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Joanne Moseley

Does an employee have to exhaust the grievance procedure before they can claim constructive dismissal?

That was the issue the EAT had to decide in the case of Nelson v Renfrewshire Council. Facts Ms Nelson was a learning and support teacher...

09/10/24
Joanne Moseley

The price of discrimination: school ordered to pay £850,000 to an autistic teacher who it viewed as a 'persistent complainer'

We consider the lessons schools and colleges can learn from a recent tribunal decision - M Wright v Cardinal Newman Catholic School which...

08/10/24
Jane Anderson

Push payment fraud update

With effect from 7 October 2024, the Payment Systems Regulator (“PSR”) has introduced a new Mandatory Reimbursement Requirement Framework...

07/10/24
Nicola Gooch

Planning Appeals, s.106 Agreements and a few practical issues.....

As those of you who are active on LinkedIn have probably noticed, the Planning Inspectorate has recently updated its guidance in relation...

05/10/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environmental news update - 4 October

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

04/10/24
Mandeep Khroud

The Home Office's tightening of Immigration Audits increases risk of other regulatory punishments

It is well recognised that the Home Office possesses the authority to perform immigration audits on holders of sponsorship licences...

04/10/24
Siraj Bhachu

Drug testing & lawsuits: A game changing case for boxing – A closer look at the Haney v Garcia legal battle

Boxing, a sport of strength, strategy, and endurance, has always been under the scrutiny of anti-doping authorities. The integrity of the...

03/10/24
Mandeep Khroud

Stricter oversight and training initiatives to address skill shortages and net migration

The Government has announced new measures that are aimed to address the increase in net migration, opting to depend on Britain’s domestic...

01/10/24
Joanne Moseley

New law in force today requires employers to give 100% of tips to staff

The new rules on tips come into force today, Tuesday 1 October 2024. Any business that receives tips, gratuities or service charges must...

01/10/24
Nicola Gooch

Where the rubber meets the road: Conference, consultations and planning statistics.

Last week was certainly a busy one.  We had the Labour Party Conference, the launch of a working paper on ‘Brownfield Passports’, the...

30/09/24
Alice Court

Cryptocurrency – recognised as property under English law

In the recent judgment handed down earlier this month in Fabrizio D’Aloia v Persons Unknown Category A & Ors [2024] EWHC 2342 (CH), the...

27/09/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environment news update - 27 September

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

27/09/24
Garon Anthony

FCA enforcement; new light through old windows?

On 24 September 2024, Therese Chambers, Joint Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight at the Financial Conduct Authority...

26/09/24
George Cohen

The Renters’ Rights Bill – More rights but more risk?

The Renters’ Rights Bill makes good on Labour’s promise to ban ‘no-fault’ evictions and strengthen tenants’ rights. However, unlike the...

26/09/24
Joanne Moseley

Why did the Supreme Court prevent Tesco from firing and rehiring staff who refused to accept new terms?

If you can’t persuade a worker to accept new terms and conditions, you have the option of dismissing them and offering to re-engage them...

24/09/24
Jane Anderson

Personal Management Licence Update – Changes to take effect on 29 November 2024

In response to Summer 2023 consultations, the Gambling Commission (“the Commission”) will be implementing changes to Licence Condition...

24/09/24
Joanne Moseley

Is a belief in English nationalism protected under the Equality Act 2010?

Not on these facts, according to the EAT in Thomas v Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and another. Facts Mr Thomas was...

24/09/24
Bryan Bletso

Charting a new course with FDI

The government’s International Investment Summit, which is now less than three weeks away, could be a pivotal moment for our economy. ...

24/09/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environmental news update - 23 September

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

23/09/24
Nicola Gooch

Brownfield Passports: building on old foundations?

On Sunday, MHCLG launched a policy paper seeking views on the introduction of “Brownfield Passports”. “Brownfield Passports” are a set of...

22/09/24
Andrew Evans

National Security and Investments Act: An unexpected trap for businesses

The National Security and Investments Act (NSIA), which came into force on 4th January 2022, introduced a stringent and wide-reaching UK...

18/09/24
Victoria Crozier

Court of Appeal Upholds Landmark Ruling on Business Interruption Insurance: Policyholders Gain Clarity on ‘At the Premises’ Disease Clauses

More than four years on from the UK’s first national lockdown in March 2020, policyholders of business interruption insurance (“BII”)...

16/09/24
Nanayaa Agyeman

M&A warning for Sponsor Licence holders in the care sector

Contrary to popular belief, a sponsor licence is not transferrable!  If a sponsor licence holder is involved in a merger or acquisition,...

13/09/24
Garon Anthony

FCA Bans and Fines Pension Advisers £590,544 for Risky Pension Transfer Advice

The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has just announced that it has collectively fined, and banned, four employees of St Martin’s...

12/09/24
Alex Delin

Grenfell: The Next Steps

The Grenfell inquiry found Arconic concealed the extent of the risk its Reynobond 55 PE cladding panels presented, Celotex misrepresented...

12/09/24
Nicola Gooch

AI at Appeal, The London Legacy Development Corporation, a raft of secondary legislation and some case law....

Well, I knew it would be a busy start to the Autumn, but I wasn't expecting it to be quite this eventful. From PINs guidance on the use...

12/09/24
Steven Mowlam

Variations to budgeted costs and the importance of acting promptly

Since the CPR update in October 2020 (the Civil Procedure (Amendment No 3) Rules 2020 (SI 2020/747)) where we saw the introduction of the...

09/09/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environment news update - 6 September

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

06/09/24
Nicola Gooch

Back to School: Planning is facing a busy Autumn. In fact, it has already started.

Welcome to September!  The holiday season is officially over, the kids are back in school,* and planning professionals all around the...

06/09/24
Jeremy Ladyman

Interest Rate Hedging – a summary introduction for borrowers and current market trends

The era of zero interest rate policies is over. We had grown accustomed to living in a low-interest rate economy. Since the end of 2021,...

04/09/24