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Claire Petricca-Riding

Environmental news update - 29 November

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

29/11/24
Nicola Gooch

Tales from the CIL Files: A short list of things that are not "buildings"

You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of...

29/11/24
Joanne Moseley

What is a woman (or a man)?

That is the issue the Supreme Court is currently hearing arguments about in the case of For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers....

27/11/24
Joanne Moseley

Breaking News: employees will have six months to bring claims in an Employment Tribunal

The government has today (27 November 2024) published an amendment paper to the Employment Rights Bill which is currently making its way...

27/11/24
Laura McKay

Financial reforms announced

On 14 November 2024, in her speech at Mansion House, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced significant reforms to the financial services...

27/11/24
Joanne Moseley

Employment Rights Bill: New report criticises Government's £5bn annual business cost estimate

The body responsible for scrutinising legislation introduced by the government has published a damning report into the Employment Rights...

27/11/24
Danny Revitt

Security of Tenure reimagined - Speak now or forever hold your lease!

For anyone involved in the letting of business premises, including investors, developers, occupiers, property managers, surveyors and...

27/11/24
Nicola Gooch

We Might Need To Re-think.... Everything... Key Lessons from the Older Persons Housing Taskforce Report

Yesterday, MHCLG published the findings of the Older Person's Housing Taskforce - an independent group set up in May 2023 to explore how...

27/11/24
Joanne Moseley

The duty to prevent sexual harassment: have you risk assessed your Xmas party?

The new duty on employers to prevent their staff from being sexually harassed at work is now in force. It's an anticipatory duty which...

26/11/24
Joanne Moseley

New statutory rates in force from April 2025

The government has announced that the following statutory payments will increase from April next year: The weekly rate of SSP will...

26/11/24
Bryan Bletso

Greater Manchester named England’s most attractive location for FDI outside of London

According to the latest report by law firm Irwin Mitchell, Greater Manchester is now the highest-ranking city in England outside of...

26/11/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environmental news update - 22 November

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

22/11/24
Nicola Gooch

Two Speeches and a Consultation: MHCLG sets out its stall on Planning & Affordable Housing

Wednesday 20 November was a big day for both planning and the affordable housing sector. In just one day, we saw: Matthew Pennycook...

22/11/24
Victoria Kempthorne

Mitigating the increased risk of insolvency in the construction industry

The UK construction sector is experiencing an increasing rate of insolvency, with recent data revealing that construction firms accounted...

21/11/24
Joanne Moseley

Do organisations that provide services to schools and colleges need to have a written 'no touching' policy about children?

That was one of the issues the EAT had to consider in the case of Hewston v Ofsted after an Ofsted inspector was dismissed for brushing...

19/11/24
Joanne Moseley

New wellbeing survey paints a troubling picture of teacher stress

The NASUWT has published its Wellbeing at Work Survey. It was conducted from September 2023 to January 2024 and indicates that the mental...

18/11/24
Jane Anderson

Preventing Financial Crime a Top FCA Priority

On 12 November 2024 the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) announced they had levied fines of almost £17million on Metro Bank for their...

18/11/24
Colette Kelly

Failure to Prevent Fraud – New Guidance Published

On 6 November 2024, the UK government published new guidance on the corporate criminal offence of “failure to prevent fraud”. This...

18/11/24
Elizabeth Thomson

High Street Rental Auctions – Why, Who, When, How, and What?

The regulations[1] enabling compulsory high street rental auctions (HRAs) have been made and will be in effect in England from 2 December...

15/11/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environmental news update - 15 November

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

15/11/24
Penny Cogher

The Chancellor’s Mansion House Speech 14 November 2024 – “the biggest set of reforms to the pensions market in decades”

Last night, 14 November 2024, the Chancellor delivered her Mansion House speech. Announcing bold action to tackle the fragmented pensions...

15/11/24
Garon Anthony

FCA enforcement “name and shame “proposals – the never-ending story?

Further to our earlier article on the subject in March 2024, September 2024 and October 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA")...

14/11/24
Nicola Gooch

Revenge of the LURA: The surprise arrival of High Street Rental Auctions

Just when you thought it was safe to turn the page on the last government's planning reform agenda….High Street Rental Auctions make a...

13/11/24
Darren Malone

Costs Management Hearings – Dispensing with Budgets

Despite the passing of more than 10 years since the introduction of costs management, circumstances continue to arise whereby the...

12/11/24
Nicola Gooch

A Hectic Week in Planning Land: Boats, New Towns, Call In Decisions & Stand-up Comedy

On Friday night, I attended Matt Forde's End of an Era Tour.  Tunbridge Wells is a bit of a comedy hotspot, so I have seen quite a lot of...

11/11/24
Joanne Moseley

Flying flags and ticking boxes: is your EDI strategy doing more harm than good?

Earlier this year the independent Inclusion at Work Panel published a report on the state of diversity and inclusion practices in UK...

08/11/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environmental news update – 8 November

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly Environment Law news update. As ever, we bring you developments, insights, and analysis in...

08/11/24
Hannah Moran

How to not be fined €290m: lessons on compliant international data transfers

At the end of August 2024 Uber was fined €290m by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) for transferring the personal data of...

08/11/24
Joanne Moseley

The first Labour Budget: what does it mean for employers?

The government is raising taxes by £40 billion, and over half of this will come from employers via an increase in employer NI which will...

08/11/24
Tom Paton

The Atherton Scheme: Thousands of creditors left out of pocket

The recent revelations about the Atherton Scheme, as reported by The Times, have left many in the legal and business communities...

08/11/24