Posts from July 2022
Jane Anderson
The winner of The Wagatha Christie Trial - ‘It’s…. Coleen Rooney’
Rebekah Vardy’s libel claim is dismissed, High Court rules that Rebekah Vardy leaked posts from Coleen Rooney’s private Instagram account...
29/07/22
Nicola Gooch
Interesting Times: Politics, Power, Planning Reform & Article 4 Directions
Parliament may be in recess but the last week has been far from quiet. Between the train strikes, the Conservative leadership contest and...
29/07/22
Rebecca Denvers
Employment legislation update - July 2022
Although the long-awaited Employment Bill has been on the back burner since 2019, the government is starting to make some progress on...
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Joanne Moseley
Holiday entitlement and pay of term-time and other part-year workers: top 10 questions answered
The Supreme Court has handed down it's judgment in the long-running case of Harpur Trust v Brazel. It decided that any worker who has a...
26/07/22
Irwin Mitchell
John Lewis – ditching retail for real estate
John Lewis has recently announced plans to build 10,000 new homes over the next decade. Based on current proposals, the properties will...
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Joanne Moseley
Supreme Court: every worker must receive 5.6 weeks leave at full pay even if they work for part of the year
Yesterday (20 July 2022), the Supreme Court handed down it's judgment in the long-running case of Harpur Trust v Brazel. It decided that...
21/07/22
Nicola Gooch
Nutrient Neutrality: A strategic solution is finally in sight
Nutrient Neutrality: You wait for years for a pragmatic solution and suddenly two come along at once. Just five days after the Court of...
21/07/22
Jill Crawford
Officially Confirmed: The UK Government's Net Zero Strategy is Unlawful
Friends of the Earth hailed a "landmark victory" and "a huge victory for climate justice and government transparency" this week...
20/07/22
Bryan Bletso
Is the UK still attracting M&A from abroad?
According to our latest analysis of Experian’s MarketIQ database of corporate deals and foreign investment, UK businesses were the...
20/07/22
Joanne Moseley
80% work for 100% pay: what you need to know about the four-day working week
Three-quarters of UK recruiters say a four-day week will be the norm by 2030, according to research commissioned by NatWest on the future...
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Joanne Moseley
Can staff express gender critical beliefs if they upset or conflict with the views of their colleagues?
In Forstater v CDG Europe and others the tribunal had to determine if a woman who believed that sex is immutable and can't be changed,...
18/07/22
Nicola Gooch
Court of Appeal Decision: Could Wyatt v Fareham Borough Council help those affected by Natural England's Nutrient Neutrality Advice?
On Friday, the Court of Appeal issued a fascinating judgment concerning the correct approach to applying the 2018 version of Natural...
18/07/22
Joanne Moseley
Supreme Court's decision on term-time working holiday case due on Wednesday 20 July
Next week, the Supreme Court will hand down its judgment in the long-running case of Harpur Trust v Brazel. The issue in dispute is...
15/07/22
Tim Rayner
The potential alternatives to terminal dilapidations
When faced with a dilapidated property, many landlords focus only on one remedy – the terminal claim, being the claim in damages that...
14/07/22
Joanne Moseley
Feeling hot, hot, hot: what's the maximum legal temperature staff can work in?
The Met Office issued a rare Level 4 - Emergency heat warning for parts of England from Monday 18 July with temperatures predicated to...
12/07/22
Joanne Moseley
Managing shift workers: how to avoid legal pitfalls
Many sectors of the UK economy rely heavily on shift working and in the UK, around four million people (14% of the total workforce) work...
05/07/22
Shannon Tong
Real Estate NFTs and SDLT
The rising use of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is evident, with the UK Chancellor recently ordering for a government-backed NFT to be...
01/07/22
Nicola Gooch
Unlocking Potential for Seniors Housing: We are all getting older - let's at least try to plan for it.
Earlier this week, the latest census data showed just how rapidly our society is ageing. The 65+ population in England has grown by...
01/07/22