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Alice Court

Cryptocurrency – recognised as property under English law

In the recent judgment handed down earlier this month in Fabrizio D’Aloia v Persons Unknown Category A & Ors [2024] EWHC 2342 (CH), the...

Joanne Moseley

Why did the Supreme Court prevent Tesco from firing and rehiring staff who refused to accept new terms?

If you can’t persuade a worker to accept new terms and conditions, you have the option of dismissing them and offering to re-engage them...

Jane Anderson

Personal Management Licence Update – Changes to take effect on 29 November 2024

In response to Summer 2023 consultations, the Gambling Commission (“the Commission”) will be implementing changes to Licence Condition...

Joanne Moseley

Is a belief in English nationalism protected under the Equality Act 2010?

Not on these facts, according to the EAT in Thomas v Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and another. Facts Mr Thomas was...

Andrew Evans

National Security and Investments Act: An unexpected trap for businesses

The National Security and Investments Act (NSIA), which came into force on 4th January 2022, introduced a stringent and wide-reaching UK...

Victoria Crozier

Court of Appeal Upholds Landmark Ruling on Business Interruption Insurance: Policyholders Gain Clarity on ‘At the Premises’ Disease Clauses

More than four years on from the UK’s first national lockdown in March 2020, policyholders of business interruption insurance (“BII”)...

Garon Anthony

FCA Bans and Fines Pension Advisers £590,544 for Risky Pension Transfer Advice

The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has just announced that it has collectively fined, and banned, four employees of St Martin’s...

Irwin Mitchell

AI at Appeal, The London Legacy Development Corporation, a raft of secondary legislation and some case law....

Well, I knew it would be a busy start to the Autumn, but I wasn't expecting it to be quite this eventful. From PINs guidance on the use...

Steven Mowlam

Variations to budgeted costs and the importance of acting promptly

Since the CPR update in October 2020 (the Civil Procedure (Amendment No 3) Rules 2020 (SI 2020/747)) where we saw the introduction of the...

Jeremy Ladyman

Interest Rate Hedging – a summary introduction for borrowers and current market trends

The era of zero interest rate policies is over. We had grown accustomed to living in a low-interest rate economy. Since the end of 2021,...