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English Law on the World Stage: Why London is still the forum of choice for international litigants
Despite the current political uncertainty, the English Courts continue to see high levels of international and cross-border litigation,...
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Northern Ireland: Court of Appeal rule that holiday pay claims can go back to 1998
A decision of the NI Court of Appeal in Chief Constable of the Police Service of NI and others v Agnew will cause those employers who...
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Brexit and progressing alternative arrangements to the Irish / Northern Irish backstop
On 20th June 2019, the UK Government announced the first meeting to take place that day of the newly established Technical Alternative...
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Businesses urged to sign up to living hours accreditation scheme to provide job security to casual staff
The Living Wage Foundation has recently launched a new scheme - Living Hours to help zero hours and casual workers obtain some job...
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Brexit and the marking of positions
In these groundhog days as we await the election of a new leader of the UK Conservative and Unionist Party , time is being spent by the...
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Brexit and Citizens' Rights
As the "Brexit" train rolls on, stopping and starting along the way, the UK Government has been negotiating with individual EU member...
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A Local Plan for Local People: What happens when Residents take over Local Councils?
To say that politics is strange and unpredictable at the moment is bordering on cliché. Brexit, the Tory leadership election, and a...
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Brexit and the right to prorogue Parliament
There is some public debate currently between the candidates for the Conservative Party leadership and UK Prime Minister as to whether...
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Brexit and getting a UK EORI number
In the current UK political climate, there is much more focus on the implications of a "no-deal" Brexit than there has been for a while....
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Developer Uses Prescriptive Rights to Develop Land
The case of Stanning v Baldwin reported last week is a useful example of how prescriptive rights can be used to facilitate development of...
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Brexit and the European Commission's update on its own preparations for a possible "no-deal" Brexit
On 12 June 2019 the European Commission published its fifth Brexit Preparedness Communication giving its own assessment of the measures...
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Decision awarding trade union members over £400K reversed by Court of Appeal
Today the Court of Appeal in Kostal UK Ltd v Dunkley and Others held that trade unions with collective bargaining rights cannot prevent...
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Brexit and the Monarchy
The Conservative Party hustings that are taking place to identify a new leader for the Conservative Party and a new Prime Minister for...
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Court of Appeal confirms voluntary overtime must be included in holiday pay
Last year, we reported the case of Flowers v East of England Ambulance Trust, where the EAT ruled that NHS staff employed under the...
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Brexit and Human Rights
Part of the impetus for leaving the European Union was arguably to take back control over Human Rights law. This explains why Section...
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Government must substantially increase compensation to deter employers from covering up discrimination
The House of Commons’ Women and Equalities Committee has today published its report into the use of non-disclosure agreements in some...
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Part 3... In which I try to predict what Starter Homes will look like...
If we ever get the Regulations for them...* I could use this blog to carry on my rant from Part 2. I could have followed up my comments...
10/06/19... Part 2; but where have they come from?
Tbf I didn't know whether to take Nicola's previous title literally and start with a spaceship meme*. Instead I'm going to take the...
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Brexit and the appliance of Science
On 3rd June 2019, "The Guardian" newspaper reported on an interview with Sir Paul Nurse, the Nobel prize-winning director of the Francis...
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Has the government quietly dropped naming and shaming employers underpaying NMW?
The Low Pay Commission recently published its second NMW non-compliance and enforcement report, which revealed that the number of people...
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The CIL Regs have Landed...
It isn't very often that I feel personally victimised by a government department. That changed on Tuesday, when MHCLG published their...
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Knowledge and disability: what do you know and when did you find out?
What happens if you discover your employee has a disability after you've dismissed them but before you determine their appeal. Do you...
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From Planning Minister to Prime Minister? Some Manifesto Suggestions for Kit Malthouse
The revolving door at MHCLG* looks set to keep right on spinning, as not just one, but three, former Planning Ministers have thrown their...
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A key employee has been selected for jury service - can you say no?
Our FAQs answer this and other questions you may have about jury service. Do employees have a legal right to take time off work to sit on...
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Brexit and parliamentary scrutiny of UK replacement treaties
On 24th May 2019, the House of Commons library published a useful 92-page Briefing Paper on the process of replacing EU treaties ( to...
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Employee awarded over £16k for injury to their feelings after 'one off' act of discrimination
In the case of Base Childrenswear Ltd v Otshudi, the EAT made it clear that employers can face substantial 'injury to feelings' awards,...
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Brexit and its impact on Accounting and Corporate Reporting and the appointment of Auditors - Further Guidance
In February 2019, we reported on two letters of guidance issued jointly by BEIS ( the UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial...
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Court of Appeal: employers can enhance maternity pay without increasing shared parental pay
The Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in the cases of Ali v Capita and Hextall v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police. It...
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Brexit and the future of London
In the words of the old Flanagan & Allen song :- "... Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner That I love London town...." For those of us...
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Can Soft Play save our High Streets? Permitted development and the changing face of retail
It seems that you can barely go a week without reading a headline about the parlous state of our high streets. Stories like the recent...
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