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Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and the Attorney-General's latest Legal Opinion

Such is the febrile nature of the current "Brexit" debate that the Attorney-General's latest Legal Opinion issued on 12th March 2019...

14/03/19
Irwin Mitchell

A Spring Statement with so much to say there's already a follow up WMS...

And with a nod to the non planning commitment to provide £81 million to develop new types of lasers in Oxfordshire I've raided the Austin...

13/03/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and the Northern Irish Backstop - Old wine in new bottles or a new vintage?

At 11.01pm UK time on 11th March 2019, the UK Department for Exiting the European Union  published a whole set of new documents on its...

13/03/19
Joanne Moseley

New Tier 1 visa routes due to open on 29 March 2019

The Home Office has brought forward plans to introduce two new visa routes for skilled business to enter the UK in a bid to attract more...

13/03/19
Nicola Gooch

Connecting the POCA dots: Court of Appeal finds another Council's planning prosecutions are an abuse of process

Planning Judgments can be a bit like London buses*^. You wait forever for one to be released and then several come along at once.   Last...

11/03/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and the status of international agreements in the event of a "no deal"

On 6th March 2019, the UK Department for Exiting the European Union  ( DEXIT) published a guidance update on the status of International...

08/03/19
Joanne Moseley

Court of Appeal revisits law on suspending employees

In 2017, the High Court decided in the case of  Agoreyo v Lambeth that suspension isn't a "neutral act" and if mishandled, could result...

07/03/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and Financial Services - a helpful US contribution

On 25th January 2019, the Bank of England ( BoE), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (...

06/03/19
Irwin Mitchell

The Millennial "Mates" Mortgage for Four? But what are the planning implications.

This week's post takes inspiration from a twitter conversation I had on my commute home last night as I saw the BBC article below shared....

06/03/19
Nicola Gooch

Holy Unmet Housing Need, Batman! Waverley's woes over Local Plan challenges continue

In a system where a large proportion of councils fail to plan for enough new houses; you have to feel sorry for Waverley. The Council is...

05/03/19
Joanne Moseley

Does a rest break have to be continuous?

Under the Working Time Regulations 1998, adult workers are entitled to a rest break after six hours work. Employers can agree how long...

05/03/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and "Retained EU Law"

"Retained EU law" is a concept and a phrase, which was introduced by the European Union ( Withdrawal) Act 2018 ( the " EU ( Withdrawal)...

01/03/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and focussing (a little bit!) on a "Yes Deal" scenario

There has been a lot of focus in the UK recently on putting in place  the  necessary legislation to deal with a "No Deal" Brexit...

28/02/19
Joanne Moseley

“Where’s my personal data? - How to respond to subject access requests under GDPR

In a world crammed with data and where the acronym “GDPR” (short for General Data Protection Regulation, an EU Directive) has hit the...

28/02/19
Joanne Moseley

FAQs about redundancy

We answer some of the trickier questions about redundancies that don’t involve collective consultation. Q1: We are going to have to make...

28/02/19
Joanne Moseley

Police force discriminated against white heterosexual male

This case is about a little used legal right employers can use to take positive steps to redress under representation in their...

28/02/19
Joanne Moseley

No deal Brexit: Five things for business travellers to consider

We are less than a month away from Brexit. The UK will leave the EU at 11pm UK time on 29 March 2019 by automatic operation of law unless...

28/02/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and a Report by the UK Government on the Implications for Business and Trade of a "No Deal" Exit on 29th March 2019

On 26th February 2019, the UK Cabinet Office published a 12 - page report on the current state of play in preparing for a "No Deal" exit...

27/02/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and the Swiss-UK dimension

It may be the bleak mid- winter of Brexit's discontent right now but just like the Spring-like sunshine which is currently wafting over...

26/02/19
Nicola Gooch

What links the increasing popularity of tiny homes and outrage over Airbnb abuses in London? The under-delivery of new houses.

Last week, MHCLG published further revisions to the NPPF and the results of the Housing Delivery Test*. This blog is not about either of...

26/02/19
Joanne Moseley

Are you struggling to calculate holiday pay for staff without fixed hours or fixed rates of pay?

We still receive lots of enquiries from employers asking for advice about how to calculate holiday pay - particularly for workers whose...

26/02/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit and its impact on Accounting and Corporate Reporting and the appointment of Auditors

On 21st February 2019 BEIS (the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy) and the Financial Reporting Council jointly issued...

25/02/19
Irwin Mitchell

Brexit - the Irish Government safeguards against a " No Deal"

On 22 February 2019 and with an apparently heavy heart, the Irish deputy Prime Minister, Simon Coveney,  unveiled a new Irish Government...

22/02/19
Elizabeth Thomson

A bitter pill to swallow? How Brexit frustrated the European Medicines Agency

Lisa Stratford, Senior Associate Solicitor The High Court ruled this week that Brexit does not frustrate the European Medicines Agency’s...

22/02/19
Irwin Mitchell

Assertion of statutory right must relate to something that has already happened

Most unfair dismissal claims require the claimant to have had two continuous years of service in order to be able to make a claim to the...

21/02/19
Irwin Mitchell

" Extending Article 50: could Brexit be delayed?" - A House of Commons briefing paper

On 12 February 2019, the House of Commons  Library published a briefing paper on the mechanics and implications of the UK and EU27 member...

20/02/19
Joanne Moseley

Gender pay gap grows at hundreds of big firms

The deadline for reporting your gender pay gap for 2018 is fast approaching. Public sector employers have to publish by 30 March 2019 and...

20/02/19
Joanne Moseley

Ten top tips for dealing with absent staff

Everyone gets ill from time to time. Dealing with genuine sickness (both long and short term) requires careful handling. Follow our top...

20/02/19
Nicola Gooch

Is MHCLG's Bark worse than its Bite? Secretary of State backs away from 'nuclear option' of writing Councils' Local Plans for them

On Valentine's day, Planning Resource published a story which probably deserves more attention than it has received. The week before, the...

19/02/19
Irwin Mitchell

The business of sport and making sport your business

Few would question Lionel Messi occupying the status of being the best footballer in the world, but how many would support the idea of...

18/02/19