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Joanne Moseley

Cost of living crisis: union calls on government to increase NMW to £15.00 per hour

This week, the TUC called on the government to increase the National Minimum Wage to £15.00 an hour for all age groups and has set out...

25/08/22
Joanne Moseley

CEO who lied about his qualifications and experience forced to repay some of his earnings

In R v Andrewes, the Supreme Court had to determine how much to recover from an employee who had been convicted of theft and fraud after...

25/08/22
Nicola Gooch

Water Woes: What role can the planning system play in holding water companies to account?

I have spent an awful lot of time over the last few months thinking about water.  Between nutrient and water neutrality issues, hosepipe...

23/08/22
Tracy Lovejoy

Planning and the Public Sector Equality Duty: A reminder

Local planning authorities, like other public bodies, are subject to the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) duty in section 149 of the...

23/08/22
Claire Petricca-Riding

Air: All I Need

One of my favourite songs is All I Need by Air.  It is a catchy song if you like 1990's French electro pop, but the combination of the...

18/08/22
Nicola Gooch

Pretty Appealing: A selection box of recent High Court, Court of Appeal and Planning Appeal Decisions

Whilst planning may not be generally considered the "sexiest" profession in the world, it can certainly be pretty darn appealing... To...

18/08/22
Ben Delaney

In the midst of the cost of living crisis, what do businesses need to consider?

Few things are as depressing as the end of the summer holidays. Unpacking suitcases after a long flight home is never as exciting as...

16/08/22
Jennifer Ayris

Is co-retailing the answer?

Over recent years, we’ve embraced a sharing economy – sharing office space, residential accommodation and eating places – but this was...

15/08/22
Elizabeth Mutter

Beyond all reasonable drought? What a drought announcement could mean for England

As weather warnings have been issued again over much of the country and hosepipe bans are being introduced across the south, there are...

12/08/22
Joanne Moseley

Airport chaos: what options do employers have if holiday plans go awry?

Whether it’s the long queues at check-in, security and passport control or the late arrival of luggage, the disruption faced at UK...

10/08/22
Joanne Moseley

What can employers learn from the latest case on gender-critical discrimination?

Those people who attended our June national seminar events know that we highlighted a number of cases going through the tribunal system...

09/08/22
Nicola Gooch

Best Laid Plans: Local Plans, LURB & Litter... nothing is quite working out as intended

Like many things in the last few weeks, this post has not gone to plan. I had intended to write it before the weekend, but both of my...

09/08/22
Rebecca Denvers

New report calls for menopause to be added to the list of 'protected characteristics' under the Equality Act

Women of menopausal age are the fastest growing group in the workplace, with 4.5 million women aged 50-65 currently in employment.  The...

03/08/22
Elizabeth Thomson

Register of overseas entities – six key questions answered

The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (the “Act”) was introduced in response to the situation in Ukraine. It sets up...

02/08/22
Jane Anderson

The winner of The Wagatha Christie Trial - ‘It’s…. Coleen Rooney’

Rebekah Vardy’s libel claim is dismissed, High Court rules that Rebekah Vardy leaked posts from Coleen Rooney’s private Instagram account...

29/07/22
Nicola Gooch

Interesting Times: Politics, Power, Planning Reform & Article 4 Directions

Parliament may be in recess but the last week has been far from quiet. Between the train strikes, the Conservative leadership contest and...

29/07/22
Rebecca Denvers

Employment legislation update - July 2022

Although the long-awaited Employment Bill has been on the back burner since 2019, the government is starting to make some progress on...

29/07/22
Joanne Moseley

Holiday entitlement and pay of term-time and other part-year workers: top 10 questions answered

The Supreme Court has handed down it's judgment in the long-running case of Harpur Trust v Brazel. It decided that any worker who has a...

26/07/22
Irwin Mitchell

John Lewis – ditching retail for real estate

John Lewis has recently announced plans to build 10,000 new homes over the next decade. Based on current proposals, the properties will...

22/07/22
Joanne Moseley

Supreme Court: every worker must receive 5.6 weeks leave at full pay even if they work for part of the year

Yesterday (20 July 2022), the Supreme Court handed down it's judgment in the long-running case of Harpur Trust v Brazel. It decided that...

21/07/22
Nicola Gooch

Nutrient Neutrality: A strategic solution is finally in sight

Nutrient Neutrality: You wait for years for a pragmatic solution and suddenly two come along at once. Just five days after the Court of...

21/07/22
Jill Crawford

Officially Confirmed: The UK Government's Net Zero Strategy is Unlawful

Friends of the Earth hailed a "landmark victory"  and "a huge victory for climate justice and government transparency" this week...

20/07/22
Bryan Bletso

Is the UK still attracting M&A from abroad?

According to our latest analysis of Experian’s MarketIQ database of corporate deals and foreign investment, UK businesses were the...

20/07/22
Joanne Moseley

80% work for 100% pay: what you need to know about the four-day working week

Three-quarters of UK recruiters say a four-day week will be the norm by 2030, according to research commissioned by NatWest on the future...

19/07/22
Joanne Moseley

Can staff express gender critical beliefs if they upset or conflict with the views of their colleagues?

In Forstater v CDG Europe and others the tribunal had to determine if a woman who believed that sex is immutable and can't be changed,...

18/07/22
Nicola Gooch

Court of Appeal Decision: Could Wyatt v Fareham Borough Council help those affected by Natural England's Nutrient Neutrality Advice?

On Friday, the Court of Appeal issued a fascinating judgment concerning the correct approach to applying the 2018 version of Natural...

18/07/22
Joanne Moseley

Supreme Court's decision on term-time working holiday case due on Wednesday 20 July

Next week, the Supreme Court will hand down its judgment in the long-running case of Harpur Trust v Brazel. The issue in dispute is...

15/07/22
Irwin Mitchell

The potential alternatives to terminal dilapidations

When faced with a dilapidated property, many landlords focus only on one remedy – the terminal claim, being the claim in damages that...

14/07/22
Joanne Moseley

Feeling hot, hot, hot: what's the maximum legal temperature staff can work in?

The Met Office issued a rare Level 4 - Emergency heat warning for parts of England from Monday 18 July with temperatures predicated to...

12/07/22
Joanne Moseley

Managing shift workers: how to avoid legal pitfalls

Many sectors of the UK economy rely heavily on shift working and in the UK, around four million people (14% of the total workforce) work...

05/07/22