in St Francis Group 1 Ltd & Ors v Kelly &...

17/03/25
Alexandra Addington

Employment Rights Bill amendments: what you need to know

After the Employment Rights Bill was introduced to Parliament in October 2024, the government held four consultations to gather feedback...

17/03/25
Alex Delin

The Building Safety Levy

Following the 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy, the Building Safety Act 2022 (the “Act”) was introduced to improve the design, construction...

17/03/25
Katie Gledhill

New tribunal compensation limits in force from April 2025

The government has recently announced that it will increase the following compensatory awards from 6 April 2025:  The limit on a week's...

17/03/25
Garon Anthony

FCA Enforcement U-Turn

We have previously commented on the Financial Conduct Authority’s (“FCA”) enforcement proposals, now dating back to February 2024 to...

13/03/25
Andrew Cotton

Gambling regulations Overhaul

In a speech on 27th February 2025 the gambling minister, Baroness Twycross, confirmed that two of the key legislative reforms under the...

12/03/25
Nicola Gooch

The Planning & Infrastructure Bill: An Overview

It is finally here. The Labour Government's flagship planning bill has arrived in parliament.  The PIB has taken flight, and I have...

11/03/25
Nicola Gooch

Service Stations in the Grey Belt, Local Plan SoS and other news...

Rumour has it that the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is likely to make its parliamentary debut next week. Whilst we all wait for the PIB...

08/03/25
Joanne Moseley

Do you have to provide a private lockable room for breastfeeding mothers to express milk?

That was one of the issues the tribunal had to determine in Gibbons v Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board. Facts Ms Gibbons...

07/03/25
Garon Anthony

Hot topics and key learnings from FCA enforcement conference – its (still) all about deterrence

On 5 March 2025, Therese Chambers, Joint Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight at the Financial Conduct Authority...

06/03/25
Joanne Moseley

Belief discrimination: did a school unlawfully dismiss an 'activist' supply teacher for expressing his protected beliefs during a training session?

That was the issue the tribunal had to determine in the case of Dybowski v Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales High School and Staffroom...

05/03/25
Joanne Moseley

The Children's Wellbeing and School's Bill: a guide for schools and colleges

The Children's Wellbeing and School's Bill was introduced in December 2024 and is currently working its way through parliament. It's in...

04/03/25
Richard Baigent

Is a US-UK Trade Deal on the Horizon?

Along with many others, I watched last week's meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer with a sense of...

03/03/25
Alexandra Addington

Teacher dismissed for 'safeguarding' concerns: lessons to learn from school who made mistakes at every stage

Schools and colleges obviously need to investigate safeguarding concerns and take appropriate action against staff whose actions or...

03/03/25
Garon Anthony

Business Interruption Insurance – Here We Go Again...

We have commented regularly on the business interruption insurance (“BII”) cases following the COVID-19 pandemic as they have made their...

28/02/25
Paul Henson

Supreme Court clarifies rules on boundary disputes

On 26 February 2025, the UK Supreme Court delivered a significant judgment in the case of Brown v Ridley. This case revolved around the...

27/02/25
Nicola Gooch

Green Belt, Grey Belt, Brownfield, 30 Month Local Plans and Changes to the CIL Regulations: a quick(ish) round up of very recent events.

Earlier today, MHCLG published several updates to the national planning policy guidance, draft amendments to the CIL Regulations and the...

27/02/25
Nicola Gooch

High Court rules on time-limits in CIL enforcement cases.

Last Friday, the High Court decided a potentially rather important CIL enforcement case, which deserves some attention. The case is ...

25/02/25
Bryan Bletso

UK streamlines FDI focus to highest-growth markets with India trade mission

The Department for Business & Trade’s (DBT) decision, under the Labour Government, to visit India before the UK’s biggest trading partner...

24/02/25