Posts from April 2018
Irwin Mitchell
Measuring Property - Don't forget - the standards change May 1st for offices and residential!
Just a quick reminder that the Second edition of the RICS measuring standards comes into force on May 1st. Applying the International...
30/04/18
Irwin Mitchell
Chichester one of the most resilient high streets in the UK
As our firm has been part of the local business community in Chichester for decades, and located just away from the main high streets for...
25/04/18
Joanne Moseley
Breaking: Supreme Court implies new term in all contracts of employment
If an employee is dismissed on written notice posted to their home address, does the notice period begin to run from the date the letter...
25/04/18
Elizabeth Thomson
CVAs on the rise - lessons from the BHS story
House of Fraser is the latest name to be added to the growing list of retailers considering or announcing CVAs. In this context, the...
23/04/18
Nicola Gooch
Court of Appeal Judgment: The path to unrestricted retail consents is paved with good intentions.
On Friday, the Court of Appeal handed down a Judgment* which reminds us all that in planning, as in life, what you intended to do often...
23/04/18
Nicola Gooch
Labour announces plans to completely re-define Affordable Housing
Labour has today launched a green paper entitled "Housing for the Many" setting out their proposals for the UK housing market. The green...
19/04/18
Joanne Moseley
EU moves to protect whistle-blowers
Following public scandals regarding the VW vehicle emissions and widespread tax avoidance schemes, the EU has said that it intends to...
17/04/18
Nicola Gooch
Three Judical Reviews : One Local Plan - Waverley Borough Council faces a barrage of legal action over housing numbers
Even the most hardened planning cynic has to feel some sympathy for Waverley Borough Council, which is currently facing three separate...
12/04/18
Joanne Moseley
Employers can pay women taking maternity leave more than men taking shared parental leave
The EAT has handed down an important decision in the case of Capita Customer Management Ltd v Ali which clarifies that employers who...
11/04/18
Irwin Mitchell
Give small builders a leg up...
...is not just some bad health and safety advice, it is the call from a cross party group of MPs who have released a report today with...
09/04/18