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Nicola Gooch

The Spending Review: Implications for Planning

The Chancellor has just stepped down from the dispatch box and a vast number of documents have just appeared on the government's website....

11/06/25
Alexandra Addington

Dismissed for trade union role: teacher wins over £370,000 in compensation

Employees are protected from being subjected to a detriment or being dismissed by their employer, if the sole or main reason is to...

11/06/25
Joanne Moseley

How do you deal with conflicts of belief in schools and colleges?

To what extent can you lawfully restrict how your staff manifest their protected beliefs? We consider what schools and colleges can learn...

10/06/25
Claire Petricca-Riding

Planning and Environment Legal Blog

Welcome to the first edition of our monthly blog series from the Planning & Environment team at Irwin Mitchell. Each month, we will be...

06/06/25
Joanne Bone

Picture perfect: data protection essentials for photography in schools and colleges

Using photographs and videos in schools and colleges often raises data protection concerns. Whether it's for ID passes, marketing, or...

06/06/25
Alexandra Addington

Dishonesty and fraud: teacher who phoned in sick to work at a different school banned from teaching

In David Aves: professional conduct outcome, the Secretary of State had to consider whether a teacher who phoned in sick in order to work...

06/06/25
Paul Henson

Supreme Court clarifies ‘Put on Inquiry’ Threshold in Undue Influence Cases

The Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case Waller-Edwards v OneSavings Bank Plc [2025] UKSC 22 on 4 June 2025.This judgment marks...

06/06/25
Hannah Moran

Data Protection Reforms: The Data (Use and Access) Bill - the final stages

The Data (Use and Access) Bill (or the DUA Bill as it is often called) was introduced to Parliament on 23 October 2024 and includes,...

05/06/25
Jane Anderson

FCA Enforcement Strategy Update

We have commented previously on the Financial Conduct Authority’s (“FCA”) proposed amendments to their enforcement strategy and earlier...

05/06/25
Jane Anderson

Is Insurance An Essential Funding Ingredient?

Litigation funding has changed in numerous ways since the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (“LASPO”) came into...

04/06/25
Anna Tranter

(Planning) Permission to Party? Planning Implications of the Battle for Brockwell Park

Summer festival season has arrived in London, with tens of thousands of people flocking to Brockwell Park in South London over the last...

03/06/25