Posts from November 2015
Irwin Mitchell
Spending Review: Old Prisons to be replaced and make way for housing
The government has announced that a number of existing prisons will be replaced with new purpose built facilities freeing up valuable...
09/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Negotiation of EU employment laws
Many of the UK's employment laws derive from Europe. Although some view these protections as overly burdensome for employers, it's...
09/11/15
Nicola Gooch
Court of Appeal to consider extent of Duty to Co-operate
The Court of Appeal has agreed to consider a judicial review of an Examining Inspector's decision that Central Bedfordshire Council had...
06/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
My theme for this week is AI
Honestly, I'm not on a rant, this stuff is real. We need to be creative to survive. Creativity will distinguish us from robots and...
06/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Killing the goose that laid the golden egg?
The conflict between the current law and new business models such as Uber is a theme I have returned to many times but this is because...
06/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Pensions, Pooling and Infrastructure
Investment and Pensions in Europe has an interesting article in their November issue on the pressures on UK Local Government Pension...
06/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Penalty Clauses - are they enforceable?
The Supreme Court has considered two appeals relating to whether certain contractual clauses were unenforceable penalties.It was argued...
05/11/15
Nicola Gooch
Autumn Spending Review: Pledges from the Chancellor and Rumours from the Financial Times
A bit like Christmas, preparations for the Autumn Spending Review seen to come around earlier each year. The results of the Spending...
05/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Workplace safety in a dangerous world
Whether it's terrorist threats or the growing prevalence of stress and depression at work, businesses have to be on top of the risks to...
05/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Tackling intimidation of non-striking workers
In July this year, BIS published a consultation on tackling intimidation of non-striking workers. This week BIS published the...
05/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
We're all doomed...
Robots on factory lines is one thing, but a robot doing my job, or yours is a lot more scary. The only chink of light is that different...
05/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
The reason why "Someone out there likes our real estate"
Last week, I posted a comment on predictions posted by Savills about investment in UK real estate. Now, Legal & General are talking about...
04/11/15
Nicola Gooch
Town & Country Planning Association: We are only building half the homes we need
A report published by the Town & Country Planning Association, on 4 November, has demonstrated that the housing shortage in London and...
04/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
How easy is it to change a contract? Often not very!
Although the specific facts of the dispute between junior doctors and Jeremy Hunt are pretty unique and will not be of direct relevance...
04/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Women make the best bosses
New research has found that women are better bosses than men. This is a general trend and we can all point to exceptions, but that...
04/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Is this the future for motorcycle couriers?
We've had Back to the Future Day and now we really are looking into the future. Some say the majority of all existing jobs in the next...
04/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
The London Underground Rent Map
All of London's average rents in one place? Done - with data gathered from 'Find Properly'.Ideal in-a-glance view of rental levels...
03/11/15
Nicola Gooch
Housing and Planning Bill gets Second Reading: Government compared to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
From the Hansard Report of yesterday's debate, the second reading of the Housing and Planning Bill was every bit as lively as one might...
03/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Fee Remission
HMCTS has simplified the fee remission process for tribunal fees so that applicants assess themselves and do not have to submit lengthy...
03/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Detecting an issue and obtaining evidence
ACAS have published new guidance on how to carry out workplace investigations with some useful reminders for employers. Carrying out a...
03/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
ASTs- important changes to section 21 notices
Landlords should be aware that changes have come into force which place restrictions on serving notices to end an AST under section 21 of...
02/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
At least the UK is ahead of some countries!
It seems that combating sexism in Mexico is way behind the UK.
02/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
Housing Associations added to public sector, along with their debt
The Office for National Statistics today concluded that Housing Associations should be counted as public sector organisations and their...
02/11/15
Irwin Mitchell
More forward thinking on working practices from Sweden
I have now heard about several different businesses based in Sweden which are trying out a shorter working day. So far as I can tell, it...
02/11/15