Posts from August 2025
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The FCA announcement on a motor finance compensation scheme
On 3 August 2024, following the Supreme Court judgment in relation to motor finance claims which was handed down on 1 August 2025 and can...
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Supreme Court Clarifies Secret Commission Claims and Unfair Relationships in Car Finance
On 1 August 2025 the Supreme Court delivered one of the most eagerly awaited commercial judgments of recent years. The cases of Hopcraft...
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NMW rates likely to be between £12.55 to £12.86 from April 2026
Employers face another significant rise in the rates of the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) next year. The Low...
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Race discrimination: who is the correct comparator?
A key component of the direct discrimination test involves assessing whether an employee has been treated less favourably than a...
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Sleeping at work: fair or unfair dismissal?
When a security guard was dismissed for sleeping at work, the tribunal in Okoro v Bidvest Noonan (UK) Ltd had to determine if his...
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New RSHE guidance: what schools and colleges need to know
The Department for Education has published updated statutory guidance on Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE). It comes into...
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Why are so many schools and colleges suspending pupils?
Figures published by the Department for Education on 10 July 2025 show another year-on-year increase in the number of suspensions and...
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What can the government do to reduce the 'tsunami' of trivial complaints schools and colleges receive?
Last year, schools and colleges had to deal with more than five million complaints from disgruntled parents and carers. Recent research...
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New Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules: Key points
There have been several significant changes, updates and amendments to the Immigration Rules, affecting sponsorship and a number of other...
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FE colleges: changes to senior pay approval thresholds
The threshold at which a college must obtain senior pay approval from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has changed. In this article,...
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Discrimination: are your staff forums and networks putting your organisation at risk?
Last month I examined the legal risks for employers that allow staff networks to invite unvetted external speakers into the workplace to...
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ECCTA Incoming.....
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (“ECCTA”) is a major UK legislative initiative aimed at reducing financial crime...
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Irwin Mitchell's Planning & Environment Blog
Welcome to our monthly blog series from the Planning & Environment team at Irwin Mitchell. Each month, we will be bringing together the...
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UK ETS to include waste incineration: Government outlines its interim response
The UK Emissions Trading Scheme (“UK ETS”) Authority has published its interim response outlining the Monitoring, Reporting and...
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