Posts from September 2024
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...
27/09/24
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...
24/09/24
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...
24/09/24
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...
24/09/24
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...
18/09/24
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”)...
16/09/24
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...
12/09/24
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...
12/09/24
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...
09/09/24
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,...
04/09/24