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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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TGI Fry Day: Court of Appeal clarifies law on nutrient neutrality in CG Fry & Son Ltd v SSLUHC
Whilst it might not have taken quite as long as the Supreme Court's decision in Finch, it is fair to say that the Court of Appeal's...
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Environment weekly news roundup – 28 June
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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Deterioration of Defects
In August 2023, the First-tier Tribunal (“FTT”) issued the first remediation order under section 123 of the Building Safety Act 2022...
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Will it really take 45 years to close the gender pay gap?
We are in the seventh year of mandatory gender pay gap reporting. Progress is being made, but it's painfully slow. Recent analysis into...
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Environment weekly news round up - 21 June
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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Arbitration and winding up
In a judgment handed down yesterday in Sian Participation v. Halimeda International [2024] UKPC 16 (Sian Participation v Halimeda), the...
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New era for scope 3 emissions in planning applications? Supreme Court rules in favour of Finch
Today, the Supreme Court has released its ruling on the Finch case after around a year of deliberation. The judgement concluded that...
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The General Election – The Fraud Edition
The main political parties have all launched their manifestos for the 2024 General Election. This article considers the weight the main...
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Education sector: what changes will a Labour government bring?
The Labour Party's manifesto has a few things for schools and colleges to look out for. Most are contained in the ‘break down barriers to...
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Labour's plan to make work pay: key issues for HR and businesses
Unless something pretty drastic happens between now and 4 July, the Labour Party are likely to form the next government. Its manifesto...
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Some landlords are still not aware of their selective licensing obligations and are bearing significant consequences
The Housing Act 2004 (as amended) (“the Act”) gives local authorities powers to designate areas for selective licensing of privately...
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Election Watch: A Planning Manifest(o) Comparison.
It's Friday and Manifesto Week is officially drawing to a close. Having spent much of the week summarising manifestos, it only seems...
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Election Watch: What the Labour Manifesto says about Planning
For my third (but not quite final*) post of Manifesto Week, it is time to turn our attention to Labour. But first, a reminder of the...
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