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The price of discrimination: school ordered to pay £850,000 to an autistic teacher who it viewed as a 'persistant complainer'
We consider the lessons schools and colleges can learn from a recent tribunal decision - M Wright v Cardinal Newman Catholic School which...
08/10/24Push payment fraud update
With effect from 7 October 2024, the Payment Systems Regulator (“PSR”) has introduced a new Mandatory Reimbursement Requirement Framework...
07/10/24Planning Appeals, s.106 Agreements and a few practical issues.....
As those of you who are active on LinkedIn have probably noticed, the Planning Inspectorate has recently updated its guidance in relation...
05/10/24Environmental news update - 4 October
Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...
04/10/24The Home Office's tightening of Immigration Audits increases risk of other regulatory punishments
It is well recognised that the Home Office possesses the authority to perform immigration audits on holders of sponsorship licences...
04/10/24Drug testing & lawsuits: A game changing case for boxing – A closer look at the Haney v Garcia legal battle
Boxing, a sport of strength, strategy, and endurance, has always been under the scrutiny of anti-doping authorities. The integrity of the...
03/10/24Stricter oversight and training initiatives to address skill shortages and net migration
The Government has announced new measures that are aimed to address the increase in net migration, opting to depend on Britain’s domestic...
01/10/24New law in force today requires employers to give 100% of tips to staff
The new rules on tips come into force today, Tuesday 1 October 2024. Any business that receives tips, gratuities or service charges must...
01/10/24Where the rubber meets the road: Conference, consultations and planning statistics.
Last week was certainly a busy one. We had the Labour Party Conference, the launch of a working paper on ‘Brownfield Passports’, the...
30/09/24Cryptocurrency – recognised as property under English law
In the recent judgment handed down earlier this month in Fabrizio D’Aloia v Persons Unknown Category A & Ors [2024] EWHC 2342 (CH), the...
27/09/24Environment news update - 27 September
Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...
27/09/24FCA enforcement; new light through old windows?
On 24 September 2024, Therese Chambers, Joint Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight at the Financial Conduct Authority...
26/09/24The Renters’ Rights Bill – More rights but more risk?
The Renters’ Rights Bill makes good on Labour’s promise to ban ‘no-fault’ evictions and strengthen tenants’ rights. However, unlike the...
26/09/24Why did the Supreme Court prevent Tesco from firing and rehiring staff who refused to accept new terms?
If you can’t persuade a worker to accept new terms and conditions, you have the option of dismissing them and offering to re-engage them...
24/09/24Personal Management Licence Update – Changes to take effect on 29 November 2024
In response to Summer 2023 consultations, the Gambling Commission (“the Commission”) will be implementing changes to Licence Condition...
24/09/24Is a belief in English nationalism protected under the Equality Act 2010?
Not on these facts, according to the EAT in Thomas v Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and another. Facts Mr Thomas was...
24/09/24Charting a new course with FDI
The government’s International Investment Summit, which is now less than three weeks away, could be a pivotal moment for our economy. ...
24/09/24Environmental news update - 23 September
Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...
23/09/24Brownfield Passports: building on old foundations?
On Sunday, MHCLG launched a policy paper seeking views on the introduction of “Brownfield Passports”. “Brownfield Passports” are a set of...
22/09/24National Security and Investments Act: An unexpected trap for businesses
The National Security and Investments Act (NSIA), which came into force on 4th January 2022, introduced a stringent and wide-reaching UK...
18/09/24Court 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...
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