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Joanne Moseley

New guidance on self-isolation and reducing the spread of COVID-19: implications for the education sector

COVID-19 continues to cause widespread disruption across schools and colleges. Leaders are finding it increasingly difficult to cover...

04/04/22
Charlotte Hargreaves

NFTs in the music industry and your intellectual property

The recent notoriety of HitPiece’s website, positioning itself as a new platform for the trading of music related NFTs, caused outrage...

04/04/22
Joanne Moseley

New guidance on self-isolation and reducing the spread of COVID-19

Despite the fact that 1 in 13 people are currently estimated to have COVID-19, universal free testing has ended in England. Anyone who...

03/04/22
Joanne Moseley

Discrimination: increase in injury to feelings awards

Individuals who bring successful discrimination claims are entitled to be compensated for the upset and hurt they have suffered by way of...

03/04/22
Nicola Gooch

A week is a long time in planning.... so here is a quick(ish) round up of events

The somewhat anti-climactic Spring Statement has been followed by a week so packed full of planning news that I couldn't decide what to...

31/03/22
Joanne Moseley

Computer says no: unpicking the employment risks of AI

Last week several newspapers ran a story about three make-up artists who had been 'dismissed by algorithm' during a redundancy exercise....

30/03/22
Charlotte Hargreaves

The inevitable trequel? 'Schrems III', the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, and a question of durability

In welcome news for EU and US businesses and organisations, a Privacy Shield 2.0 (Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework) has been agreed...

29/03/22
Jill Crawford

The Spring Statement - what’s in it for the environment

The two main announcements from the Spring Budget of 2022 today for the environment were a 5p cut in fuel duty and the cut to zero in the...

23/03/22
Nicola Gooch

The Spring Statement and the Housing Affordability Crisis

The Chancellor has just left the podium, having delivered yet another set of fiscal measures in what remain unprecedented times. The...

23/03/22
Jill Crawford

The OEP's draft strategy and enforcement policy - views so far

On 25th January 2022 the Office of Environmental Protection (OEP) opened its consultation seeking views on its draft Strategy and draft...

23/03/22
David Shirt

When it rains, it pours! - 2022: The perfect storm in manufacturing?

By Chloe Eyre, Commercial Disputes Solicitor at Irwin Mitchell As 2021 drew to a close and the sun came up on a potentially brighter...

22/03/22
Jill Crawford

Do the Government's environment targets for protecting nature go far enough?

Earlier this week (16 March) the UK government published its much anticipated consultation documents for environmental targets and the...

17/03/22
Irwin Mitchell

The regulators are coming - taking on the 'greenwashing' of consumer businesses

Demonstrating your environmental credentials is now a near necessity for consumer businesses. With increasing consumer demand for...

16/03/22
Irwin Mitchell

Mental health in sport – how is the narrative changing?

Recently, well-known sports professionals have spoken openly about their mental health. Wayne Rooney has expressed his mental health...

15/03/22
Joanne Moseley

Gender pay gap bot exposes gap between reality and rhetoric

This year, the theme for International Women's Day was #breakthebias. The campaign asked employers and allies to cross their arms in...

14/03/22
Elizabeth Thomson

Tips and traps for site visits

Paul Henson is a Partner and Louise Ash a Trainee Solicitor in the Real Estate Disputes Department at Irwin Mitchell The Court of Appeal...

09/03/22
Claire Petricca-Riding

No more Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions in environmental impact assessments?

By Stefano D’Ambrosio from Irwin Mitchell's Planning and Environment team In R (on the application of Sarah Finch on behalf of the Weald...

08/03/22
Claire Petricca-Riding

Celebration of inspirational women

Happy IWD 2022!  As many of you know today marks the day that we celebrate women's achievements, using this day to amplify these and...

08/03/22
Irwin Mitchell

Diverse boards = better profits. So why is it taking so long to improve diversity?

Women are good for business - that's what research by McKinsey demonstrates, with those companies with higher diversity outperforming...

08/03/22
Joanne Moseley

COVID-19 adjusted right to work checks to continue until September: what you need to know (and do)

Prior to the pandemic, employers were required to undergo physical document checks of an individual's right to work documents as part of...

07/03/22
Nicola Gooch

Rolling up her sleeves: The decisions of The Hon Mrs Justice Patterson DBE

This Tuesday is International Women's Day.  Rather than write about planning news this week,* in the spirit of the holiday, I decided to...

07/03/22
Joanne Moseley

New public health advice for people with COVID-19 and their contacts

The working safely during COVID-19 guidelines have been updated to reflect the fact that, in England, people with COVID-19 don't have a...

01/03/22
Nicola Gooch

Bonfire of the Vanities: Gove reportedly puts Planning Bill on the scrap heap.

Over the weekend, the Telegraph published an article stating that the much anticipated Planning Bill, which was supposed to reinvigorate...

01/03/22
Joanne Moseley

What's the best way to deal with a serial complainer?

Dealing with an employee who repeatedly raises grievances must be up there as one of the most frustrating jobs HR advisers (and the...

28/02/22
David Shirt

Foreign direct investment - where is Europe’s most attractive city for real estate investment?

By Bryan Bletso, Head of International at Irwin Mitchell Back in November we pointed out that the UK has always been a popular...

28/02/22
Joanne Moseley

What is the employment status of a company director and shareholder paid a salary and performing work for it?

That was the issue the EAT had to decide in Bradley Rainford v Dorset Aquatics Limited.  Facts Bradley and his brother Ben, owned and ran...

25/02/22
Joanne Moseley

End of COVID-19 rules: implications for schools and colleges

On Monday 21 February, the government announced that most of remaining legal rules in place to the protect the public against COVID-19...

23/02/22
Joanne Moseley

End of COVID-19 rules: what employers need to know

On Monday 21 February, the government announced that most of remaining legal rules in place to the protect the public against COVID-19...

23/02/22
Joanne Moseley

Are you liable for practical jokes that go wrong?

At common law, an employer is vicariously liable for a tortious act (such as negligence) carried out by an employee in the course of...

21/02/22
Joanne Moseley

Do you need to change your pay-slips to reference the increase in NI?

National Insurance contributions for employers and employees will rise by1.25% from Wednesday 6 April 2022. The increase will fund health...

21/02/22