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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
Jane Anderson

“Settled” Environment Claim Continues in the High Court

On 5 November 2015, the Fundão Dam collapsed in Brazil. The collapse of a dam in itself is a disaster, however in this situation the...

04/11/24
Nicola Gooch

The Curious Case of the Development in the Green Belt: Lessons from "Keep Chiswell Green"

On 29 October, in a move almost guaranteed to be overshadowed by the Budget, the High Court handed down its decision in Green v Secretary...

03/11/24
Claire Petricca-Riding

Environmental news update - 1 November

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

01/11/24
Chris Williams

Menzies v Oakwood: Supreme court tackles question around when a solicitor's bill is paid

When is a solicitor’s bill paid? That seemingly simple question has been the subject of much discussion lately. The Solicitors Act 1974...

01/11/24
Jeremy Ladyman

Basel 3.1 – What do the new capital requirements rules mean for building societies?

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is an international body with long-standing responsibility for setting prudential rules via...

31/10/24
Penny Cogher

The Autumn Budget: view from a Pensions Law specialist

Good news - the Chancellor has kept to her word, with no change to the April 2024 pension tax reforms – the two new allowances LSA and...

30/10/24
Nicola Gooch

Budget 2024: Planning & Social Housing

When it comes to Planning, at least, this was a budget with very few surprises. Most of the big announcements have been drip-fed to the...

30/10/24
Bryan Bletso

Budget 2024: Continued support for Freeports and Investment Zones

During today’s Budget, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed that the government will continue to support existing Freeports in the UK...

30/10/24