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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”)...
16/09/24M&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,...
13/09/24FCA 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...
12/09/24Grenfell: The Next Steps
The Grenfell inquiry found Arconic concealed the extent of the risk its Reynobond 55 PE cladding panels presented, Celotex misrepresented...
12/09/24AI 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...
12/09/24Variations 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...
09/09/24Environment 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...
06/09/24Back 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...
06/09/24Interest 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,...
04/09/24Environment news update - 2 September
Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...
02/09/24Appendix Skilled Occupations of the Immigration Rules contains a number of errors
In April 2024, we witnessed unprecedented changes to the Skilled Worker route where the general minimum salary threshold soared from...
30/08/24Breaking: Labour government won't implement existing right for workers to request predictable hours
The Department for Business and Trade has said that it has ‘no plans’ to introduce the secondary legislation necessary to implement the...
29/08/24Labour's trade union reforms: top five issues for schools and colleges
Labour has promised a ‘new partnership of cooperation between trade unions, employers and government’. It intends to strengthen the...
29/08/24Care homes at the centre of Home Office crackdown on legal migration
A recent article from the Independent on 22 August 2024 has shed light on the troubling circumstances surrounding care homes as the Home...
28/08/24What is a sustainable building?
Everyone uses the term, but what is truly expected of a “sustainable building” in 2024? William Scott looks at key qualities required. A...
28/08/24Christian teacher who deliberately misgendered pupil loses appeal against order banning him from teaching
In Sutcliffe v Secretary of State for Education, an evangelical Christian teacher asked the High Court to overturn a prohibition order...
27/08/24Environment news update - 22 August
Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...
23/08/24Making age-related assumptions about a job candidate lands another employer in trouble
A recent case provides some useful learning points for employers in terms of avoiding making age-related assumptions about someone's...
23/08/24Labour recruits for a Covid corruption commissioner to recoup fraudulently obtained finances under the previous Government
In the lead up to the General Election in June 2024, we published an analysis of the manifestos with a particular eye on how opposing...
22/08/24Thousands of Rail Fare Evasion Cases Quashed in Landmark Ruling
The Chief Magistrate for England and Wales, Judge Goldspring has handed down a judgment which has the effect of quashing thousands of...
22/08/24Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance: what's changed?
We pick out some of the key changes in the most recent version of the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, which comes into force...
22/08/24The Future of Litigation Funding: Further Delays and Uncertainties
In March 2024, we commented on the announcement from the Conservative government at the time that it would be introducing legislation,...
22/08/24'XYchromosomeGuy' who objected to his employer's pronouns policy was fairly dismissed
Over the last few years many employers have invited staff to include their ‘preferred pronouns’ in their email signatures. Often, they do...
22/08/24Positive action v positive discrimination: how to avoid crossing the (thin blue) line
To what extent can employers appoint or promote someone because they have a protected characteristic that is under-represented in their...
20/08/24Employees will be able to claim additional compensation if their right to disconnect is "repeatedly breached"
Details are emerging about the new right to disconnect which was included in the Labour Party's manifesto pledge to make work pay. ...
19/08/24Unexplained Wealth Orders: A powerful tool against financial crime
Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWO) were introduced by the Criminal Finances Act 2017, which came into force on 31 January 2018. A UWO...
19/08/24Environment news update - 15 August
Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...
15/08/24How do you calculate the continuous residence requirements for indefinite leave to remain applications?
Indefinite leave to remain is an immigration status granted to an individual who does not hold the right of abode in the United Kingdom...
15/08/24Women’s Professional Leagues Limited takeover: new horizons for the women’s game
Back in December, we wrote about the planned takeover of the Women’s Super League (WSL) and Women’s Championship (WC) from the start of...
15/08/24A walk on the wild side, US class actions and UK pension schemes
Earlier this year, two UK based pension funds secured multi-million-dollar settlements from class action claims in the United States....
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