Posts from July 2024
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Kate Rawlings
Celebrating World Youth Skills Day: Unlocking the potential skills of our future generations
This month we’re marking World Youth Skills Day, a United Nations initiative focused on empowering the next generation of business...
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Claire Petricca-Riding
Weekly environmental update - 12 July
Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...
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Joanne Moseley
Are you prepared for the new duty to prevent sexual harassment at work?
On Saturday 26 October 2024 the new Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 comes into force. The Act introduces a...
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Gordon Chan
Supreme Court rules collateral warranty is not a construction contract
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has handed down a significant judgment for the construction industry earlier today (9 July 2024)....
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Amy Au
Deerly defamed: The Martha Harvey vs. Netflix defamation claim
In the curious case of Fiona Harvey versus the streaming giant Netflix, the plot thickens. Netflix’s latest hit show ‘Baby Reindeer’ has...
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Nicola Gooch
There is No Time to Waste: Labour's Planning Reform Programme is here
Well, that was quick! Barely one working day into the new administration and Labour has laid out its programme of planning reform. This...
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Joanne Moseley
Standby or on-call: are your employees working or resting?
Working time includes any period where a worker is working, at their employer’s disposal and carrying out activities or duties. Time...
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Andrew Evans
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Act: A quick guide for housebuilders and residential developers
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Act is expected to come into force this Autumn and will herald a transformative shift in...
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Charlotte Rees-John
Labour and the consumer sector: Actions and priorities for the first 100 days
As the consumer sector eagerly anticipates the actions of the newly-elected Labour government, Charlotte Rees-John, Head of the Retail,...
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Claire Petricca-Riding
Weekly environmental update - 5 July
5Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...
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Claire Petricca-Riding
Manchester Ship Canal Company v United Utilities: Clarification on the Powers of Statutory Sewerage Undertakers
Another week another Supreme Court decision which affects the environmental sector. I will ignore the bus analogy, but I am sure you...
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Nicola Gooch
Do you really want to live forever? Later Living and the importance of ageing well.
I am currently in the middle this year's ARCO conference: ‘Building tomorrow - creating housing and care options for all’. If you haven't...
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Mandeep Khroud
Sponsor Licence issues within the care industry
Irwin Mitchell’s Immigration Team have been met with an increase of calls from concerned members of the care industry regarding the...
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Joanne Moseley
New duty to prevent sexual harassment will put the spotlight on schools and colleges
The new duty to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, set out in the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023,...
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Penny Cogher
TPO: Use IDRP before asking us to consider the complaint
New announcement from The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) reinforces the need for individuals and schemes to engage with IDRPs seriously and...
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Darren Malone
The application of Ainsworth and Samsung to inter partes assessments
In the recent matter of Wazen v Khan [2024] EWHC 1083 (SCCO) before Deputy Costs Judge Roy KC, the question arose as to how detailed and...
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Joanne Moseley
New duty to protect free speech in higher education: implications for colleges
New legislation aimed at protecting the rights of staff, students and visiting speakers to talk about subjects which are controversial or...
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