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Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and improving the scrutiny of international agreements
The Brexit debates in the UK have brought a new assertiveness to both Houses of Parliament in the way that they pro-actively engage in...
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Joanne Moseley
Modern slavery: Government signals it will increase sanctions for non compliant businesses
The Government has published its final report following on from the Independent Review into the Modern Slavery Act 2015. In short...
08/07/19
Irwin Mitchell
"Brexit" and the new EU Prospectus Regulation
The new EU Prospectus Regulation ( No 2017/1129) is due to come fully into force throughout the European Union ( including the UK) on...
03/07/19
Irwin Mitchell
A story of fives…
Last week, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Communities released the Statistics for Planning Applications in England:...
03/07/19
Joanne Moseley
Good news for employers: Supreme Court applies 'blue pencil' to rescue an otherwise unenforceable restrictive covenant
Many organisations incorporate restrictive covenants in their employees' terms and conditions of employment to prevent them from taking...
03/07/19
Irwin Mitchell
Talking to the plants...
In the past few weeks we've seen plenty in politics commenting on planning and how we should solve the housing crisis. Labour have...
01/07/19
Joanne Moseley
10 top tips for avoiding employment tribunal claims
Employment laws generate a lot comment and it is unsurprising that businesses are often confused about what they can and cannot do with...
01/07/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and continuing focus on the Irish question
On 26th June 2019, the UK Government announced the first meeting (to be held that day) of the Business and Trade Union Alternative...
28/06/19
Stephanie Reeves
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,...
26/06/19
Joanne Moseley
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...
25/06/19
Irwin Mitchell
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...
24/06/19
Joanne Moseley
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...
24/06/19
Irwin Mitchell
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...
20/06/19
Irwin Mitchell
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...
19/06/19
Nicola Gooch
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...
19/06/19
Irwin Mitchell
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...
18/06/19
Irwin Mitchell
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....
17/06/19
Lorraine Rose-Dugdale
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...
17/06/19
Irwin Mitchell
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...
14/06/19
Joanne Moseley
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...
14/06/19
Irwin Mitchell
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...
12/06/19
Joanne Moseley
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...
12/06/19
Irwin Mitchell
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...
11/06/19
Joanne Moseley
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...
11/06/19
Irwin Mitchell
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
Irwin Mitchell
... 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...
07/06/19
Irwin Mitchell
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...
06/06/19
Joanne Moseley
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...
06/06/19
Nicola Gooch
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...
06/06/19
Joanne Moseley
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...
04/06/19