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Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the aches and pains of the Transition Period
The Transition Period of almost one year lasting until 31 December 2020 (unless extended by agreement between the parties), which was...
05/03/20
Joanne Moseley
Dismissing staff on fixed term contracts: how easy is it?
Fixed term contracts can be an attractive option for schools and colleges and other employers facing uncertainty over future funding....
05/03/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the EU's vision of a green and digital world
On 2 March 2020 , Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner in charge of EU competition...
04/03/20
Joanne Moseley
Coronavirus: SSP payable from day one
The Prime Minister has announced that workers who fall ill with coronavirus or who are advised to self isolate will be entitled to...
04/03/20
Joanne Moseley
Guidelines to help employers accommodate vegan staff
Last month, the Employment Tribunal in Casamitiana v The League Against Cruel Sports ruled that 'ethical' vegans have a protected belief...
03/03/20
Joanne Moseley
The truth about employees who lie on their CV's
Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? The answer it seems for many, is no. Research suggests that...
03/03/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit, the US and getting down to the business of trade negotiations
Monday , 2 March was a minor landmark day for the UK (but also for the EU and quite separately, the US) in the UK's timetable for...
03/03/20
Nicola Gooch
Case Law Update: CIL & Phased Planning Permissions
On 28 February the High Court handed down its first official judgment on the meaning of 'a phased planning permission' for the purposes...
02/03/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and Coronavirus
The Coronavirus (aka Covid-19) has had the dubious distinction of knocking Brexit off the front page as the main source of concern and...
02/03/20
Nicola Gooch
Planning for an Ageing Demographic: The Care Crisis is not inevitable but we need to take action now.
Earlier this week, my firm published a report into the future of elderly care in the UK . The research, published jointly with Cebr,...
29/02/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and setting the agenda for the trade negotiations
On 25 February 2020 the Council of the EU adopted a decision authorising the commencement of trade negotiations with the UK and...
28/02/20
Joanne Moseley
Coronavirus – your education HR questions answered
New cases of coronavirus are reported daily and the virus has now spread to the UK. Currently the UK Chief Medical Officers have raised...
27/02/20
Irwin Mitchell
England women's rugby star and Irwin Mitchell ambassador shines in Six Nations
I recently caught up with England women’s rugby star and Irwin Mitchell ambassador Jess Breach following England’s dominant start to this...
21/02/20
Joanne Moseley
The new immigration rules that will apply from 2021 - a guide for businesses
Our immigration specialist Philip Barth explains how the new immigration rules will affect businesses. The Home Office has today released...
20/02/20
Irwin Mitchell
Starter Homes vs First Homes
Buried in amongst the Queens Speech announcement was the heralding in of First Homes. My recent passle highlighted some key features but...
19/02/20
Elizabeth Thomson
Less common? – Supreme Court rules on the registration of land as a town or village green
Elliot Cuozzo, real estate trainee solicitor, considers a recent ruling. The Supreme Court has inflicted a significant blow on the legal...
18/02/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and sketching out the UK negotiating position on free trade talks with the EU
David Frost, the chief UK negotiator, made an important speech on 17 February 2020 at ULB Brussels University outlining the UK approach...
18/02/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and tough negotiating positions on free trade
It is rumoured that Boris Johnson and his Government are trying to ban or reduce references to "Brexit" in official communications and...
18/02/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the European Parliament
The Parliament of the EU ("the European Parliament") has set out its stall on the proposed EU objectives for a Free Trade Agreement...
14/02/20
Joanne Moseley
New scheme to 'name and shame' employers who break NMW law
The government has recently announced that it intends to re-start naming and shaming employers who fail to pay the national minimum wage....
14/02/20
Nicola Gooch
Everyday I'm Shuffling: A brief round-up of Politics, Planning & the odd court case
It has been an eventful few days, so this post is going to be a little bit of a mash-up of current events. Starting, of course, with: A...
14/02/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and UK-EU dispute resolution on financial services matters
In the lead-up to UK-EU free trade negotiations, the two sides are shadow-boxing on particular issues that concern them. Trade in...
13/02/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and designing the future trading relationship between the UK and the EU
A couple of straws in the wind point to the UK's direction of travel in its upcoming trade negotiations with the EU. This is even though...
12/02/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the introduction of import controls on EU goods
In a speech on 10 February 2020 to delegates at a UK Cabinet Office-hosted event entitled "Preparing our Border for the Future...
11/02/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and consumer law
The prospect of divergence between EU rules and UK law and practice following the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020 is...
10/02/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the European Court of Justice
One of the contentious areas of any future trade negotiations between the UK and the EU is the role of the European Court of Justice...
07/02/20
Irwin Mitchell
The #first Home (consultation) you are trying to access is broken...
And no, that's not a comment on our #broken housing market, just the current state of Whitehall IT programming apparently. Back in June I...
07/02/20
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and MiFID II
MiFID II is EU legislation (including the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation-MiFIR) which came into force on 3 January 2018 to...
06/02/20
Joanne Moseley
Time to talk about mental health
Today is #TimeToTalk day - a day that encourages everyone to talk about mental health. Mental health problems affect one in four of us....
06/02/20
Joanne Moseley
New Bill seeks to give women the right to know how much their male colleagues are paid
The Fawcett Society has supported a new Bill which, if enacted, will modernise the law on equal pay. The Equal Pay Bill will give women...
05/02/20